COOKIES AND CREAM CUPCAKES from The First Year Blog

These are good and come from The First Year Blog. They're moist but not nearly as much as I was expecting, considering they have almost one cup of sour cream in them. In that way I'm disappointed. The Oreo crumbs don't really do anything flavorwise for the cake. I ground my Oreos finely. 3/4 c. equals 6 regular Oreos. It would have been nice had the author told us that. I added an extra 1/8 t. salt but they need more. I used 1/2 t. less vanilla because the cookies have some in them. I used this Wilton mini loaf pan and these liners and filled the cavities with a heaping 1/3 c. batter. This made about 3 c. of batter. They baked in 18 minutes. I didn't bake them at 400 degrees for 5 minutes then longer at 350. I preheated the oven to 400 then turned it down to 350 once I put them in. I made my own frosting for these and added 1/4 c. finely ground Oreos (2 cookies) to it and reduced the usual amount of vanilla extract since Oreos have some in them.

I give these 4 stars but I wouldn't make them again because I've made moister white cakes before that didn't use sour cream, which is an added expense. 

My white frosting (enough for 12 cupcakes/One 9"-10" cake): 1 3/4 c. powdered sugar (not weighed out), 2.5 tablespoons softened butter/margarine/spread, 2 tablespoons shortening, 1/2-3/4 t. pure vanilla extract, and milk or water, up to 2 tablespoons but start with just one.