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)
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Cream together the butter, cream cheese, and powdered sugar.
- (2)
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Mix milk, pudding, and whipped cream. Fold in to the butter-sugar mixture,
to make the filling.
- (3)
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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)
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Cover with half of the filling
- (5)
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Cover with another third of the crushed cookies.
- (6)
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Cover with the rest of the filling, then the remaining cookies.
- (7)
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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