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Peppermint Cookies and Cream Sheet Cake

Christmas twist on a classic sheet cake
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 15

Ingredients
  

Cake

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1/2 tsp. peppermint extract
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 8 roughly chopped Peppermint Oreo cookies
  • 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips

Frosting

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup buttermilk
  • 4 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/4 tsp. peppermint extract
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 8 roughly chopped Peppermint Oreo cookies
  • 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup Andes peppermint baking chips

Instructions
 

  • For Cake:
  • Bring 1 cup butter and 1 cup water to a boil in a large saucepan and remove from heat.
  • Mix together flour, baking soda, salt, and sugar in a bowl.
  • Mix together beaten eggs, buttermilk and extracts in another bowl.
  • Alternating flour mixture and buttermilk mixture, whisk into the saucepan with butter and water until all ingredients are combined.
  • Pour into a 11x16 greased and floured sheet cake pan.
  • Sprinkle chopped Oreo cookies and mini chocolate chips over cake.
  • Bake at 375 degrees for 20 - 22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  • Cool in the pan on a wire rack.
  • For Frosting:
  • Place butter and buttermilk in saucepan and heat over medium to low heat until butter is melted.
  • This will look curdled but that is ok.
  • When butter is melted, whisk until butter mixture no longer looks curdled.
  • Let this cool until it is room temperature. Do not place in refrigerator to cool.
  • When it's room temperature, add extracts then incorporate powdered sugar into butter mixture 1 cup at a time.
  • Add 1 TBL milk at a time as it becomes too thick until all the powdered sugar is incorporated and it is a spreading consistency.
  • Spread over cooled cake and sprinkle with chopped cookies, peppermint chips and chocolate chips.