CAKE-DIRT() - DIRT CAKE

DIRT CAKE - A no-bake chocolate cake that looks like dirt

Make and serve this cake in a clean plastic flower pot. You can enhance the effect by putting a couple of "gummi worms" into the top of the cake, and perhaps adding a plastic flower.

INGREDIENTS (Serves 8-12)

60 g (4 Tbsp)
butter
250 g (½ lb)
cream cheese, softened
150 g (1 cup)
powdered sugar
850 ml (3½ cups)
milk
200 g (7 oz)
instant vanilla pudding mix
50 g (12 oz)
whipped cream
600 g (1¼ lb)
Oreo cookies, crushed in blender

PROCEDURE

(1)
Cream together the butter, cream cheese, and powdered sugar.
(2)
Mix milk, pudding, and whipped cream. Fold in to the butter-sugar mixture, to make the filling.
(3)
Cover the hole in the bottom of the flower pot with a piece of waterproof plastic tape. Put 1/3 of the crushed cookies on the bottom.
(4)
Cover with half of the filling
(5)
Cover with another third of the crushed cookies.
(6)
Cover with the rest of the filling, then the remaining cookies.
(7)
Refrigerate overnight.

RATING

Difficulty: easy. Time: 10 minutes preparation, overnight chilling. Precision: approximate measurement OK.

CONTRIBUTOR

David A. Rasmussen
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
dave@csd4.milw.wisc.edu