Thursday, January 7, 2010

Chocolate Oreo Cake

This Chocolate Oreo Cake recipe uses a devil's food chocolate cake mix, semi-sweet baking chocolate, cream cheese, cool whip and Oreo sandwich cookies.

1 pkg devil's food chocolate cake mix
4 squares semi-sweet baking chocolate
1/4 c butter, cut up
1 pkg (8-oz) cream cheese, softened
1/2 c granulated sugar
2 c Cool Whip, thawed
12 Oreo chocolate sandwich cookies, coarsely crushed

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans; set aside. Prepare devil's food chocolate cake mix according to directions on box. Pour into prepared cake pans and bake at 350 degrees 20-25 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted in center, comes out clean. Cool in pans for 5 minutes. Remove to wire racks and cool completely.

Place chocolate and butter in a small microwave proof bowl. Microwave on high for 2 minutes or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted, then cool for 5 minutes.

In a large mixer bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar at medium speed of an electric mixer until well blended. Gently stir in cool whip and crushed Oreo cookies. Place 1 cake layer, upside down, on a cake plate. Spread top evenly with cream cheese mixture. Cover with remaining cake layer, top-side up. Spoon chocolate glaze over top of cake. Let stand until set. Store in refrigerator. Makes 16 servings.

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