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Strawberry Cookies and Cream Cake

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Strawberry Cookies and Cream Cake

With every trip to the grocery store, I run these few thoughts through my mind.  

•  GAH!  I forgot my grocery list.  Do I need lemons?  I probably need lemons.  •  Why is it so cold in here?  •  Do I have my wallet, where’s my wallet, who stole my wallet, oh here’s my wallet.  •  Is that baby sitting in that stroller staring at me or do babies just stare?  •  Would it be weird if I start eating this baguette right now?    •  I hate scallops  •  No, you don’t need a bag of chocolate sandwich cookies… don’t even look at those Oreos… no no no.  •  Wait, didn’t you want to make a recipe with a cookies and cream whipped cream?  Better get the cookies.  Two bags, just to be sure.  

Cut to:  home from the grocery store eating Oreos for dinner.

Could one of you please call an adult and ask them to come live with me? 

Strawberry Cookies and Cream Cake

We’re starting with the cake base.  

Chocolate, like every good cake base should be.  

Into the bowl go flour, sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, leavening, and salt.  

Strawberry Cookies and Cream Cake

Grab a spoon and stir it up. It’s simple! 

Strawberry Cookies and Cream Cake

Chocolate cake is all sorts of understanding.  This is a vegan cake with fat from canola oil and flavor from coffee and vanilla extract.  

Strawberry Cookies and Cream Cake

Wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.  Just a wooden spoon to stir.  

I love a recipe that doesn’t require a mixer.  

Strawberry Cookies and Cream Cake

Smooth and glossy chocolate cake batter.  What is more beautiful?    Few things.  

I want to stick my face in this bowl forever.  

Strawberry Cookies and Cream Cake

We’re making a single layer cake.  Keeping things simple but still special.  

Strawberry Cookies and Cream Cake

While the cake bakes we have a few minutes to make the whipped cream (and eat a TON of Oreo cookies before assembling the cake).  

Strawberry Cookies and Cream Cake

A soft whip, not hardening the cream too much.  

Then COOOKIES!  Adding crumbled chocolate sandwich cookies to the whipped cream will soften the cookies like an icebox cake.  

Spoiler alert:  TOO GOOD.  

Strawberry Cookies and Cream Cake

Cooled chocolate cake is topped with cookies and cream whipped cream.  

Feel like a genius?  Too easy.  

Strawberry Cookies and Cream Cake

The whipped cream is topped with sweet, fresh strawberries and waaay more cookie crumbled.  

Then, call someone you love and insist that they come over to eat this cake.  You don’t want to be left alone with this thing for too long. 

Strawberry Cookies and Cream Cake

This is one of those unassuming chocolate cakes, humble and gracious until it’s topped with an unreasonable amount of whipped cream, fresh strawberries, and cookies.  When served chilled from the fridge, the cakes reminds me of an ice cream cake if chocolate, cookies and cream, and strawberry ice cream got together and made friends. 

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Strawberry Cookies and Cream Cake

  • Author: Joy the Baker

Ingredients

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For the Cake

  • 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened Dutch-processed cocoa powder
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup warm coffee
  • 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

For the Topping

  • 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 1/4 cup powdered sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 cup crumbled Oreo cookies plus more cookies for topping
  • 1 pint fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced in half if large

Instructions

  1. Place rack in the center of the oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-inch round cake pan, dust with flour and set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk together coffee, oil, and vanilla.
  4. Add the wet ingredients, all at once to the dry ingredients and whisk until just combined.
  5. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 18-22 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
  6. Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely.
  7. While the cake is cooling, make the whipped cream topping. In a medium bowl whip the cream, powdered sugar, salt, and vanilla to soft peaks. Add the cookie crumbled and fold to combine.
  8. To top the cake, dollop whipped cream on top of the cooled cake and spread into an even layer. top with strawberries and cookie crumbles. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

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  4. Kelsey @ Badger Kitchen

    I made this for my birthday this week and it was a hit! I doubled the recipe to make a double layer cake and put berries and whipped cream in between layers. I also used raspberries and blueberries with the strawberries. It was the perfect summer cake!

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  5. Jessica

    I made this cake for a birthday today – gorgeous! Although it really doesn’t make much batter, so the cake turned out rather thin. Is that what it’s meant to be? I would double the batter next time (yes, there will be a next time).

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  7. Mia

    Hey Joy! Are those the correct measurements for the wet ingredients? I followed the directions exactly and my cake mix is very dry and not glossy or pourable.

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    • JamieCakes

      Hi Mia…Did your cake turn out alright? I’m making mine right now and “pouring the batter” was not an option for me. Very thick…it more “glopped” in the pan. Slightly worried right now…

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  8. Lori

    Made this for a dinner with friends. Absolutely delicious and very simple. Actually, my kids did most if it. Great summer recipe. Thanks!

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  9. Maria

    I made this for some people who don’t like coffee and I subbed in some good chai tea and it turned out great with the spices! I’m eating the leftovers for dinner now ; )

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  10. Ola

    Dear Joy, I made this cake. It was overall tasty, but: I love your cookies, I adore your biscuits (especially the blue cheese biscuits with tomato cobbler), I’m the huge fan of the any kind of brownies, so I’m sorry to say that the chocolate cake base in this reciepe is amazingly dry (despite I baked it much less time). I know that nobody ever said it is supposed to be cheewy and moist, but also you didn’t say it’s so “not brownie like” :(

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  16. Judith Sawyer

    @ Allison….I actually don’t keep coffee around, so I did sub in a mixture of milk and water for the coffee and worked fine.

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  17. Judith Sawyer

    Joy, this cake is a joy! I made this for tonight’s dinner guests and it was a huge hit! The cake is kind of half way between cake and brownie and just perfect with the soft cream and the berry contrast. I’m not usually a fan of anything with chopped or crushed Oreos, but in this context it is the perfect extra sweetness that is needed. I baked the cake last night and put it in the fridge (wrapped up tightly) and then did the rest this morning, so it had all day to soften, blend and chill while I did other things. Perfect. Thank you!

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  23. Meredith

    If you don’t want coffee in it do you need to substitute something else for it or just leave it out?

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  29. Amy

    I’ve just found gluten free ‘Oreos’ in our local supermarket. This cake is dangerously close to becoming a reality. Please don’t send a rescue party…

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  33. Cakequeen@gmail.com

    Do I have my wallet, where’s my wallet, who stole my wallet, oh here’s my wallet. Lol that is soooo my mom.

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  36. Jessie

    That looks like heaven in cake form Joy! What can we use to substitute the coffee if we aren’t coffee drinkers? And since the cake is vegan (and oreos too!), I’d love to make it for my vegan sister. Any thoughts on what the whipped cream could be subbed for?

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  37. karen

    I am probably gonna shock a few people but I am not a fan of Oreos. That being said, this is probably gonna be the next cake I make. Looks so good and it will definitely be a hit with my bunch.

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  38. Kimberly

    You’re amazing, Joy! Strawberry cookies and cream sounds delish. And the “Would it be weird if I just started eating this baguette now” made me laugh.

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  39. Karen

    Definitely planning on this for a coworker’s birthday now since Oreos are a thing around the office. But can this be made the night before? Will it get soggy? Would it be best to wait to layer the cream and strawberries on top right before serving? Thanks!

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  43. Contes et Délices

    Woooow, this cake is what can be named temptation !! :) Oreo and strawberries, I’m jealous to not had thought about it first !!
    So happy to have discovered you blog, it’s amazing :)

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  48. Kristin

    I laughed out loud (at work) at your grocery store internal commentary. Only because I’ve had the same conversation with myself. This cake looks goooood….

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  51. Nastasia Grace

    Oh my goodness this is SO ME when I go to the grocery. Literally I end up eating ice cream for dinner 80% of the time. But this cake looks fantastic. I adore oreos and strawberries so this looks perfect!

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  53. Jenny

    This is genius and is going to be made tonight! I love that the cake is vegan with oreos….pure,awesomeness.

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  55. Shelly V.

    Uhhh…I just had E.L. Fudge cookies for breakfast. Double Stuffed. (Both the cookies and me!) So I’m probably not your adult.

    That being said, this looks amazing, and I may have to make a trip to the store for more cookies!

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  57. Amanda

    Your lead in story put a big smile on my face. No adult allowed when this is the result!

    Pure brilliance in cake form, and something this non-baker wants to attempt :)

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  61. Jenna

    I LOVE how this cake is vegan and how you added Oreos to it! You can never go wrong adding them to anything (or eating them for dinner). I always forget my list going to the grocery store and end up buying twice as many things I didn’t need!!

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  64. Girl Named Allyn

    I need someone to have a party just so I can bring this cake. Think I might replace the canola with coconut oil, since I certainly wouldn’t mind a slight coconut flavor. Uuuuugh, now this is what I want for breakfast

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  65. Rosie @ Notes of Bacon

    I know that this is not something I can make without pieces of strawberry and cookie going everywhere and I’m totally ok with that. As long as they eventually find their way into my mouth, we have no problem. I just won’t wear white.

    Yes please to all of it.

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  66. Flissy

    Arggh! It looks so delicious and I got all excited that it was going to be dairy free when you mentioned that it was Vegan. And then the whipped cream spoilt it. I’m going to have to try this with a dairy free replacement for cream…

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