My other love, when it comes to sweet treats, is a sheet cake. They’re easier than layer cake and they taste just as amazing.
So I’ve decided to combine the two and create this Cookies and Cream Sheet Cake. We start with a boxed white cake mix and stir in crushed OREO cookies and then top it with a delicious butter cream frosting flavored with more OREO cookies! It’s an enticing OREO overload! But somehow just perfect.
Now, every time I post a new sheet cake recipe, I get comments and emails saying “this isn’t a sheet cake.” They’re expecting, I suppose, a full sheet pan sized cake that would be about 18″x26″ – that’s a lot of cake. Well, a 9″x13″ is about a quarter of a full sheet cake – which, I think, still makes it a sheet cake. But the name refers more to the fact that it’s not a layer cake rather than the size.
Regardless of what I call it, I bet you’ll call it delicious. Y’all enjoy!
Recipe Card
Cookies and Cream Sheet Cake
Ingredients
- 1 (14.3-ounce) package OREO cookies
- 1 (15.25-ounce) box white cake mix
- 1 cup milk
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
For the frosting:
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 6 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and lightly spray a 9x13-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Place the cookies in a gallon-size ziptop bag and crush them with a rolling pin or meat mallet. You want them to be broken up well, but not pulverized. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine the cake mix milk, vegetable oil, and eggs. Use a mixer to mix it well - about 2 minutes. Measure out about 2 cups of the crushed cookies and stir them into the batter. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Set aside and cool completely.
- Once the cake is cool, make the frosting by using a mixer to beat the butter until smooth. Gradually add the powdered sugar mixing well after each addition. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix well. Add the extracts and mix well. Gradually add the whipping cream until the frosting is near spreading consistency. Stir in the remaining cookie crumbs. Add additional whipping cream if it's too thick to spread or some additional powdered sugar if it's too thin. Spread the frosting over the cake.
Please note:
If nutritional values are provided, they are an estimate and will vary depending on the brands used. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, I recommend grabbing your favorite brands and plugging those ingredients into an online nutritional calculator.
Made this today! It looked so good. Pretty hesitant about the buttercream frosting. 6 cups of powder sugars was just a little to sweet for me.
How’d it turn out for you?
I am making this tomorrow. For the frosting do I beat the heavy whipping cream and stir into powdered sugar or just add the liquid whipping cream.
No, the whipping cream is just to thin it out, so just follow the recipe and add the liquid cream right to the frosting. Enjoy! 🙂
Yes it will have to be refrigerated…there is cream on there!
You’re welcome to refrigerate it if you’re concerned about that.
Quick question- my cake mix calls for 1 cup water as well. Did you make this by preparing the cake as directed on the box? Or should I follow your recipe and skip the water?
Yep, just ignore the directions on the box and make it per this recipe. Hope you enjoy it!
Does this need to be refrigerated?
This recipe does not have to be refrigerated.
Yummo! Came together great.
So glad you liked it!
Will this recipe work as cupcakes?
It should work just fine!
Hi, I imagine I can use this recipe to make layered 9in cake? TIA
I don’t see why not! Enjoy!
Could I use milk instead of whipping cream for the frosting?
Yes, you just might need a bit less since it won’t be as thick as the whipping cream.
I’m allergic to nuts, is there something else I could use in place of the Almond extract?
You can leave it out or opt for an imitation almond flavoring that doesn’t have real almonds in it.
Thank you!