Best Golden Oreo Birthday Cake

This Golden Oreo Birthday Cake is the only birthday cake you will ever need. It’s like Oreo meets funfetti and has a delicious baby. It has vanilla cake layers with crushed Golden Oreos and sprinkles mixed into it. It’s topped with a cream cheese sprinkle butter cream. Plus, it’s pink, because, well, I love pink! 

If you have been looking for the perfect birthday cake, this Golden Oreo Birthday Cake is it! This is the cake I chose to make for my own birthday and it was perfect!

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Why you should make this recipe 

Vanilla cake- I use my basic vanilla cake layers. I use cake flour to make sure the cake layers are smooth, silky, and moist. 

Funfetti layers- To make it really feel like a party, I decided to add rainbow sprinkles. 

Golden Oreo chunks- In addition to the sprinkles and the vanilla cake layers, there are chunks of golden Oreo to give a crunch to each slice. 

Layered cake- This is an 8 inch layered cake with 3 layers, but you can also do 2, 9 inch layers or 4, 6 inch cake layers as well. 

Pink frosting- Pink sprinkle frosting! Do I need to say more? I used my favorite brand of ameri gel which you can find here: 

Ingredients that you will need

I’ve complied a list of some of the ingredients that you will need that you might not have on hand. 

• Unsalted butter- For the cake batter, the butter will need to be room temperature.
• Eggs- I use extra large eggs, but you can also use large eggs. Make sure they are room temperature.
• Sour cream- I use full fat sour cream. It also needs to be room temperature. 
• Cake flour- My favorite brand is Swan Silk, but any brand would work. 
• Fresh baking powder- I buy fresh baking powder every month. It helps your cakes rise evenly. 
• Buttermilk- You will use one cup. Make sure to pull it out 2-4 hours before you start baking. 
• Golden Oreos- A family size pack of Oreos will do! 
• Rainbow sprinkles- To be honest, Walmart has my favorite jimmy sprinkles. You can find them here: 

Step by step instructions 

STEP 1: Mix the dry ingredients together. In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

STEP 2: Beat the butter, oil and sugar. In a large stand size mixing bowl, beat the butter, oil, and granulated sugar together on high speed for 3 minutes. Scrape the bottom and the sides of the bowl. 

STEP 3: Add in the eggs. Next, add in the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Add the vanilla and beat on medium speed for 1 minute.

STEP 4: Add in the flour and buttermilk. Alternate between ⅓ of the flour mixture and ½ of the buttermilk. Mix. Repeat until all combined. Mix on low the whole time.

STEP 5: Add the sprinkles and the Golden Oreo chunks. With a rubber spatula, fold in the Oreos, and the funfetti. 

STEP 5: Bake the cake. Pour the cake batter into three 8-inch cake pans and bake for 25-30 minutes. 

How to make the buttercream:

STEP 1: Beat the the butter. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter for about 3 minutes on medium speed until the color of the butter lightens. 

STEP 2: Add the powdered sugar and cream. Add the sifted powdered sugar and heavy cream. Mix on low, just until combined. 

STEP 3: Add the vanilla and salt. Add the vanilla and salt and beat on medium speed for 3 more minutes. The frosting will become lighter in color and texture. 

STEP 4: Mix in the sprinkles and Oreo chunks. Add in the rainbow sprinkles and mix on low. If you want to dye your frosting pink, this is when you would add the coloring. I used a tiny bit of ameri gel red. 

STEP 5: Beat out the air pockets. Before spreading the frosting on your cake, spend a couple of minutes mixing the buttercream by hand with a wooden spoon or a rubber spatula to push out the air pockets.

How to assemble the cake

• Place the first cake layer, top side up. Add about 1 cup of frosting. Spread over the cake layer as evenly as possible to the edges of the cake. 
• Repeat this step until you get to the final cake layer, which you will lay top side down.
• Apply a thin coat of buttercream around the entire cake to lock in the crumbs. Freeze for about 10 minutes.
• After the crumb coat is set, continue frosting and decorating the cake. Decorate and garnish with Golden Oreo’s. 

Storing your Cake

If I am dividing my Golden Oreo Birthday Cake making into multiple days, I bake my cake layers, cool them, and wrap them with plastic wrap and store them in the fridge or the freezer. This helps reduce crumbs and makes it so the layers don’t slide around when decorating. They can be stored in the fridge for 3-5 days. 

Freezing

If you want to make the entire cake ahead of time, you can freeze the decorated cake by simply chilling it and then wrapping it with plastic wrap. If you want to store it for longer than a few days, put a layer of aluminum foil over the plastic wrap. It can be stored like this in the freezer for up to 6 months. Once you are ready to serve the cake, pull it out of the freezer and place it in the fridge to thaw, which will help decrease condensation.

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Recipe

Golden Oreo Birthday Cake

Molly Murphy

This Golden Oreo Birthday Cake is the only birthday cake you will ever need. It’s like Oreo meets funfetti and has a delicious baby. It has vanilla cake layers with crushed Golden Oreos and sprinkles mixed into it. It’s topped with a cream cheese sprinkle butter cream. Plus, it’s pink, because, well, I love pink!

5 from 12 votes

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

2 hours hrs

Total Time 3 hours hrs

Course Dessert

Cuisine Cake

Servings 18 people

Ingredients

  

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For the cake

• 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
• 1¾ cup granulated sugar
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 3 large whole eggs room temperature
• 3 large egg whites room temperature
• ⅓ cup sour cream room temperature
• 1 Tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• 3 cups cake flour
• 1 Tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1¼ cups buttermilk room temperature
• 8 crushed Golden Oreos
• ¼ cup rainbow sprinkles

For the buttercream

• 2 cups unsalted butter slightly chilled
• 6 cups powdered sugar sifted
• ¼ cup heavy whipping cream
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• ½ cup rainbow sprinkles
• pinch salt

Instructions

 

For the cake

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Prepare three 8-inch or four 6-inch round cake pans by lightly spraying the bottom of the pan with cooking spray. Line with parchment paper and spray again. Set aside.
• In a medium sized bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter, oil, and sugar on high until fluffy and smooth, about 4 minutes. With a rubber spatula, scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl.
• Add the eggs and the egg whites, one at a time, beating on medium speed after each addition. I usually beat each egg for about 30 seconds. Scrape the bowl after each addition. Once all the eggs/egg whites are added, beat for 30 more seconds.
• Add the sour cream and vanilla. Beat on medium low speed for a minute. If the mixture looks clumpy, don’t worry, once you add the flour mixture it will smooth out.
• Turn the mixer on low and add ⅓ of the flour and ½ of the buttermilk to the butter mixture and mix ON LOW until almost incorporated. Add another ⅓ of the flour and the rest of the buttermilk. Mix just until a few streaks of flour remain, then add the rest of the flour mixture. Mix just until the flour streaks are mostly gone.
• With a rubber spatula, fold in the sprinkles and the crushed Oreos.
• Evenly distribute the cake batter among the three 8-inch or four 6-inch pans and bake for 25-28 minutes or until a toothpick comes out with just a few moist crumbs on it or until it starts to get a little golden brown on top.
• Remove cakes from the oven and let them cool in the pans for 15 minutes before transferring them out of the pan and placing them on cooling racks.
• When cakes are completely cooled, wrap each cake layer individually with plastic wrap and stick it in the refrigerator or freezer until you’re ready to frost.

For the funfetti buttercream

• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter for about 3 minutes on medium speed until the color lightens.
• Add the sifted powdered sugar and heavy cream. Mix on low, just until combined.
• Add the vanilla and salt, and beat on medium speed for 3 more minutes. The frosting will become lighter in color and texture.
• Add in the rainbow sprinkles and mix on low. If you want to dye your frosting pink, this is when you add the coloring. I add a tiny bit of ameri gel red.
• Before spreading the frosting on your cake, spend a couple of minutes mixing the buttercream by hand with a wooden spoon or a rubber spatula to push out the air pockets.

Assembly

• Place the first cake layer, top side up. Add about 1 cup of frosting. Spread over the cake layer as evenly as possible to the edges of the cake.
• Repeat this step until you get to the final cake layer, which you will lay top side down.
• Apply a thin coat of buttercream around the entire cake to lock in the crumbs. Freeze for about 10 minutes.
• After the crumb coat is set, continue frosting and decorating the cake. Decorate and garnish with Golden Oreo’s.

Keyword Golden Oreo, oreo, rainbow, sprinkles, funfetti

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