Da-Da-Da-Daaaa.  The ultimate cake-batter recipe is here!  Birthday Cake Oreos!  Remember when Nabisco came out with these for their 100th birthday?  Well, I came up with a homemade version!  Yum!

Homemade Birthday Cake Oreos
1 pkg Duncan Heinz Devil’s Food cake mix
2/3 C Crisco (no butter or margarine)
2 eggs
splash of vanilla

Mix well, but don’t overmix*.  Use large end of a melon baller to measure the balls.  I like to keep them pretty small, about 1″ in diameter.  Roll into balls.  Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 8-10 minutes at 375 degrees.  You will not want to overcook.  I keep mine in for 8 minutes tops.  I like my Oreos to be plump rather than flat.  After cookies cool, put a dollop of frosting in the center of two cookies and then smoosh them together rather than spreading frosting on with a knife (this makes them thicker and plumper and yummier!).

Cake Batter Filling

1 stick butter
1 (8oz) cream cheese
1 tsp Vanilla
1 C Powdered Sugar
Green and blue food coloring
2 1/4 C Funfetti cake mix

Cream butter, cream cheese, and vanilla together.  Add the powdered sugar and 1 drop of green and 1 drop of blue food coloring (this will give it the ‘cake batter’ color) mix just a little.  Slowly add the cake mix.  The mixture will start to become a little ‘dough’-like rather than frosting-like.  That’s okay though because you’re not ‘frosting’ the Oreos, you are just going to put a dollop on and sandwich them together!  Add a few sprinkles around the outside and you’re done!

…And if you happen to be browsing by this post on your Birthday…Happy Birthday to you from me!  🙂   Now take a bite…