Oreo Cupcake

I love nothing more than spending a cold  Sunday afternoon wrapped up warm, prancing around my kitchen pretending to be Beyonce and whipping up some sweet treats. Today I tried my hand at something I had been meaning to do for a while, Oreo Cupcakes. I have seen these floating around various baking blogs and fancied trying them out. I hadn't actually planned to blog about these so I have no step by step photos but they are super easy to make. Here is the recipe I followed:

For the cupcakes, you will need:

100 g unsalted butter

150 g caster sugar

125 ml milk

175 g plain flour

25 g good quality cocoa powder

2 tsp baking powder

1 pack of Oreo's

• Preheat your oven to gas mark 4/180 c. 
• Cream the butter and sugar together until you have a nice fluffy consistency.
• Whisk the eggs together in a separate bowl and gradually beat them in
• Sift in your flour, cocoa powder and baking powder and then fold in.
• Pour in the milk and continue to fold but be careful not to knock the air out.
• Place an oreo at the bottom of each case
• Divide your mixture into muffin cases and bake for 20-25 minutes.

When these are ready leave to cool on a wiring rack and prepare your butter cream. 

For the buttercream frosting you will need:

• 8oz of unsalted butter
• 160 oz of Icing sugar
• 4 oreo biscuits

You need to make sure the butter is soft for the buttercream. Beat the sugar and butter together and if the consistency is too firm add a splash of milk. Place the Oreo's in a bag and bash with a rolling pin into small pieces. Then add these to the buttercream mixture. You can also add a splash of vanilla essence but this step is down to personal taste. 

Now, even though I love baking I often struggle with the "artistic side". Luckily, the buttercream is rather thick in consistency and therefore probably won't be able to fit through your standard piping nozzle. I think these type of cupcakes are best presented with a "rustic effect" and not all prim and proper like other cupcakes might be. 

The oreo hidden at the bottom of the cupcake really offers as a little surprise. These are perfect to enjoy with a cuppa while catching up on blogs. Or you could even make them for your valentine this Thursday!