Mini chocolate-chocolate cupcakes with raspberry and caramel filling

Friday, April 25, 2008

Mini chocolate-chocolate cupcakes with raspberry and caramel filling

Holly over at PheMomenon is hosting a Blogging For Babies event called Little Wonders. Holly is raising money for the March of Dimes March for Babies in honor of her son Cole. Read all about her story on her blog.

The requirements of the event are simply to make something small. Since you all know I love making cupcakes, I thought mini-cupcakes would be perfect. The truth is, I have supported March of Dimes for quite some time myself. My 13 year old sister was also born premature. I was 14 at the time and remember being very scared. I was so scared in fact, that when the entire family went to see her for the first time in the NICU, I refused to go.

My sister has grown into a wonderful teenager girl (is that even possible?) She’s very intellegent and likes to bake just like me. We enjoy baking together when I see her, which unfortunately, isn’t often enough. Here is the most recent picture of us taken last Christmas. Yes, she’s a tall one.

Back to the cupcakes. I used my favorite chocolate cupcake recipe with my favorite chocolate cream cheese frosting recipe (without the chili powder). I made both recipes dairy free (the caramel was not dairy free).

I usually use the cone method to fill cupcakes. I knew this wouldn’t work very well with mini-cupcakes. Instead I used a special cupcake filling tip that came with my piping bag set. It took a while to get the hang of it, but in the end it worked out fine. I filled some with leftover caramel I had and the rest with some leftover raspberry preserves. Both tasted amazing.

Definitely be sure to check out Holly’s story and support her team for the March of Babies.

Cupcakes, Dessert

2 comments »

15 Responses to “Triple Layer Oreo Cake”

#
1

URBakin'MeCrazyy — February 9, 2011 at 5:10 pm

This look absolutely FABULOUS! 🙂 I love oreo’s… They could quite possibly be my favorite snack food.! I’m defientely adding this recipe to my collection of cakes to bake! Thanks for sharing.
Megan♥
http://urbakinmecrazyy.blogspot.com/
#
2

Cupcake Kelly — February 10, 2011 at 2:14 pm

that is one of the MOST impressive cakes I’ve ever seen! You always amaze me with your creativity! very inspirational.
#
3

Elina (Healthy and Sane) — February 10, 2011 at 7:55 pm

OMG – I want!!! 😀
#
4

Anonymous — December 16, 2011 at 1:36 pm

hi is it ok to use regular coffee?like maxwell?how many teaspoon of maxwell should i use?thanks
#
5

Anonymous — January 20, 2012 at 8:06 pm

This looks AMAZING! What did you use to hold the Oreos in place on the top? Is that Oreo filling?
#
6

Claire — February 10, 2012 at 11:46 pm

Love this cake – made it for my hubby’s 30th! Just a quick question as I had a little trouble with the Oreo filling. It was a bit thin. I think the problem might be the type of cream I used as we don’t have heavy cream in Australia (at least it’s not called heavy cream) so does anyone know what type of cream I should use? Thanks heaps 🙂
#
7

nette — December 24, 2012 at 3:38 am
This cake turned out amazing! I omitted the coffee from the frosting and it was perfect without but im sure it would have been prefect with. It was a process to make it but well worth it! Just as good if not better than a bakery cake!
- beantownbaker — December 24th, 2012 @ 5:48 pm
  
  Yes, it’s definitely a lot of work, but worth the effort! Glad you enjoyed it.
#
8

Tastes of Lizzy T — June 1, 2013 at 5:52 am
Found you on Carole’s Chatter Food on Friday link-up. This cake looks like perfection!! I definitely need to try it soon:)
- beantownbaker — June 10th, 2013 @ 12:33 pm
  
  Thanks and welcome! You should definitely make this cake if you like Oreos at all.
#
9

Betty Kang — July 22, 2013 at 11:17 am
OMG, I love oreo so much!!! I will try to make this cake someday! Thank you for the delicious recipe!
- beantownbaker — July 22nd, 2013 @ 1:13 pm
  
  It definitely takes a little bit of extra effort, but it’s so worth it!
#
10

Karen — June 2, 2014 at 12:46 pm
What size pkg of Oreos? I just came home with one that only has 3 rows, ugh? It’s 14.3 oz. is that the same size? Thanks!!
- beantownbaker — September 2nd, 2014 @ 7:09 pm
  
  Did that work for you? I will have to check next time I am at the store. I just get the standard size with 3 rows.
#
11

Kris — March 10, 2026 at 11:31 am

Just wanted you to know that after all these years I keep coming back to this recipe
!! My 17 year old requested it for his birthday, he was 4 the first time I made it for his birthday.