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?
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.
Grab a spoon and stir it up. It’s simple!
Chocolate cake is all sorts of understanding. This is a vegan cake with fat from canola oil and flavor from coffee and vanilla extract.
Wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Just a wooden spoon to stir.
I love a recipe that doesn’t require a mixer.
Smooth and glossy chocolate cake batter. What is more beautiful? Few things.
I want to stick my face in this bowl forever.
We’re making a single layer cake. Keeping things simple but still special.
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).
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.
Cooled chocolate cake is topped with cookies and cream whipped cream.
Feel like a genius? Too easy.
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.
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.
PrintStrawberry Cookies and Cream Cake
Ingredients
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
- 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.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together coffee, oil, and vanilla.
- Add the wet ingredients, all at once to the dry ingredients and whisk until just combined.
- 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.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- 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.
- 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.
Pam Baker
That beautiful cake has my name on it! Gah, totally craving for it now!
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!
erinmdaly
Chocolate cake, whipped cream, Oreos, strawberries… my favorite dessert-y things. YES PLEEEASE.
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 :)
Ashlyn @ Pedantic Foodie
Oreo cookie whipped cream?!? I’m all in!
Allysa
Oh my….”pinning” it RIGHT now!
Lauren Ver Hage
Joy, you minx! I want this cake right now — for breakfast! I shall have no oatmeal this AM. Only this will do.
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!!
Mariel Parton
this looks so good, can’t wait to try it and just stuff my face with it’s goodness :D <3
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Warm Vanilla Sugar
Love the strawberries on this cake! It’s gorgeous!
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
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.
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…
Olivia
This cake looks absolutely gorgeous! I love your blog, you post such lovely ideas and recipes.
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howtosavethekosmos
This looks like a perfect excuse to buy Oreos…aka a great Memorial Day BBQ dessert.