Dirt Cake

Makes 2 flowerpots (depending on pot size)


Ingredients:

GOOPY LAYER
1/4 cup 60 mL butter
1/2 cup 125 mL white sugar
1 1 250g package cream cheese
2 2 4-serving packages of chocolate instant pudding
3 1/2 cups 875 mL milk
2 cups 500 mL whipping cream
DRY LAYER
1 cup 250 mL ground almonds
2 1/4 cups 560 mL Oreo cookie crumbs (1 350g package crushed)
1 pkg 1 pkg gummy worms (optional)

Instructions:

  1. Whip the whipping cream.
  2. Mix up the instant pudding powder and the milk. This should make instant pudding.
  3. Mix the instant pudding and whipping cream together.
  4. Soften the butter.
  5. Beat butter, sugar, and cream cheese until smooth. Beat these separately from the whipped cream-pudding mixture.
  6. Mix the pudding mixture with the cream cheese mixture. Do not mix them too much, or you will collapse the whipped cream.
  7. Separately, mix the Oreo cookie crumbs, ground almonds, and gummy worms. Save a bit of the Oreo cookie crumbs from the top.
  8. Layer the mixtures in a clean flowerpot. I would strongly suggest using plastic flowerpot that has never had dirt in it. Add as many layers as fit nicely, although there should be a dry layer on the bottom and top. A sample layering would be:

    Pure Oreo cookie crumbs
    Dry layer
    Goopy layer
    Dry layer
    Goopy layer
    Dry layer
    Goopy layer
    Dry layer
    Flowerpot Bottom

  9. Stick some fake flowers in the pot.
  10. Use the dirt cake a centerpiece on your table during the meal. Then, serve it for dessert. This is especially effective with kids.

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