Oreo cookies and cream Cupcakes

 Today, we made these cupcakes so we thought we would share them with everyone!

Cupcakes

• 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup cocoa powder
• 1 ¼ teaspoons baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup (1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon Almond Extract
• 1 ½ cups sour cream

Whipped cream:

·        2 pints of heavy Whipping cream
·        6 tablespoons of Granulated sugar
·        1 teaspoon of Vanilla

Topping and filling:

·        1 row of crushed Oreos
·        Oreo cookies and cream instant pudding or *cook and serve

1. Position rack in center of oven and preheat oven to 350°F. Line two 12-cupcake pans with paper cupcake cups.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
3. In a bowl with an electric mixer, beat the butter on medium-high speed until creamy, about 30 seconds. Gradually add the sugar and beat at high speed until light, about 3 minutes. Reduce the speed to medium and add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition and scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary. Mix in the vanilla and almond extract.
4. Reduce the speed to low and add the dry ingredients in three additions, alternating them with the sour cream and mixing just until blended. 
5. Divide the batter among the cupcake cups 1/3 of the way full. Bake for 10-15 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of a cupcake comes out clean. Cool cupcakes on a wire rack for 15 minutes.
6. While the cupcakes are cooling make the cookies and cream pudding. *If you use cook and serve make sure you make it before you start your cupcakes. After you make your pudding start on the whipped cream.  
7. Pour the whipping cream into a medium size bowl; with an electric mixer beat the whipping cream until soft peaks form. After soft peaks form add the vanilla and sugar; then continue beating until stiff peaks form.
8. Once the whipping cream is done, it’s time to take the middle out of the cupcakes. Take the cupcakes one by one and with a melon baller or knife take out the middle of your cupcake. Once that is done pipe in pudding to the top of the cupcakes; now go ahead and pipe the whip cream to cover pudding then add the crushed Oreos to the top.