Oreo Cupcakes for a Birthday Boy
The World Cup Fever is gaining momentum fast and furious in the office with the finals just around the corner. Really then, what better way to celebrate colleague D’s birthday with a soccer-themed birthday cake?
However, I decided against baking a birthday cake for it can’t feed the whole company. Instead I started searching for suitable cupcakes to reflect the current World Cup Fever in this part of the world. It is indeed very fortunate that I came across this recipe on Nic’s bakingsheet blog yet again. As she had mentioned, her creation of this recipe was inspired by the black/white colours of the soccer ball.
I really do love reading her blog. 
- 12 of the cupcakes in the caddy before frosting -
- After frosting and garnishing (in the office) -
Oreo Cupcakes
2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 egg whites, room temperature
3/4 cup milk
1 1/4 cups crushed oreo cookies (10 cookies)
- Preheat oven to 175°C.
- Line 12 muffin tins with cupcake or muffin liners.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Leave aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar till light and fluffy.
- Add in the vanilla extract.
- Add in the egg whites one at a time, making sure each is fully incorporated before adding the next.
- Working in 4 or 5 additions, alternately add the dry ingredients and the milk to the wet ingredients. Keep the mixer on low speed while doing so.
- When just combined, stir in the crushed oreos.
- Spoon batter evenly into liners, filling each about 2/3 full.
- Bake for 15-18 minutes or till a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Remove individual cupcakes to cool completely on a wire rack before storing in air-tight container if not serving.
Yield : 24 cupcakes
According to Nic, the recipe works just as fine without the crushed oreos although the yield will be reduced to about 18 cupcakes instead.
Quick Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
4 cups icing sugar, add gradually and sparingly
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
- Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer for about 3-5 minutes, until frosting is creamy.
- Frost cupcakes using a butter knife or offset spatula, amount as desired.
- Garnish top of cupcakes with additional chunks of oreos.
Now, would you please excuse me while I go catch up on my ‘beauty sleep’. The frosting will be done tomorrow morning at the office, hence I will only be able to upload the picture tomorrow night. And of course, reviews will follow shortly!
Hi
I am very interested in making the oreo cupcakes/buttercream frosting. I am not familiar with the us cup measurements and hope you help me to convert to grams. Thank you. BTW, I like the cupcake stand. Where can I purchase a similar one?
Hi Lay Lian,
If you want to convert the cup to weight measurements, this website http://www.donnahay.com.au/Section.jsp?sectionid=1160856 is a good reference to start with. I hope it helps.
Actually it’s a very good habit to do the measurements by weight instead of by cups. It’s how the professionals do it. I’m just plain lazy.
The cupcake stand is from Wilton. So far I have not seen any other types of cupcake stands in the market. You can go to www.wilton.com and take a look.
Cadenze
Hi Cadenze
Thank you for your quick reply.
Hi Cadenze
Do iadd the icing after baking the cakes?
Hi Noelle,
Yes, the icing is only added after the cupcakes are baked and cooled down.
Hi there! I would love to try this recipe. Actually how much of egg whites should i use because it’s not in the recipe. Thanks a lot!
Ps: You have very nice blog and recipes!!! Thanks for sharing!
Take care
Hi Thong,
Thanks for your compliments and glad you like the recipes I share.
3 egg whites (at room temperature) are used for this recipe. This cupcake is my personal favourite too!
Ooh..!! Thanks for your reply. It looks delicious! I just have to bake it. Hehe!
hi, i would like to know, by ‘creaming’ does it means using the machine or you can do it manually? thank you =)
Hi Carrie,
You can cream together the butter and sugar manually as well as using the machine, but it is going to be very tough work if you were to do it manually.
cadenze
YES YOU’RE RIGHT!!! THEY ABSOLUTELY YUMMY!!!!
I just ate 1 and it was superb!!! And hopefully my sister’s friends will enjoy them as well as the rest of the cupcakes are for my sister’s church friends tomorrow. =D
Btw, can I know how do you define light and fluffy when creaming the butter and sugar? Thanks
Hi Bernice,
Glad you like the cupcakes. They are yummy, aren’t they?
Light and fluffy, I’ll try my best to describe because I can’t find a pic online. The colour of thh butter will turn to very light yellow, and it will become very fluffy in appearance and soft to touch. I hope that description helps.
Cadenze
Yes Cadenze!!! There’re really yummy!!! I’m tempted to keep everything for myself but, there’re too many to be eaten alone and good things are meant to be share yea.
And thanks for explaining!!!! It sure helps!! =D