Oreo Cupcakes

Fluffy vanilla cupcakes packed full of Oreo pieces, topped with Oreo buttercream and finished with an Oreo biscuit.

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 45 minutes

Servings cupcakes

Calories 460kcal

Author Charlotte Oates

Ingredients

Cupcakes

165 g self-raising flour
1½ level tsp baking powder
165 g caster sugar
165 g margarine or butter if you're using butter make sure it is soft and at room temperature
3 medium eggs
¼ tsp vanilla extract
12 Oreo biscuits 135g - I use regular Oreos but you can switch to any of their other flavours if you prefer

Buttercream

14 Oreo biscuits 150g - 1 packet
80 g butter Soft at room temperature
125 g icing sugar
A little milk

To decorate

12 Oreo biscuits

Metric - US Cups/Ounces

Instructions

Make the cupcakes

Pre-heat your oven to 160°C/140°C fan.
Line a 12-hole muffin tin with cupcake cases.
Roughly chop your Oreos (12 Oreos). I cut mine into quarters, but I don't worry if they break up a bit more. It's nice to have some larger and some smaller chunks.
Put the rest of your ingredients into a large bowl and beat together (165g self-raising flour, 1½ level tsp baking powder, 165g caster sugar, 165g margarine or butter, 3 medium eggs, ¼ tsp vanilla extract). I beat mine either by hand or with an electric mixer on a low speed, until the ingredients are combined and there are no lumps in the margarine/butter.
Fold in the chopped Oreos.
Divide the cake mixture between the 12 cupcake cases. I like to use a cupcake scoop as it's the easiest way to evenly split the mixture.
Bake your cupcakes for c. 25 minutes until a skewer inserted into the centre come out clean.
Once baked, remove your cupcakes from the baking tray and place them on a wire rack to cool completely before decorating.

Make the buttercream

Finely grind your Oreos (14 biscuits) - This is best done in a food processor as it allows you to easily grind them very finely, but you could also use a pestle and mortar, or pop them into a plastic bag and bash them with a rolling pin.
Beat your butter (80g) until it is soft and then gradually add the icing sugar (125g), beating in each addition before adding more. I prefer to use an electric mixer on a low speed as the mixture can be quite stiff. However, this can also be done by hand.
Add the cushed Oreos and beat them into the butter and sugar. You'll find that the addition of the Oreos makes your buttercream quite stiff. Beat in a little milk (no more than 1 tsp at a time) until your buttercream is a softer, more pipeable consistency. Make sure each addition is fully combined before adding more.

Decorate

Pipe the buttercream onto your cupcakes. I use a piping bag fitted with a JEM1B piping nozzle. If you don't have a piping bag then you can simply scoop a spoonful onto each one.
Top each cupcake with an Oreo.
Serve.

Notes

The quantities shown for the buttercream allow you to decorate the cupcakes as shown in the images. If you decide to opt for a different style of decoration the quantity you need may vary.

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