How to Make an Oreo Cake Recipe
A moist white layer cake filled with Oreo cookie crumbs, covered in creamy buttercream, and finished with even more Oreo crumbs. This homemade cookies and cream cake is perfect for birthdays, celebrations, and anyone who loves Oreos. Let’s dive into how to make a cookie and cream cake!
If you love Oreos, this Oreo Cake is the cake for you. It’s a moist, tender white layer cake filled with a rich Oreo cookie filling, covered in creamy buttercream frosting, and finished with plenty of crushed Oreos.
The best part is what happens when you cut into it. The white cake, creamy frosting, and dark Oreo crumbs create that classic cookies and cream combination in every slice.
This is a homemade Oreo cake that looks impressive but is actually very straightforward to assemble. I bake three 8 inch cake layers, add Oreo filling between the layers, then cover the cake with buttercream and press Oreo crumbs around the outside.
And yes, there are Oreos inside the cake and all over the outside. Because when you’re making an Oreo cake, more Oreos are definitely a good thing.
It’s a great birthday cake, celebration cake, or dessert for an Oreo lover. You can make the cake layers ahead of time, then assemble and decorate the cake when you’re ready.
One look at those dark chocolate cookie crumbs… You know the them maybe you know them VERY well. They are Oreos.
Have you ever snuck a sleeve or two up to bed for a midnight snack and then well, just maybe found crumbs the next morning?
Oh, ok maybe it was just me. Just imagine this cake along your midnight trail to late night snacking….
Why you’ll love this Oreo Cake
- Homemade white cake gives you a soft, tender cake that pairs perfectly with Oreos.
- Oreo filling between the layers gives the cake plenty of cookie flavor instead of relying only on the frosting.
- Creamy buttercream frosting gives you a smooth base for all those Oreo crumbs.
- Lots of Oreo crumbs make the cake look just like a giant cookies and cream dessert.
- Great for celebrations because you can make the cake layers ahead and assemble the cake later.
- A real showstopper when sliced with contrasting white cake, buttercream, and dark Oreo crumbs throughout.
How to Make Oreo Cake
- Bake the white cake layers
- Make the Oreo filling
- Make the buttercream
- Assemble the cake
- Add the Oreo crumbs
- Chill and serve
This white cake is really simple and delicious. It’s a moist white cake and goes great with Oreos!
Three 8 inch round cakes were baked for this recipe.
One of the cakes was split in half to create three layers of filling. It may look like there are five cake layers, but only three cakes were baked. A little cake trick that means more room for that delicious filling!
The Oreos are crushed in a food processor to create a rich, spreadable filling. Oh yes, this is so good! It’s rich, delicious, and the perfect complement to the white cake.
Buttercream frosting piled high to coat the cake.
Give the cake a quick crumb coat, then place it in the fridge for about 20 minutes, just enough time to get a few dishes done.
Next, add a layer of buttercream over the entire cake and smooth it with an offset spatula.
It’s great if you can find Oreo crumbs in a large bag, but this time they only had Oreo pieces. I wanted the pieces to be small like crumbs, so I chopped them up with a knife.
Honestly, I didn’t read the bag very carefully and could have easily just bought packages of Oreos. The pieces looked like they had simply been given a rough chop, or maybe the broken cookies were just tossed into a bag. Since they still had the filling in them, putting them in the food processor wasn’t really an option because the filling would have made everything stick together.
So, chop, chop, chop I went with my knife until I had the fine Oreo crumbs I needed.
Scoop the crumbs into your hand, then gently press them onto the sides of the cake, working your way around until the cake is evenly covered.
white cake recipe for Oreo Cake
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 cups cake flour
- 1 1/2 cups whole milk room temperature
- 9 egg whites room temperature
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups sugar
- 6 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks +2 Tablespoon butter
Instructions
- Prepare 3 8″ pans with baking spray, then line them with parchment circles and then spray baking spray on top of parchment.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix milk, eggs whites, vanilla until combined in medium bowl.
- In mixer bowl place flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
- Mix on low, add butter and blend until incorporated.
- Pour half of the liquid mixture into the flour mixture and beat on medium for 1-2 minutes.
- Add remaining liquid and mix for one minute more.
- Separate the batter amongst the three cake pans.
- I scoop them out with a one cup measurement cup to be sure they are equal.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow cake to cool in pans for 5 minutes,then remove cakes from pans and completely cool.
- Recipe from Epicurious slightly adapted.
Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients
- 2 cups unsalted butter room temeperature
- 2 cups shortening
- 8-12 cups powdered sugar
- 4 tablespoons heavy cream
- 2 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
- if you don’t want a lot of frosting you can cut this recipe in half
Instructions
- Beat butter and shortening until fluffy.
- Add in powdered sugar, cream and extract.
- Mix until smooth.
Notes
I have found that the brand name shortening is very dense and thick.
I prefer Walmart’s Store brand of shortening it’s lighter and fluffier and results in a lighter frosting when shortening is needed.
All butter would not create WHITE frosting.
If you frosting isn’t really white depending on the color of the butter used, add a few drops of Americolor White Food Coloring.
Oreo filling and Crumbs
Ingredients
- 3 cups oreos
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoon heavy cream
- 1 cup buttercream frosting recipe above
Oreo Crumbs for Outside of cake
- 2 cups Oreos chopped finely to create dry crumbs
Instructions
- Place Oreos, butter, cream and frosting into food processor and blend until it’s spreadable.
Crumbs
- as you chop the cookies into crumbs, the dry cookies pieces will dry out the filling and allow you to keep chopping so it’s dry crumbs. *If it’s too moist add a teaspoon of powdered sugar while chopping.
If you love Oreos you’ll love these recipes
- Oreo Frosting– perfect on cake, cupcakes and cookies… it’s yummy!
- Oatmeal Oreo Cookies – the Oreos make these cookies super creamy and extra delicious.
- Fried Oreos – OMG these are so irresistible, no need to go to the county fair with these in the house.
- Oreo Cake – this delicious white cake smothered in Oreos, it’s just about the perfect cake ever!
- Oreo Scones – these scones are so full of flavor these are SO hard to resist.
Sometimes CRUMBS can be really GREAT!!!
The chocolate crumbs are on two layers and buttercream is in the center of the two other fillings. Looks like an Oreo inside an Oreo Cake, well almost.
Awesome! I made this for Easter and everyone loved it!
How did you get the filling spreadable? Mine is so thick I have to use my hands to spread!
add some additional frosting until it the consistency you need to spread it
Also, should the cream be removed from the Oreos?
This cake looks great, however I do not hv 8inch pans. Would I do anything different if I used two 9inch pans?
Thanks
The baking times will be different but the batter will fill 2 9″ pans.
I just love this cake but haven’t made it in while so when I reviewed the recipe something didn’t make sense to me. Do you need 3 cups total or 5 cups total of Oreo’s? I think it is just the way its worded that is confusing me. Oreo filling and Crumbs and then it says Oreo Crumbs for the Outside of cake.
Thanks!
you need 5 cups total, sorry for the confusion.
Thank you so much for your quick response 🙂
Thank you so much for this recipe. I used this recipe for my husbands birthday last year and it was a hit! His family devoured it in 5min. I will be using this recipe several times more, since I have plenty of people requesting it all the time now. Thanks for sharing!
I’m so glad you liked it!
I made this cake yesterday! It was beautiful and delish! Thanks for a great recipe! It made me look good!
so happy it!
Hola Diane!! Me encanta la torta !! Soy de Argentina, y me encantaria hacerla porque en casa nos gustan a todos las oreo. Si pudiera traducir la receta en castellano estaria todo barbaro. Un beso, Noelia
love the cake look .. i love chocolate not so much for white cake but b/c it looks soo good i’m going to try it and let u know how i like it .. thanks for sharing
If you really like chocolate switch one of the layers of cake out for chocolate cake, I’m sure it will be delicious!
WHO IN THE WORLD would think to just cream oreos in the food processor and turn that into a filling? YOU DESERVE A MEDAL!! This cake looks WONDERFUL, I can’t wait to make it. It won’t look as wonderful when I make it though since my frosting skills are mediocre at best – haha!
Side note, when I need to crush Oreos without them getting to sticky I just put them into a Ziploc bag and pound away with my rolling pin (plus it helps to relieve stress!) 😉
Diane, I have no words! This cake looks incredible.
Your too sweet Carrie 🙂
Oreos are seriously the best cookies on the planet. This cake looks amazing!
Thanks for sharing this amazing looking recipe. I can’t wait to try it. If I had to choose a cookie from the store, it would be Oreos.
Your cake turned out so beautiful! I must admit, we do love Oreo’s or Oreo-like cookies here in my house. I could never eat cookies in bed for a snack because then I would have to share. 🙁 This would be worth getting out of bed for! I feel a late night craving coming on…
Wow, this cake looks irresistible!! I am drooling at the thought of it 😉
Oh I love this cake! Such a fun celebratory cake.
I’m left speechless. This cake looks amazing.
oh Val you are the sweetest, thanks!
I am in love with the creative way you put the Oreos in the food processor to make a filling. It’s all absolutely gorgeous! Already pinned. (=
oh you are too sweet, glad you like it 🙂
Wanted to let you know that I simply could not get this cake out of my head all day when you posted it. So, I went ahead and made it the next morning for no one in particular. And, oh my! It was amazing! I had to share with some of the neighbors or I’d eat the whole thing. It was THE best white cake I’ve ever tasted! Honest! Thank you for sharing this recipe with all of us! Now, I can rate this recipe…. (=
XOXO so glad you liked it. Yes that is plenty of cake to share 🙂
Bravo on building such a gorgeous cake. I’m always so impressed by people who are talented enough to decorate cakes. This looks awesome!
Thanks Brian, wish I lived closer I’d bake you any cake you’d like 🙂
This looks amazing, and sounds delicious! Such a brilliant idea to use the cookies for the filling!
Thanks Sue, the filling was really good!
WOW! This looks incredible! I really love the crushed Oreo filling. Genius!
Thanks Stephanie 🙂 I think I’ll have to find new uses for this yummy filling to spread onto.
Oh wow it’s like a reversed oreo! Chocolate in the middle. Gorgeous.
Thanks Erin, yes reversed is just what I was thinking 🙂
Oh man this looks soooo delish!!
Thanks Kimberly, it was so big I was glad it wasn’t gone in one serving 🙂