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Strawberry Cookies and Cream Cake

May 20, 2015 by Joy the Baker 71 Comments

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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

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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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  1. Maria

    June 5, 2015 at 1:31 pm

    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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  2. Ola

    June 3, 2015 at 1:52 pm

    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” :(

    Reply
  3. Tina Cebollero

    May 26, 2015 at 8:58 pm

    It all looks AWESOME!!! :)

    Reply
  4. Tarin Lindsey

    May 26, 2015 at 10:40 am

    It’s a perfect day for me as I found your blog! Your Strawberry Cookies and Cream Cake recipe is very sweet and looks so delicious! I think I’m falling in love with this recipe. This would a perfect dish especially this summer. I know my family is going to love it. Can’t wait to try this. Your other delicious recipe</a also are all fantastic perfect for diet. Thanks friend for this sharing. Nice post indeed. Have a blessed day!

    Reply
  5. Debbie

    May 25, 2015 at 11:23 am

    That looks so amazing. I will definitely be making this sometime soon.

    Reply
  6. mjtalone

    May 25, 2015 at 5:42 am

    I made this for our Memorial Day party & it was a HUGE hit! Thanks for a great recipe – not a crumb left…

    Reply
  7. Kat S

    May 24, 2015 at 6:53 pm

    WOW. I really can’t wait to try this! Gorgeous photography too!

    Kat | http://www.itgirlnextdoor.com

    Reply
  8. Judith Sawyer

    May 24, 2015 at 4:38 pm

    @ 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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  9. Judith Sawyer

    May 24, 2015 at 4:34 pm

    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!

    Reply
  10. Lori

    May 24, 2015 at 3:02 pm

    That is a beautiful cake! Looks SO delicious :)

    Reply
  11. anna@icyvioletskitchen

    May 23, 2015 at 8:39 pm

    so beautiful! your talent with food is truly tremendous (yay alliteration!).

    Reply
  12. TaylorMay

    May 23, 2015 at 9:29 am

    Haha,:] joy, you’re so awesome, I love your food style.
    Have a happy day.

    Reply
  13. Jules

    May 22, 2015 at 10:59 pm

    Yes! I’ve been looking everywhere for the perfect dessert recipe for a dinner party that’s coming up and this is it!
    I hope it looks half as good as this one.

    Jules.- https://thekiwidiarie.com

    Reply
  14. Barb

    May 22, 2015 at 6:34 am

    Wow, just wow!

    Check out “What’s Cooking”, food and fun! At:
    https://cookingmania.yuku.com

    Reply
  15. Meredith

    May 21, 2015 at 1:52 pm

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

    Reply
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