Junia's Cookies & Cream Cake Recipe

CAKE:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Line bottoms of 3 - 8-inch pans with paper; grease and flour sides.
• Crush Oreo's and set aside.
• Mix flour, baking soda and salt set aside. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Add flour mixture alternating with buttermilk, beating until well blended after each addition.
• Beat egg whites in another large bowl with electric mixer on high speed until peaks form. Gently stir into batter.
• Add crushed Oreo's to batter and mix well.
• Pour evenly into prepared pans making sure to have an even amount of batter in each pan.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted into centers come out clean. Immediately run spatula between cakes and sides of pans.
• Cool 15 minutes; remove cakes from pans. Remove paper. Cool completely on wire racks.

FROSTING:

• Mix cream cheese, butter, confectioners' sugar, crushed Oreo cookies, vanilla, and milk together.
• Let sit for 15-30 minutes.
• After cake has cooled, frost bottom layer.
• Place second layer on top and repeat step 3.
• Place top layer and frost top and sides covering any trace of cake.
• Decorate top with Oreo cookies if desired.