Today’s recipe is for Oreo Cupcakes. These chocolate cupcakes have chunks of Oreo biscuit baked into them and lot’s of crushed Oreos mixed into the buttercream. They are so good!
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This Oreo buttercream is amazing! You will want to eat it by the spoonful.
These cupcakes have a rich chocolate flavor and then you get the little crunch from the chunks of Oreo inside.
Oreo is such a popular flavour right now and has been for quite a while. If you go onto Pinterest you can find Oreo everything from Oreo cakes to Oreo parfaits to Oreo cheesecakes! So I knew I had to add an Oreo recipe to the blog and I do like cupcakes! You can take a look through my other cupcake recipes, Very Vanilla Cupcakes, Salted Caramel Cupcakes, Baileys Cupcakes and Pumpkin Cupcakes.
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Because the Oreo buttercream is so good I’ve made enough in this recipe for you to put a big delicious swirl on top of each cake but if you like less buttercream to cake just half the buttercream recipe.
Are you a big fan of Oreos? Or do you wonder what the big craze is all about? Leave me your thoughts and opinions in the comments below!
Lianne x
Oreo Cupcakes
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes
- 175 g (3/4 cups) butter
- 175 g (1/2 + 1/3 cup) caster sugar
- 3 eggs
- 50 g (1/2 cup) cocoa powder dissolved in enough hot water to form a paste
- 175 g (1+1/4+1/8 cup) self raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 packet Oreo biscuits
For the Buttercream
- 200 g (7/8 cup) butter
- 400 g (3 1/4 cups) icing sugar
- 1 pack Oreo biscuits
- milk
Instructions
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Pre heat the oven to 180c/160c fan oven/350f and line your cupcake tin with cupcake cases.
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In the bowl of your stand mixer or using a handheld electric whisk beat together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy.
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Add the eggs and beat again, then stir in the cocoa powder paste.
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Sift in the flour and baking powder and fold into the mixture until combined. Take your pack of Oreos and set aside 6 of them for the tops of your cupcakes. Crumble the remaining biscuits into chunks and fold them into your batter.
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Divide the batter between the 12 cases and bake the cupcakes in the oven for 18-20 minutes. They are ready when a skewer inserted into the centre of a cake comes out clean. Leave them to cool completely.
To make the buttercream
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In the bowl of your stand mixer or using an electric hand mixer beat your butter until it is pale and fluffy.
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Add the icing sugar and beat again. Put your Oreos into a food processor and blast them until they are crumbs. Mix these crumbs into the icing. If it is a little stiff you might need to add some milk. Add a splash at a time, mixing it in until you have the right consistency.
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Place a large open french star nozzle into a disposable piping bag and fill the bag with your buttercream. Pipe big swirls of buttercream onto each cupcake.
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Break the 6 Oreos you put to one side in half and place one half in each cupcake. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Please note that I developed this recipe in grams and have converted it into cups as best I can! 🙂
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I love oreo. This is a delight and a delight. I will try ☻
I love oreo. this recipe is delicious I will try
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They were really yummy, I hope you enjoy them 🙂
These look fantastic!
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Thank you 🙂
These look so gorgeous that if you put them in front of me you will not be able to salvage any at all:) I love, love Oreo cookies and that buttercream is genius.
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Ha Ha, Thanks Milena! The buttercream on these is good, I have to stop myself from getting a spoon! 🙂