My Vegan Oreo Cookies and Cream Cupcakes are the perfect balance of vanilla cream and bitter chocolate in sweet, cupcake form. Get the recipe below.
Accidentally vegan
If you have found your way here I am sure you know what an Oreo is, but did you know that they are vegan*?
Just in case you're not sure: an Oreo is essentially two chocolate wafers (biscuits) separated by a cream filling. You can also get a chocolate cream filling and many, many other flavours. Believe it or not, the cookie has been around since 1912! And, unsurprisingly is the best selling cookie in the US!
They were first introduced to the UK in just 2008 and were originally only stocked in Sainsburys. They are now on sale pretty much everywhere and have also found their way into fast food restaurants like McDonales (Oreo MucFlurry) and KFC (Oreo Krushem).
They have also become very popular in home baking, particularly with vegans as they don't contain any egg or dairy products. They are accidentally vegan!
Vegan baking
If you're new to vegan baking then I'm here to tell you that you don't need to worry at all. In a cake we need to swap out the butter and egg for vegan substitutes. In this recipe I've used Flora plant based butter and a commercial egg-replacer called Crackd.
For more suggestions on vegan substitutes to use in recipes such as this check out my big vegan baking guide.
Variations
When I first started playing around with Oreos in my baking (way back in 2012) I came up with two variations to this recipe. The first involves taking one of the wafers off and placing it crème side up so that the crème filling is directly touching the cake batter. This makes for a deliciously sweet bottom to the cake but means that you have some biscuit bits left over.
Another variation (the one you see here) is to use the Oreo as both a topping and as chocolate chips in the batter. I cut my Oreo’s off just below the word “Oreo” in the middle of the cookie. The off cuts are folded into the cake batter and the rest of the cookie is used as a cake topper. Cute right?
When I first made these cupcakes most people preferred the second of the variations and that's what I am sharing with you today. Everyone loves a chocolate chip cookie or cake and the biscuit pieces throughout the cake batter work really well! Plus the cookie topper leaves you in no doubt that these are Oreo cupcakes!
Decoration
As for decorating, I do what I call “cloud icing” where you simply use a large circle nozzle and swirl it upwards giving a fluffy, cloud-like appearance. I then “dip” an Oreo into the buttercream, but of course you can decorate them as you wish!
The recipe
Oreo Cookies and Cream Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 100 g Caster Sugar
- 100 g Non-dairy Butter e.g. Flora or Naturli
- 100 g Self Raising Flour
- egg-replacer equal to 2 eggs as per the packet
- 12 oreos
- 400 g vegan buttercream to decorate
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to gas mark 4.
- Gather together any broken Oreo pieces and give a good bashing along with half a packet of whole Oreos until they form “chips”. Alternatively, trim each Oreo just below the word "Oreo" on the cookies. Take these smaller pieces and bash to form the chocolate chips. Retain the rest of the Oreo for decorating.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together your vegan butter and sugar until it has become much paler in colour and is very soft.
- Make the egg-replacer according to the instructions or if using Crackd simply add to the batter and whisk until combined.
- Next fold the flour into the batter in two parts. Then finally fold in the Oreo “chips”.
- Place in the centre of your oven and bake for 15mins or until golden and springy.
- Leave to cool before decorating with the buttercream.
Nutrition
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Shaheen says
I've picked up a packet of Oreo's too as I have also jumped on the bandwagon to make similar cakes. Fab inspiration.
Jesss says
These look yummy! Controversial confession: I don't really like Oreos!These look like they're definitely worth a try though :Dxo
Emmyw says
I'd love to see how they turn out 🙂
Emmyw says
I have to admit they're not my "go-to" biscuit...that would be a bourbon...or a custard cream haha! But these really are delicious!!!