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Mint Oreo Layered Cake!

Ingredients

Makes 1 large 9inch 3 layered cake

Mint oreo cake Ingredients

  • 3 9 inch round cake pans
  • 3 sheets of parchment paper
  • 1 10 inch round cake board
  • 1 C whole milk
  • 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp mint extract
  • 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
  • 2 C sugar
  • 3 C flour
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 5 large egg whites
  • Kelly green leaf green and mint green gel food coloring
  • 4 C crushed mint oreos leaving some whole mint oreo's for decorating

Mint oreo frosting

  • 2 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
  • 4 C powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 C mint Oreo's finely crushed
  • 4-6 tbsp heavy whipping cream

Vanilla frosting ingredients

  • 3 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
  • 6 C powdered sugar
  • 2 tbsp pure vanilla extract
  • 5-6 tbsp heavy whipping cream
  • 3 disposable piping bags
  • 1 disposable piping bag fitted with a medium star tip

Chocolate ganache

  • 2 C semi sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 C heavy whipping cream
  • 1 squeeze bottle

Instructions

Cake Directions:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degree's and spray all 3 cake pan with pam baking spray and set aside
  • In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the milk and vanilla and set aside
  • Using a standing mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy
  • In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour and baking powder
  • Alternating between the milk and dry ingredients, gradually pour into the butter mixture. Mixing on low to medium speed until combined
  • Using another large mixing bowl and a hand mixer, beat the eggs until stiff peaks form
  • Fold into the cake batter
  • Divide the batter between three bowls
  • Mix in a few drops of kelly green food coloring into one bowl
  • Mix in a few drops of leaf green food coloring into the second bowl
  • Min in a few drops of mint green food coloring into the third bowl
  • You should have three different shades of green
  • Pour the batter's into the cake pans
  • Bake in the oven for 23-26 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean in the center
  • Allow the cakes to cool completely before removing from cake pans
  • Place the cakes onto a cutting board
  • Using a cake slicer, remove the domes from the cakes
  • Place one layer of cake onto the cake board

Mint Oreo Frosting directions:

  • Using a standing mixer, beat all ingredients together of the mint oreo frosting until stiff peaks form. About 5-7 minutes
  • Scoop about 1 C of the mint oreo frosting onto the darker green cake layer
  • Sprinkle 1/2 C of the crushed oreos onto the top of the frosting
  • Place the second lighter green cake layer on top
  • Repeat steps with the frosting and another cup of crushed oreos
  • Place the last layer of cake on top

Vanilla Frosting

  • Using a standing mixer, combine all of the vanilla ingredients into the mixer and mix until stiff peaks form
  • Scoop two cups of frosting onto the cake and frost the cake
  • Smooth with an angled spatula until smooth
  • Place a 9 inch round cake board onto the top of the cake
  • Split the frosting into three bowls
  • Mix in leaf green food coloring into one bowl
  • Mix in mint green food coloring into the second bowl
  • Leave the third bowl white
  • Scoop each frosting into their own piping bags
  • Scoop some white vanilla frosting into the piping bag with the star tip
  • Cut the tips off the piping bags
  • Pipe the darker green around the edge of the bottom of the cake twice
  • Pipe the lighter green around the middle twice
  • Pipe the white frosting around the top twice
  • Smooth with an angled spatula
  • In a small pot, heat up the heavy whipping cream until simmering
  • Place the chocolate chips into a heat safe bowl
  • Once the heavy whipping cream is steaming, pour the heavy whipping cream over the chocolate chips and let sit for a minute
  • Whisk until smooth
  • Gradually pour the chocolate ganache into drizzles over the top of the cake
  • Allow the ganache to harden
  • Pipe vanilla frosting, sprinkle some crushed oreos over the vanilla frosting, place the whole oreos onto the side of the frosting
  • Cut into slices and enjoy!