Mint Oreo Cake with Mint Buttercream Frosting

Ingredients

Mint oreo cake Ingredients

• 3 9 inch round cake pans
• 3 sheets of parchment paper
• 1 10 inch round cake board
• 1 C whole milk
• 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1 tsp mint extract
• 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
• 2 C sugar
• 3 C flour
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 5 large egg whites
• Kelly green leaf green and mint green gel food coloring
• 4 C crushed mint oreos leaving some whole mint oreo's for decorating

Mint oreo frosting

• 2 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
• 4 C powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 C mint Oreo's finely crushed
• 4-6 tbsp heavy whipping cream

Vanilla frosting ingredients

• 3 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
• 6 C powdered sugar
• 2 tbsp pure vanilla extract
• 5-6 tbsp heavy whipping cream
• 3 disposable piping bags
• 1 disposable piping bag fitted with a medium star tip

Chocolate ganache

• 2 C semi sweet chocolate chips
• 1 C heavy whipping cream
• 1 squeeze bottle

Instructions

Cake Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degree's and spray all 3 cake pan with pam baking spray and set aside
2. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the milk and vanilla and set aside
3. Using a standing mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy
4. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour and baking powder
5. Alternating between the milk and dry ingredients, gradually pour into the butter mixture. Mixing on low to medium speed until combined
6. Using another large mixing bowl and a hand mixer, beat the eggs until stiff peaks form
7. Fold into the cake batter
8. Divide the batter between three bowls
9. Mix in a few drops of kelly green food coloring into one bowl
10. Mix in a few drops of leaf green food coloring into the second bowl
11. Min in a few drops of mint green food coloring into the third bowl
12. You should have three different shades of green
13. Pour the batter's into the cake pans
14. Bake in the oven for 23-26 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean in the center
15. Allow the cakes to cool completely before removing from cake pans
16. Place the cakes onto a cutting board
17. Using a cake slicer, remove the domes from the cakes
18. Place one layer of cake onto the cake board

Mint Oreo Frosting directions:

19. Using a standing mixer, beat all ingredients together of the mint oreo frosting until stiff peaks form. About 5-7 minutes
20. Scoop about 1 C of the mint oreo frosting onto the darker green cake layer
21. Sprinkle 1/2 C of the crushed oreos onto the top of the frosting
22. Place the second lighter green cake layer on top
23. Repeat steps with the frosting and another cup of crushed oreos
24. Place the last layer of cake on top

Vanilla Frosting

25. Using a standing mixer, combine all of the vanilla ingredients into the mixer and mix until stiff peaks form
26. Scoop two cups of frosting onto the cake and frost the cake
27. Smooth with an angled spatula until smooth
28. Place a 9 inch round cake board onto the top of the cake
29. Split the frosting into three bowls
30. Mix in leaf green food coloring into one bowl
31. Mix in mint green food coloring into the second bowl
32. Leave the third bowl white
33. Scoop each frosting into their own piping bags
34. Scoop some white vanilla frosting into the piping bag with the star tip
35. Cut the tips off the piping bags
36. Pipe the darker green around the edge of the bottom of the cake twice
37. Pipe the lighter green around the middle twice
38. Pipe the white frosting around the top twice
39. Smooth with an angled spatula
40. In a small pot, heat up the heavy whipping cream until simmering
41. Place the chocolate chips into a heat safe bowl
42. Once the heavy whipping cream is steaming, pour the heavy whipping cream over the chocolate chips and let sit for a minute
43. Whisk until smooth
44. Gradually pour the chocolate ganache into drizzles over the top of the cake
45. Allow the ganache to harden
46. Pipe vanilla frosting, sprinkle some crushed oreos over the vanilla frosting, place the whole oreos onto the side of the frosting
47. Cut into slices and enjoy!