*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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Looks perfectly delicious to me!!
Posted by: Tracy | Feb 21, 2011 at 12:38 PM
You MUST give us the instructions on how to make this! This would be the PERFECT cake for my dad's 60th birthday party. Please, oh, please, share. Calorie heavy or not - you only get a birthday once a year!
Posted by: Margaret | Feb 21, 2011 at 12:46 PM
Calories be damned... This looks like heaven. Can't wait for the tutorial. There WILL be a tutorial, right?! :)
Posted by: Jennifer Nixon | Feb 21, 2011 at 12:47 PM
WOW! That is all.
Posted by: christina | Feb 21, 2011 at 12:55 PM
If you can't have calories in cake, where can you have calories?
Posted by: Jody | Feb 21, 2011 at 01:08 PM
This is a beauty!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Cookiesxo.blogspot.com | Feb 21, 2011 at 01:23 PM
Why do you tempt us so!? Must give directions!
Posted by: Angela Gifford | Feb 21, 2011 at 01:31 PM
Please post the tutorial! :) Looks amazing!
Posted by: Felisha | Feb 21, 2011 at 01:33 PM
You are a cake muse, Amanda. I love coming here to see all your beautiful creations. Just one more spectacular cake for me to ogle. *deep sigh*
Posted by: Nancy @SensitivePantry | Feb 21, 2011 at 01:44 PM
you made this for my birthday right Amanda? lol you have my address for delivery in March! {wink}
Posted by: TidyMom | Feb 21, 2011 at 01:59 PM
Your cake is absolutely stunning! I must have one@! You can't leave us hanging in suspense like this. You must post a tutorial. Can't wait!
Posted by: Madeleine | Feb 21, 2011 at 02:05 PM
You MUST be joking about us not wanting a tute. I have to make that cake.
Posted by: Jenny | Feb 21, 2011 at 02:09 PM
Gorgeous cake
Posted by: Rowaida Flayhan | Feb 21, 2011 at 02:14 PM
You never cease to amaze me with your cake talent! Those photos are magazine quality. Gorgeous!
Posted by: Kristen | Feb 21, 2011 at 03:01 PM
This cake looks amazing!
Posted by: Heidi | Feb 21, 2011 at 03:13 PM
Wow this looks crazy good. I am always in awe of the scrumptious and delicious creations you come up with :o) there is now such thing as a too heavy or too decadent cake.
Posted by: Anna | Feb 21, 2011 at 03:16 PM
Oh my word!!! Your family / friends are very lucky!
Posted by: Sarah | Feb 21, 2011 at 03:20 PM
I love calorie heavy, please keep blogging as much calories as you can
Posted by: Kathia | Feb 21, 2011 at 03:39 PM
Over the top? That is pure nonsense. This looks absolutely perfect (and incredible) to me.
Posted by: Eliana | Feb 21, 2011 at 04:07 PM
OMG! How did I miss this!?? seriously cool. I am kind of on an oreo cookie kick anyways....
Posted by: HeatherChristo | Feb 21, 2011 at 04:14 PM
Amanda, I just adore your blog, you are so talented.
This cake is gorgeous and has my favorite combination, chocolate and cherries, can't go wrong! Please post a tutorial!
Don't let the calorie critic get to you, whoever he/she is, would probably kill to sink their teeth into that cake. If you haven't seen it, watch the movie "Chocolat", it will definitely cheer you up!
Posted by: Dalia | Feb 21, 2011 at 04:21 PM
I think someone is just JEALOUS!!!!!!!!!!!! And I'm glad you didn't take that small comment personal!! Besides...all the rest of us love seeing all your goodies!!!
And this cake is seriously one that my husband would DEVOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's like a surprise in surprise!! LOL
Posted by: Alicia | Feb 21, 2011 at 04:43 PM
OK, you have to post the tutorial. OMGosh, I may never have more than two bites but it is beautiful just to look at. Have to give it a try.
Thanks for posting this. Hey who cares if it is Calorie Heavy, you are not forcing anyone to eat this or anything else. Keep up the great work!
Michelle
Alabama
Posted by: Michelle Ross | Feb 21, 2011 at 04:46 PM
Is there a recipe somewhere?
Posted by: Donna Armstrong | Feb 21, 2011 at 04:47 PM
This may be the best cake Ive seen posted :o) As for calorie heavy? Its the I Am Baker blog not the I Am Obsessed with My Weight Blog- carry on with the calories :o)
Posted by: Kristen | Feb 21, 2011 at 04:53 PM
ok--i am sorry~~but i want a tutatorial asap!!! i found you on twitter--thru a farm girl dabbles!!!! pleeeeezzzzz do the tutatorial!!! i will be watching!!!!!
Posted by: WenDee Riffe | Feb 21, 2011 at 04:54 PM
sorry for the spelling errors!!! tutorial is spelled wrong but i drag it out and say tu-ta-tor-e-ul!!!! lol!!! i really do know how to spell it!!! but get right on that!!!
Posted by: WenDee Riffe | Feb 21, 2011 at 04:56 PM
This looks amazing! Can't wait to try it sometime!
Posted by: Charlyssa | Feb 21, 2011 at 04:58 PM
Holy Guacamole!! I need to try this recipe this weekend!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Kym | Feb 21, 2011 at 05:29 PM
We love you {Calorie Heavy} and all! Great job on this cake, it is a work of art!
Posted by: Shannon | Feb 21, 2011 at 05:38 PM
really! No recipe???? We love you and your blog BECAUSE of these recipes! Don't think I could make mine look this beautiful, but I have GOT TO give it a try! Share...pwease???? :)
Posted by: Megan O. | Feb 21, 2011 at 05:40 PM
This is an amazing cake! I would eat a whole piece, not just a forkful...just saying! I love your blog and everything you bake. Keep it coming!
Posted by: Rhondi | Feb 21, 2011 at 05:41 PM
Ohh emmm geee. I want to make this right now!! Or at least eat it. It's freaking gorgeous!
p.s- what's life without some calorie heavy blogs? That's what portion control is for.
Posted by: lauren | Feb 21, 2011 at 05:51 PM
Divine!
Posted by: Lisa McBrayer | Feb 21, 2011 at 05:56 PM
Okay, I'm curious. How did you put the hot fudge without everything just dripping off? (In other words, tutorial please!) :)
Posted by: Brandi M. | Feb 21, 2011 at 06:24 PM
I LOVE this cake.
With a cherry on top.
Posted by: Wenderly | Feb 21, 2011 at 06:30 PM
What did that person expect. It is a baking website and you even mentioned it in your title that there would be lots of calories. If we wanted a diet site then we would go there instead. A true person knows that you can't eat bland diet food all the time and that you need to allow yourself to enjoy treats. That is why we come to your blog to find great, no amazing deserts that taste amazing. So don't take it to heart. They are probably a skinny pick that can't handle looking at your yummy food. They can find a diet site with bland yucky food. I would love your recipe since I will enjoy every calorie it gives me.
Posted by: Andrea Saunders | Feb 21, 2011 at 06:43 PM
This one looks perfect.. Wanna piece of it.. :)
Posted by: Eastwood Residences | Feb 21, 2011 at 06:54 PM
Blogs don't have claories, they are colorie free zones. Would LOVE the tutorial, you know, incase this cake calls on the floor and you have to make another one or something ;)
Posted by: juliana | Feb 21, 2011 at 06:59 PM
I absolutely love your blog, dont listen to dumb comments!
you make BEAUTIFUL things! so inspiring.
Posted by: Stefi | Feb 21, 2011 at 07:04 PM
To Julie: would love to check it out, but you didn't mention your blog name. Maybe I skipped through the comments too quick and missed it. Been known to do that. Calorie heavy smallorie meavy - Ride a bike, enjoy life, each delicious bite full! God made fat and it is necessary in moderation - proven, scientific fact. I will definetly make this for a birthday party, etc., but I may drizzle the hot fudge over the oreo part rather than underneath. Maybe.
Posted by: Sweet Pea | Feb 21, 2011 at 07:07 PM
What a clever idea! I have some Oreo cookie crumbs left over from making a "dirt cake" and was wondering what to do with them. Now I do. This looks great! Thanks for sharing it.
Here's what my dirt cake looked like: http://bit.ly/ieL2k7
Posted by: Lori @ Girl Meets Oven | Feb 21, 2011 at 07:30 PM
"Calorie Heavy" is the precise reason why I love your blog and this delicious Oreo cake.
Posted by: Angie | Feb 21, 2011 at 08:09 PM
This looks fabulous - like a modern day black forest gâteau. We're genetically programmed to search out high calorie food (a survival instinct from caveman days) so really, your blog is a testament to the human condition :D
Posted by: foodie and the chef | Feb 21, 2011 at 08:20 PM
love the look of this cake & cannot wait to bake…& YES to TUTORIAL…please!
one does not have to bake & eat "calorie heavy" desserts if they do not want to…there are choices…but... when i bake i like to treat myself & others to your wonderful recipes & we are all just fine with that!
Posted by: linda | Feb 21, 2011 at 08:27 PM
"Calorie Heavy" is just a euphemism for "Absolutely Delicious". Seriously though, I am in awe of how amazing this cake looks!
Posted by: Amanda L. (Tales From A Kitchen Misfit) | Feb 21, 2011 at 08:55 PM
I LOVE it! I made a chocolate and ice cream cake similar to this but instead the Cholate covered cherries were sandwiched into two 9inch rounds of vanilla ice cream, the cake was then covered in hot fudge and covered in crushed oreo.:O)
Posted by: colleen | Feb 21, 2011 at 08:55 PM
come to think of it I was preggy when I made that cake too. hmmmmm pregnancy hormones breed genius ideas
Posted by: colleen | Feb 21, 2011 at 08:57 PM
I see you have 98 comments but i HAVE to add in one more! My daughter's 17th birthday is next weekend. She adores oreo cookies as well as chocolate covered cherries. I would love to see the tutorial on how to make this cake. If I am feeling really brave, I just might give it a try. I cannot wait to see what else you have baked.
Posted by: Snippets of thyme | Feb 21, 2011 at 09:24 PM
i don't even have words....except maybe wow
Posted by: justine @ you're so martha | Feb 21, 2011 at 09:44 PM