2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon baking soda
½ cup butter or shortening
1 cup water
2 large eggs
1½ tablespoons vanilla extract
½ cup cocoa powder
1 package Oreo cookies
Store bought vanilla icing

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Mix dry ingredients first: Mix flour, baking powder, cocoa powder and salt in a large bowl. Slowly add baking soda, shortening, eggs, vanilla extract, and water into the mixture and continue mixing until it is a smooth batter.

Crush 4 Oreo cookies and add into batter; mix well. Put in cupcake liners in the tray.

Using an ice-cream scoop, put 1 scoop of batter into cupcake tray.

Bake in preheated oven for 22 minutes. Use a toothpick to poke in the middle, if comes out clean it is made. (try on all cupcakes)

Let it cool down for 10 minutes, then ice the cupcakes. Carefully place Oreo in the middle of the cupcake. (OPTIONAL) crush Oreo and spread crumbs on top of the icing.

Submitted by: Zunash Saleem