*See the tutorial on how to make this cake right HERE!
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I recently read a review of my blog that consisted of two words.
Calorie Heavy.
I was bit a taken aback by this short and decisive description. But, I decided to to not feel embarrassed or disappointed in the single minded perspective.
Know why? It's SO true. I blog about baking. And 99% of the time, its cakes and cookies. That have lots of calories.
My blog is Calorie Heavy.
As am I.
Just sayin.
That being said, sharing this next calorie heavy cake with you is a great treat for me. Its probably the most fattening cake I have ever made.
Scratch that... I have made lots of cakes. Its just really yummy.
This quiet little unassuming cake packs a big punch.
It is a Oreo crumb covered, hot fudge dipped, chocolate covered cherry packed delicious white cake.
With a cherry on top.
Although I could not adore the oreo cookie crumb coating more... I have to tell you.
Its the amazingly sweet inside that I love.
Chocolate covered cherries.
Encased in a bed a sweet vanilla frosting.
Surrounded by a rich white cake.
Under a coat of hot fudge. Topped with oreo crumbs.
Now... I made this cake a week ago. But have been to scared to share it! I mean. Its a bit over the top.
I was going to offer a tutorial right away but it occurred to me... people probably dont want to make a cake that should really be served by the fork bite instead of by the plate.
Its just too much! My insane idea to make this cake must have been based on some weird pregnancy hormone.
I think.
Just for the record... next time I make this I am going to add more oreo. ;)
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Thank you so much Angie for this beautiful cake stand! I just love it!
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OMW - this looks completely decadent and delicious.
right up my alley.
Calories and all :)
Posted by: Shayne | Feb 21, 2011 at 07:28 AM
Oh.my.goodness. Can you say heaven?? You MUST post the tutorial!!! Oh, and one of the reasons I love your blog so much?? It IS calorie heavy! Keep the cakes and cookies a coming!!
Posted by: Joy | Feb 21, 2011 at 07:30 AM
So not weird AT ALL!
I actually think that as soon as this baby is born (Wednesday, early c section) and the gestational diabetes has passed and i'm feeling all recovered and up to baking this is going to be the first treat on my list!! :)
Sounds SO super fantastic! I have never craved cookes and cake more in my entire life!!!
Posted by: katie | Feb 21, 2011 at 07:30 AM
Yum! How do you come up with these ideas? Oh yes, the babies! What we "endure" eating (craving) to get these little ones safely into the world! :). Glad the calorie critique didn't get you down!
Posted by: Londa | Feb 21, 2011 at 07:34 AM
Yum! The oreo crumb shell means it has the best of both a Carvel ice cream cake and a traditional cake.
Posted by: Hazel | Feb 21, 2011 at 07:35 AM
Oh my goodness... this is to good to be true! And don't worry... a few of my recipes have been linked on the "This Is Why You're Fat" website. Is that a compliment? Hahaha!
Posted by: Jessica @ How Sweet | Feb 21, 2011 at 07:39 AM
That looks so amazingly YUMMY! I bet it would be good with crushed oreos in the frosting layer seperating the cake layers too. I wish I could try this one... but its totally not on my diet. Stupid diet...
Posted by: Renee | Feb 21, 2011 at 07:41 AM
This looks amazing. I would love the tutorial. Calorie heavy food isn't inherently bad. There is absolutly nothing wrong with enjoying calorie heavy food. What IS a problem (as with just about anything) is when you have too much of a good thing. Your blog is about baking - this is the good stuff that we expect. Keep it coming. We'll figure out the balance :)
Posted by: Sarah | Feb 21, 2011 at 07:41 AM
oh! I love Oreo..and really hope to get this on my birthday!! and I love your blog too..sometimes i'm so jealous that you can bake lots of delicious 'calorie heavy food' :p i loved yummy cookies and cakes!!XD
Posted by: Azue Abdul | Feb 21, 2011 at 07:48 AM
Umm...it's freakin' dessert! Of COURSE it's calorie heavy! I'm SO sick of the recipes that try to be "healthy." If I want dessert, I am NOT going to choose something "light"...b'cause no matter WHAT they say...it doesn't taste as good. I have to sift through all the online recipes, and it's surprisingly difficult to find a good recipe that hasn't been defiled by healthy substitutions. Bake on, woman!
Posted by: NelsonTurf | Feb 21, 2011 at 08:00 AM
I don't think its the pregnant lady hormones in me..... but I REALLY want to eat that cake!
Posted by: Amanda | Feb 21, 2011 at 08:04 AM
Oh my yes, please share how you made it! It looks wonderful!
Posted by: Jessica Calvarese | Feb 21, 2011 at 08:06 AM
That cake is insane! I can't get over the height and the description "Chocolate covered cherries, encased in a bed of sweet vanilla frosting. Surrounded by a rich white cake. Under a coat of hot fudge. Topped with oreo crumbs." I mean come on, even the cherries inside the cake are covered in chocolate! If pregnancy hormones are the cause of this beauty then I might seriously need to consider.... scratch that, I'll leaving the baking up to you for now :-)
Posted by: Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen | Feb 21, 2011 at 08:07 AM
NEVER by hesitant to post what you bake. Bring on the calories, honey!!! Besides being decadent, it is so, so beautiful!
You are the Queen of Sweets, and THAT is a good thing! :)
Posted by: bridget {bake at 350} | Feb 21, 2011 at 08:19 AM
Wow... This is amazing, just like everything you make... Calorie heavy or not!
Posted by: Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction | Feb 21, 2011 at 08:22 AM
Wow! Your desserts are just amazing. What an incredible job.
Posted by: Tiffany Rosenberger | Feb 21, 2011 at 08:25 AM
Every time I stop by your blog I am filled with wonder at your talent! And you are so sweet, which makes it a true joy to read your blog :)
Posted by: megan @ whatmegansmaking | Feb 21, 2011 at 08:29 AM
♥
magnifique gâteau!!
Posted by: Gabrielle | Feb 21, 2011 at 08:33 AM
That is a little over the top, but who really cares. Thanks for sharing it.
Posted by: Stephanie | Feb 21, 2011 at 08:35 AM
I love you 'calorie heavy' blog. Love it. Everything I make from your recipes tastes amazing! The amount of flour, sugar, and butter consumption has quadrupled in our home in the last year. But so have the memories and smiles!
Keep the fun recipes coming!
Posted by: JP'sMom | Feb 21, 2011 at 08:36 AM
I love it! Heavenly! One word for your blog! Forget about those other two words, I mean we are here to bake and hopefully make it and eat it! I want it to taste as delicious as your pics look, so I will take all the more butter, sugar, frosting, or OREOS!!! Love this! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Lynn | Feb 21, 2011 at 08:36 AM
That's just beautiful....I'm somewhat new to this so I'm just wondering...How do you get that layer of frosting so thick in the middle without having it bunch out the sides of the cake and make that little "bump" of the outside edges of the cake?
Posted by: Rita | Feb 21, 2011 at 08:55 AM
Will post a tutorial soon! :)
Posted by: Amanda Rettke | Feb 21, 2011 at 08:58 AM
This IS over the top, Amanda! What a treat! I LOVE chocolate and cherry together. Beautiful!!
Posted by: Brenda @ a farmgirl's dabbles | Feb 21, 2011 at 09:04 AM
Really - I mean REALLY!!! Calorie dense & I am smitten by this cake. When I do real cakes I say go BIG or go home :) Gorgeous Amanda!! xxoo
Posted by: marla {family fresh cooking} | Feb 21, 2011 at 09:04 AM
oh dear. this is some cake . . . and then some . . . wowie . . . golly gee . . . holy-moly . . . there just aren't enough adjectives to describe how i feel about this cake . . . sure glad The Professor made me gelato . . . but it would go really well with this cake . . .
Posted by: SMITH BITES | Feb 21, 2011 at 09:09 AM
Awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: julieta | Feb 21, 2011 at 09:10 AM
This cake is so over the top, and I LOVE it! How do you come up with this stuff, Amanda?!? The oreo cookie crumb is INCREDIBLE!
Posted by: Sue | Feb 21, 2011 at 09:14 AM
OH how I want this cake so badly.....
Chocolate covered cherries are one of my most favorite things.
Posted by: Cookbook Queen | Feb 21, 2011 at 09:26 AM
Love this creation!
Posted by: Maria | Feb 21, 2011 at 09:32 AM
absolutely LOVING your site - off to read more!
xx
Posted by: kimberly | Feb 21, 2011 at 09:37 AM
I've never been more terrified of a cake. But it is quite brilliant!
www.aweekfromthursday.wordpress.com
Posted by: aweekfromthursday | Feb 21, 2011 at 09:41 AM
Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Posted by: Pavanne Hawkes | Feb 21, 2011 at 09:43 AM
This looks very similar to the oreop vanilla cake I made 2 weeks ago for my blog 4 layers of vanilla butter cake, with double stuff oreo and marshmallow icicng in between each layer. Then I covered the entire thing with crushed oreo. Go check it out, it was positively sinful... and I dont think its the pregnancy hormones, Im not even close to being pregnant, and I want to make stuff like this all the time.
Posted by: julie | Feb 21, 2011 at 09:54 AM
Call me crazy. I think I want to make it. I know my hubs would love it! Calories smalories.
Posted by: Kelli | Feb 21, 2011 at 10:00 AM
I simply must make this cake. Please share the tutorial.
Posted by: diane stanley | Feb 21, 2011 at 10:09 AM
Love it! Found you through Mingle Monday and so glad I did. Even if I don't bake, am trying to cut calories, I can now live vicariously through your blog - Yum!
Emme - The Kid Can Cook (http://thekidcancook.blogspot.com)
Posted by: Emme | Feb 21, 2011 at 10:38 AM
Calorie or no calories i am so making this! YUMMY! xo
Posted by: Rachie | Feb 21, 2011 at 10:46 AM
I'm so glad I'm reading this AFTER my colonoscopy this morning instead of before.
It may be deadly, but it's beautiful.
Posted by: Gail | Feb 21, 2011 at 10:50 AM
Was your kitchen covered in oreo cookie crumbs? Goodness gracious...this does look over the top! You've really out done yourself this time ; D
Posted by: Sheila | Feb 21, 2011 at 11:06 AM
Just.. whoa! That is an intense cake, my friend. James is drooling all over it though, so I know you done good.
Posted by: Amber | Bluebonnets & Brownies | Feb 21, 2011 at 11:19 AM
CALORIES??????????????love em!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You MUST have calories in a cake to taste good. I am dying to bake this!
Good luck with the delivery, and post a picture of the new addition. (baby not cake)
Posted by: shari | Feb 21, 2011 at 11:22 AM
OH. MY. GAWD.
You go, girl! <3
Posted by: CakeStory | Feb 21, 2011 at 11:25 AM
Don't give it another thought about the calories, it's what we do and proud of it!
Posted by: Sharlaine | Feb 21, 2011 at 11:49 AM
How do you make it look so beautiful?!?
I mean really if I were to try this it would be a crumbly mess!
You are so talented Amanda!!
xoxo
Posted by: Christina | Feb 21, 2011 at 11:53 AM
mmm, yum! How did you get the Oreo crust to look so perfect like that??
Posted by: Erin | Feb 21, 2011 at 12:01 PM
PSHAW!!! Forget the tutorial! Put it in your cookbook!
Which you should entitle...Calorie Heavy....just sayin'!
Posted by: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1383896427 | Feb 21, 2011 at 12:17 PM
Calories are FUN!!! This cake looks great... like have fun great...
Posted by: Bea @ CancunCookies | Feb 21, 2011 at 12:23 PM
Where would we be in the world without calorie heavy blogs? I for one seem to only read calorie heavy blogs...They make me get off my but and actually try new things. That cake is stunning. Anything with chocolate and cherries is definitely a go. Every year for my mom's birthday my dad, my sister, and I make my dads chocolate cake and drench it in canned cherries. It's gone in a day, easily.
Posted by: Lexi | Feb 21, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Drop Dead Gorgeous! Love this!
Posted by: Jenny Flake | Feb 21, 2011 at 12:31 PM