{"id":2352,"date":"2016-11-06T11:21:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T09:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/?p=2352"},"modified":"2026-09-28T18:07:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T16:07:28","slug":"easy-peasy-kinda-festive-cupcakes-with-oreo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/easy-peasy-kinda-festive-cupcakes-with-oreo\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy-Peasy-Kinda-Festive-Cupcakes with Oreo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let me set the scene. Oreo wanted us to create our very own festive-type holiday inspired recipe, incorporating their new brand Oreo Golden. Sounds great, hey? Yeah totally, except for a small problem\u2026..I hate baking. I hate that there are so many rules. I hate that you can\u2019t just add stuff and live like a free house elf!<\/p>\n

But I never say no to a challenge. Ever. So I sat down, pondered over a Golden Oreo and a cup of tea and came up with my own Easy-Peasy-Kinda \u2013 Festive – Cupcakes! Believe me, if I can make these successfully, then so can you.<\/p>\n

Easy-Peasy-Kinda-Festive-Cupcakes<\/h3>\n

Banana, Vanilla, Cinnamon and Golden Oreo with a <\/em>
\n Golden Oreo Centre Cream Cheese Topping.<\/em><\/p>\n

Makes 24 (if you don\u2019t eat the batter like me and end up with 22)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ingredients<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

2 boxes Golden Oreos (we\u2019re going to use them a variety of ways)<\/p>\n

5 bananas
\n2 tsp cinnamon
\n2 tsp vanilla essence<\/p>\n

1 cup vegetable\/sunflower oil
\n1\u00bc cups sugar
\n2 eggs<\/p>\n

4 cups flour
\n2 tsp baking soda
\n1 tsp salt<\/p>\n

230g full fat smooth cream cheese
\n\u00bd cup butter
\n\u00bd cup icing sugar<\/p>\n

Method<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Preheat oven to 180.<\/li>\n
  2. Mash the bananas. Add cinnamon and vanilla essence.<\/li>\n
  3. Vigorously beat the oil, sugar and eggs together until pale yellow.<\/li>\n
  4. Mix the banana mixture and eggy-oily-sugary mixture together.<\/li>\n
  5. Sift in the flour, baking powder and salt. Mix thoroughly. It will be very, very thick. Don\u2019t freak out. It works. Roughly break +- 10 Oreos into the mix and stir.<\/li>\n
  6. Put cupcakes holders in a baking tray. Halve the Oreos by twisting them (yeah, you learnt that from the TV ad) and place one in each cupcake holder, icing side up.<\/li>\n
  7. Dollop the batter on top of each Oreo and cook at 180 for 20 minutes. Check on them by poking one with a knife. If it comes out clean, it\u2019s cooked.<\/li>\n
  8. Mix the butter, cream cheese and the centre of 10 Oreos well (we\u2019ll use the outsides to decorate). Sift in icing sugar. You can use more if you like, I don\u2019t like it too sweet. Mix mix mix.<\/li>\n
  9. Once the cupcakes are 100% cooled, smear on some icing, top with one of the half Oreo biscuits, crushed Oreo or fresh sliced banana.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    I swear to you, this is super easy and really delicious. And when you show your peeps that there is a cute little Oreo hiding at the bottom, they will swoon. Don\u2019t say I didn\u2019t warn you.<\/p>\n

    One last thing – if you’re up in Jozi make sure to head on over to the food court at The Zone at Rosebank on 2nd<\/sup>, 3rd<\/sup>, 4th<\/sup> December to get your very own #GoldenSelfie at the Oreo Golden WonderSelfie\u00a0event.<\/p>\n

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    Look out for\u00a0Oreo Golden<\/em>\u00a0available in stores nationwide from October 2016.\u00a0#LetWonderOut with Oreo on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and Twitter @Oreo.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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