Cookies and cream oreo cupcake

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This cup cake is over the top simply put. The cookies and cream frosting to the Oreo filling to the moist chocolate cake will have you coming back for more. Its easy to make  and in a cupcake competition its only second to that amazing bacon maple cupcake (see post ) so get the kids an head for the kitchen.


Cupcake

1/2 cup cocoa
1 cup boiling hot water
1 1/3 cup flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup of butter- room temperature
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla

Preheat oven to 350

In a small bowl stir until smooth the cocoa powder and hot water let cool

Beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy

Add eggs and beat one at a time and then add vanilla

Mix in flour, baking powder,and salt

stir in cooled cocoa mixture and stir until smooth

Fill into a mined muffin pan and bake 16  to 20 minutes

Filling

4 tablespoons softened butter
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 teaspoon salt dissolved in 1 teaspoon of water
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups confectionery sugar

Cream together butter and shortening

add remaining ingredients and beat until fluffy

Frosting

2 sticks of butter
1/8 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar
6 Oreo crushed

Beat  butter,cream, and vanilla smooth

slowly add in powdered sugar
beat mixture for 2 min
fold in crushed Oreo

for the filling you can use a small pairing knife or use can use a cupcake corer  like the one i have

Hope you enjoy this wonderful cupcake.