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delicious oreo cupcake recipe with cream frosting

yummy OREO CUPCAKE RECIPE WITH CREAM FROSTING

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Prep Time 1 hr
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 1 hr 20 mins
Servings 16 cupcakes

Ingredients
  

for Oreo Cupcakes

  • 1.5 cups All purpose flou
  • 1.5 tbsp Baking powder
  • ½ tbsp baking soda
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • ¼ tbsp salt
  • ¾ cups granulated white sugar
  • ½ cups brown sugar
  • ¾ cups vegetable oil
  • 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1.25 cups broken oreos
  • 16-18 oreo halves
  • 2 eggs, at room temperature

for the creame cheese frosting

  • 4 ounces Cream cheese
  • ¾ cups unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 3-3.5 cups confectioners sugar
  • ¾ tbsp vanilla
  • ¼ tbsp salt
  • 2-3 tbsp heavy cream or milk
  • 1 cups oreo crumbs
  • mini oreos, for decoration

Instructions
 

for Oreo Cupcakes

  • Preheat the oven to 350 F degrees.
  • Line a muffin pan with cupcakes liners, set aside.
  • Using your mixer, beat the eggs and both the sugars together till creamy & pale in color, around 3-4 minutes.
  • Add oil, vanilla, and mix till combined.
  • Add the flour mixture and buttermilk in batches, starting and ending with flour.
  • Mix the batter till everything is well combined but do not over-mix.
  • Fold in the broken Oreo pieces, stir and combine.
  • Place an Oreo on the bottom of each cupcake liner or twist the Oreo and put a cookie at the bottom of the pan with cream side up.
  • Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full and bake for 15-20 minutes on until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Mine were done in 16 minutes.
  • Cool the cupcakes on wire rack before frosting them.

for the creame cheese frosting

  • Crush Oreos in a blender to get Oreo crumbs. Strain the mixture to get rid of any bigger chunks.
  • Using your mixer, beat butter and cream cheese together until smooth and creamy.
    With mixture at low speed, add 1 cup of confectioners sugar. Mix till it's incorporated with the butter and cream cheese and then beat it at high speed for 30 seconds. Add the remaining sugar and mix. Also add the salt.
  • Add vanilla and cream/milk and mix.
  • Add Oreo crumbs and beat till frosting is smooth and creamy.
  • Frost the cupcakes and decorate with mini oreos.