Daddy's Oreo Cake

 Ingredients

For the Cake:

• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup cold water
• 2/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp white vinegar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla

For the Icing:

• 50 Oreos, finely crushed
• 6 Oreos, whole
• 4 1/2 cups of heavy cream
• 2 tsp granulated sugar
• 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
  
  

Steps

For the Cake: 

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix all cake ingredients in a mixing bowl.
3. Beat with electronic mixer on medium to high speed until combined.  
4. Pour batter into a greased 9-inch baking pan (or two if you don't want to split the cake later).
5. Bake for 20-25 minutes (12-15 minutes if two pans) or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. 
6. Cool completely and place in freezer for 30 minutes before assembling.

For the Icing:

1.  Half six Oreos, set aside.  Chop remaining cookies into 1/4" pieces, set aside.
2. Make Oreo whipped cream in 2 batches. 
1. In a bowl for standby mixer with whipping attachment, whip 2 cups of cream on medium-high to soft peak, spoon into large bowl.
2. In same mixing bowl, whip remaining 2 1/2 cups of cream, sugar, and vanilla to soft peak.
3. Fold into already whipped cream.
3. Gently fold in crushed Oreos to full batch of cream.

Assemble:

1. Remove cake from freezer.  Slice in half horizontally, if cooked in one pan.
2. Place bottom half on serving plate.  Spread half of icing on cake.  
3. Place top layer, ice with remaining icing.
4. Chill two hours to allow Oreos to soften.  
5. Garnish with Oreo halves. 

Notes

• I rarely do the Oreo garnish.
• I rarely use all the icing, but it makes a great treat alone!
• Honestly, could leave out the additional sugar in the icing.  The Oreos make it sweet enough. 

Personal Notes

• We call this Daddy's Cake because Spencer helped me make this cake for Ryan's 36th birthday.  It is now tradition that we make this cake each year to celebrate Daddy's birthday on October 15.  
• For Daddy's birthday, we place the cake plate on the floor or table, and attack with three forks.  

Source: Oreo Cake via Bakerita.com