How to Make Dirt Cake

Decorate your Dirt Cake with silk flowers.

Make Dirt Cake for a special someone on Mother's Day, Father's Day or just as a treat. If you serve the cake in a clean new flower pot garnished with clean new silk flowers, the recipient will think you've brought her flowers until she tries the delicious, edible cake. Use gummy worms to further decorate your Dirt Cake if you're serving it to kids or anyone else who will appreciate the novelty of feeling like they're really eating dirt. Allow cream cheese and frozen whipped topping to soften overnight before you begin making your Dirt Cake.

Things You'll Need

• 16 ounce package creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies
• 1/2 cup butter
• 8 ounce package cream cheese
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 6 ounce package vanilla or chocolate instant pudding
• 2 cups milk
• 16 ounce package frozen whipped topping
• Food processor
• Saucepan
• 6-inch flower pot
• Whisk

Instructions

1. Crush the creme-filled sandwich cookies in your food processor. Reserve 1/2 cup of crumbs and set aside.

2. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Mix remaining cookie crumbs with melted butter and press into a clean new 6-inch flower pot. Refrigerate 1 hour or until set.

3. Combine cream cheese, powdered sugar and half of the container of whipped topping in food processor. Spread over crumb mixture.

4. Whisk instant pudding and milk for 2 minutes. Spread over cream cheese layer and refrigerate about 1/2 hour or until set.

5. Spread remaining whipped topping over pudding layer. Sprinkle with reserved cookie crumbs. Garnish as desired and serve.

Tips & Warnings

• For a fun presentation, layer this dessert in a clean flower pot. After assembling the layers add an artificial flower and gummi worms to complete the "arrangement". Kids love it!

References

• All Recipes: Dirt Cake I
• Taste of Home: Dirt Cake Recipe