Eggless chocolate Oreo cake with Oreo cream cheese frosting! A not-so-chocolatey, not-overly sweet, and no-butter Oreo cake recipe that's perfect for any occasion.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time40 minutesmins
Cooling and decorating time20 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr15 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: eggless oreo cake
Servings: 8
Calories: 463kcal
Author: Srividhya G
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
150gramsall-purpose flour
25gramsunsweetened cocoa powder
½tspbaking soda
1tspbaking powder
Wet Ingredients
200mlmilkat room temperature. I used ultra-pasteurized whole milk
1tbspvinegar
150gramsfine sugarrefer to notes or ingredient section on the post
75gramsoil
½tspvanilla essence
Toppings
5Oreo cookiescream/filling removed, crushed finely with few chunks
8ozcream cheesesoftened, I used ⅓ less fat cream cheese
3.5ozpowdered sugarapprox ¾ cup
3Oreo cookiespowdered with cream
Instructions
Prepare the cake pan – I used a 7 X 3 round pan. Grease the pan with oil or flour spray, line the pan's bottom with parchment paper, and set it aside.
Preheat the oven to 325 deg F.
Mix the dry ingredients - Sieve the all-purpose flour, cocoa, baking soda, and baking powder in a mixing bowl and mix well.
Mix the vinegar and milk and let it sit for 3 to 5 minutes. With ultra-pasteurized milk, the milk will thicken further. You won't find the curds, and that's ok.
Crush the oreo cookies - We need to remove the cream from the Oreo for the cake—crush five cookies in a mixer jar or coffee grinder. Leave 3 to 5 significant pieces. And break the other two oreo cookies by hand into small pieces.
Add the oil, sugar, and vanilla essence to another bowl and mix well using a hand whisk. It will be a wet mix like below.
Now add half the milk-vinegar mixture and half the dry ingredient and mix well without lumps.
Then add the remaining milk mixture and dry ingredient mixture and mix without any lumps.
The batter should be smooth without any lumps and dry flour.
Add the five crushed oreo cookies with a few chunks to the batter.
And gently fold them in.
Pour this prepared batter into the cake pan and tap it gently to break the air pockets.
Now add the two crushed Oreo cookies on top like below.
Bake the cake in a preheated oven at 325 deg F for 35 to 40 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center. I baked it for 40 minutes.
Let the cake cool on a wire rack for 10 to 15 minutes. Run a knife around the edges of the cake and gently flip the cake. Allow it to cool for 15 more minutes before slicing. For decorating, let the cake cool for atleast 1 to 2 hours. I let my cake sit overnight. After about an hour, I wrapped the cake with cling wrap and refrigerated it.
In a mixer jar or coffee grind, blend three Oreo cookies with cream.
Add the softened cream cheese and powdered sugar to a mixing bowl.
Using an electric hand mixer, beat them until they are fluffy. Now add the crushed Oreos and beat the mix for 30 to 45 seconds. Decorate the cake as you like. Here is how I decorated the cake (I am not a pro, I am still learning how to decorate a cake)
I added ¾ of the frosting to the cake and spread it evenly(ok, not-so-evenly) using an angled cake spatula.
Then I used the remaining ¼ of the frosting into my piping bag with a star tip and piped a few stars on the top and sides. Finally, I placed an Oreo in the center.
Notes
Use any milk of your choice for the cake. Do not go overboard with vinegar for curdling.
Instead of oil, you can use vegetable shortening or butter too. We prefer oil-based cakes as it stays moist.
I did not buy anything specifically for this recipe. I roughly pulsed my sugar in the mixer jar to get the fine sugar. It is not superfine sugar, so I didn't get a slurry when I combined it with oil.
You can use full-fat cream cheese and one cup of powdered sugar for the frosting.
The frosting is not mandatory for this recipe. You can very well serve the cake warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.