Hi friends! First off, to all of the mamas out there, Happiest Mother's Day to you! You deserve 6-layer cake and so much more. This week I made this rather decadent cake, and let me tell you it's a crowd-pleaser!
How have I never made an Oreo dessert for the blog before? It was long overdue, I would say. So I went for it—hard. See, I've been craving all things Oreo, and I've been dying to use the black cocoa powder I bought while in Vancouver promoting my book, but I was waiting for the right cake. And then it hit me that it belongs in an Oreo-inspired sky-scraping cake! 
As much as I love an over-the-top chocolate-on-chocolate looking cake, I thought it would be more interesting to add a bright pop of pink sprinkle-laden frosting before pouring some shiny chocolate glaze over top. Instant party cake!
The intensely chocolate—midnight chocolate— cake layers are incredibly moist and super-dark with and balance out the sweet-as-sweet but cream and rich cookies and cream filling with vanilla bean and biggish chunks of Oreos throughout. We add a hit of cream cheese to the frosting to create an even creamier, more balanced sweet frosting. 
The pink sprinkle frosting is the from the same batch of filling, but we leave out the Oreos and add rainbow jimmies and a dose of extra colour. A generous pouring of the glaze, more Oreos (now I'm wishing I used Double-Stuffed!), pink frosting dollops and cookie crumbs add the fun finishing touches.
It's rather amazing how quickly the addition of chocolate glaze changes the whole personality of a cake, right? Instant drama and beyond. And it doesn't have to be chocolate—a super fun bright candy-coloured glaze is always a good idea as well (remember the 6-Layer Neopolitan Macaron Delight Cake?). 
So let's talk more about the Black Cocoa Powder. I have to admit I've never used it before, mostly because I haven't come across it locally before, and the cocoa powder I use for most of my chocolate desserts is very dark as it is (Cacao Barry Cocoa Powder Extra Brute) lending to a gorgeous super-dark shade of brown.
I was rather enchanted with the black as night version and when I came across it while in Vancouver recently, I had to buy it. I've been saving it for the right cake, and this worked out exactly as I hoped it would. The black chocolate cake is reminiscent of that impossibly dark "Oreo chocolate," and the intense chocolate flavour really balances out the sweetness of the frosting (and the black cocoa powder would be ideal for making our own Oreos!).
Then just when the pink frosting might add a bit too much sweetness for cake with 5 layers of sweet filling, the chocolate glaze adds another hit of intensity to make everything right with the cake-loving world again. 
My family went crazy for this cake, and while you might assume they love most things I bake, the truth is they are all very, um, particular, we'll say? Each and every one of them loved this cake—it's truly a crowd-pleaser for all ages.
Good luck & let's bake the world happy!
