Red Velvet Oreo Truffle Chocolate Cake

I saw the recipe for Red Velvet Oreo Truffle Chocolate Cake on Pinterest, and I knew that I had to make it for the Christmas Luncheon this year.

Red Velvet Oreo Truffle Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 1 box Duncan Hines Red Velvet Cake Mix
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1/3 cup oil
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 3.4 oz package Jell-O Instant Pudding (White Chocolate)
• 1 package Oreo cookies
• 1 8-ounce package cream cheese
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/3 cup evaporated milk
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips (extra for garnish)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease sides and bottom of pans.
3. Blend together cake mix, oil, water, eggs, sour cream, and pudding mix. Beat at low speed (for 30 seconds).
4. Bake for 30-35 minutes (or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean). Baking time may vary based on size of pan.
5. Crush Oreo cookies (best with food processor) and stir in cream cheese until fully blended. This will be a very thick "filling".
6. After cake has cooled, spread Oreo filling between layers as you stack. Again, it's very thick so you might have to use your hands to help spread it onto cake.
7. In a saucepan over medium heat, melt together butter, sugar, and evaporated milk.
8. Bring to a rolling boil for 1 minute and stir in chocolate chips.
9. Remove from heat and pour over cake (fudge sets up quickly) and garnish with chocolate chips!
10. Enjoy!

It was delicious, but very rich! While the cake cooled overnight, I tried to make the middle layer easy to work with by putting it in a cake pan and pressing it out, rather than doing it on the cake, where I surely would have messed it up. I think it turned out to be a good idea, but perhaps some wax paper in the bottom of the pan would have helped it be an excellent idea.