Chocolate Cookie Cake
Instructions
Grease and lightly four two 8 or 9 X 1 1/2" round cake pans. Set aside. In extra large mixing bowl combine flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and baking powder. Add milk, sour cream, melted chocolate, butter, eggs, and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed about 1 minute or till mixture is well combined. Turn speed to high and beat 3 minutes scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Place half of the batter in a medium bowl; cover and chill. Divide remaining half of batter evenly between the prepared pans. Bake in a 350F oven for 20 to 25 minutes for 9" layers 25-30 minutes for 8" layers or till a toothpick comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Remove from pans and let cakes cool completely on wire racks. Wash the pans. Grease and lighlty flour pans. Divide reserved chilled batter evenly between pans. Bake and cool as directed above. Prepare the Chocolate Sandwich Cookie filling; reserve 3/4 cup filling for the garnish.
To assemble the cake put one cake layer on a serving plate and top with 1/3 of the remaining cookie filling, spreading filling evenly over layer. Add a second layer of cake and spread with another 1/3 of filling. Add another layer of cake and and spread with remaining 1/3 of cookie filling top with last cake layer. Prepare chocolate frosting and frost cake. Stir reserved filling and enough milk (about 2 to 3 teaspoons) to make it drizzling consistency. Spoon onto the center top of cake. Carefully spread filling to force some of it down the sides of cake. Garnish top with crushed oreos
