Every year for Derby, I’ve always brought a cake. Just your simple from the box kind of cake. But this year I decided to spice it up a bit. I was inspired by my friend Mel – who we can call The Disappointer from now on.
I had my simple from the box devils food cake and simple from the can vanilla icing. Special ingredient: Oreos. But not just on top the cake. In the cake.
I lined the bottom of both pans with wax paper and then crammed in Oreo halves with the cream up. Batter went on top and then I baked the bad dogs. Yep… look at those yummy little cream cakes. nom nom nom
And if you know me, you know I don’t ice the sides of my cakes. I do a horrible job at it so I don’t even bother with it any more. It all tastes the same. And I still use all the icing. I just can’t get the hang of it. I tried to make up for that by putting Oreo crumbles on top too.
Since it was Derby, the cake was getting a festive touch. I’m not a cake decorator at all – The Disappointer is the cake decorator – but I cooked up an idea to watercolor some little horses and have them running around the outside of the cake.
Yes, they’re all number seven. But each horse is a different color and so are the silks. Besides, seven is a lucky number. Right?
And TA-DA! My Derby cake!
Can you believe only half of this was consumed? Yeah, I was surprised too. So I brought it to work today. I find comfort in knowing that I’m not the only one who eats cake for breakfast.
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rchilly2000 - I love this cake! I would’ve eaten the whole thing if I wasn’t trying to fit into a bikini come June. ;)
louster - Cake, icing and Oreos, that’s my trifecta. This looks sooooooo good.
shutterboo - Bikini schmikini – you’re such a skinny little tart! Eh, you stand next to me and I’ll thin you out. :)
tempusflits - That’s cute and clever, too.
katie o. - i’m with lou. that’s some holy goodness batman! and i think you need to make one for me. just sayin’.
shutterboo - Please, homegirl, you know how to bake – make it yourself. The really hard part is not eating the Oreos while you twist them apart. Very hard. Will power is a must. Or just eat 5 right off the bat and get it out of the way.
Susan the Pod-Mate - I can’t believe this wasn’t finished at the party, but I’m glad it wasn’t because that means I got to have a piece today! NOM!
Wendi - I love this idea. Cookies in your cake = genius.
shutterboo - Mel, I mean The Disappointer, occasionally makes cupcakes this way; an Oreo fits nicely in the liner. Thus she’s the inspiration. :)
Dawn - Oh, that looks tasty. I’m going to need some Oreos. And some cake. Stat.
Living Dilbert - Dang, if I could have THIS cake…I’d eat it every day for breakfast (lunch and dinner)!
Melanie - P.S. I don’t particularly like being called The Disappointer….I’m just sayin :(
shutterboo - Hmph. I’ll take that into consideration.