Oreo Cupcakes

Before you make the cupcakes do step one for the  cream filling it will help speed the process


Cupcake

3 eggs

2 cup Sugar

½ Cup oil

¾ cup Buttermilk

1 cup Sour cream

1 tsp. Vanilla

½ tsp. Salt

1 tsp. Baking Soda

1/4 tsp. Baking Powder

¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 3/4 cup All-purpose flour

36 Oreo Cookies

 Mix eggs and sugar until lemony color. Add the oil, buttermilk, sour cream, vanilla and then mix.  Add the cocoa, flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.  Mix until smooth.  Place one Oreo cookie in the bottom of the cupcake liner. Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full.  Bake 350 15-18 min.  Makes 36

Cream Filling

5 tbs. Flour

1 cup Milk

1 cup Sugar

1 cup Butter, softened

1 tsp. Vanilla

1.In a small saucepan whisk flour and milk together.  Cook on medium heat until thick.  Then let cool. I like to cool in the fridge for 30 minutes. 

2.  Cream butter and sugar until fluffy; add in the flour mixture and vanilla.  Mix on a high speed until the filling had the texture of cool whip. 

3. Place filling in a cake decorating bag with a 12 or 21 tip. You also can cut the tip off the disposable cake decorating  bag and use that.

Push the tip into the center of the cupcake and squeeze filling into the center of the cupcake until the top bulge’s a little. (It’s ok of the cupcake splits a little you will be covering the top with frosting)

Frosting

3/4 c. Butter

2 Pounds Powder Sugar (8 cups)

1 tsp.  Vanilla

4-6 tbs. Milk

1/4-1/2  cup Cocoa powder (Depending how chocolatey you like  your frosting)

 Allow butter to stand at room temperature for about 30 min.  In a large mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on Medium speed until smooth.  If you have extra cream filling mix it in with the butter.   Add powder sugar, vanilla extract, and then mix.  Beat in milk until frosting becomes spreading consistency. Divide the frosting in half.  In one half of the frosting and in cocoa powder and mix.  To frost you will want 3 disposable decorating bags.

1.       Fill one bag half full with the white frosting and another bag with chocolate frosting.   Cut the tip off of both bags.

2.        In the third bag slide a 1M tip or your favorite tip into the bag and push to the end and the cut the dip off.  

3.       Slide the two bags with frosting into the third bag with the tip; make sure tips of the bags go down into the tip of the third bag.  Pipe frosting onto the cupcake, then top with a mini Oreo or half a normal size.

Food for Thought:

"you were born, you existed as a spirit. In the presence of a loving Heavenly Father, you trained and prepared to come to earth for a brief moment and, well, perform. This life is your four minutes. While you are here, your actions will determine whether you win the prize of eternal life. The prophet Amulek described, “This life is the time … to prepare to meet God; yea, behold the day of this life is the day … to perform [your] labors.” 

Your Four Minutes

Gary E. Stevenson, April 2014 General Conference