Oreo Surprise Cupcake with Oreo Buttercream

 Gotta love those dainty silicon teacups!

Bought them cuties in Adelaide in April and they're just the prettiest things! So convenient, from oven-to-table application. Which reminds me that I need to use them more often, creatively (jot that down to my list of 23,785 things to bake).

Surprise! another Oreo at the bottom! :)


Oreo Surprise Cupcakes with Oreo Buttercream
Makes 18 cupcakes

Cupcakes:
1 3/4 cup caster sugar
3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
2 eggs
1 TBS vanilla extract
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup self-raising flour
1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 cup milk
18 pcs Oreo cookies halves, with cream fillings attached (place at the bottom of cupcake liner)

Buttercream:
1 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
3 cups icing sugar
6 TBS Oreo cookies, finely crushed
9 Oreo cookies, cut in half for toppers

Preheat oven to 175 Celcius, line pan with cupcake liners. Twist Oreos in half and set aside the extra cookies for the frosting.

Place Oreo cookies halves in the cupcake liners, with cream fillings facing up.

Beat butter and sugar until light & fluffy. Add eggs one by one. Add vanilla and baking powder. Mix the flours in a separate bowl. Alternately add the flour and milk to the batter, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.

Fill cupcake liners with batter. Bake for 15-18 minutes. Allow to cool 10 minutes in the pan before transfer to cooling rack.

In a bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter on medium-high speed until light & fluffy for 2-3 minutes. Reduce mixer speed to low and add sugar 1/2 cup at a time until thoroughly mixed. Add butter, Oreo crumbs and mix well.

Frost cupcakes as desired. Top cupcake with half Oreos and ENJOY!