10.14.2011

A Recipe for Dirt? Dirt Cake!


What would your grandmother say if she knew you were reading a recipe for dirt?   Dirt Cake has become a family favorite in this house.  Here are two different versions.  An extra simple no cooking version and another that requires a tad more effort. 

Both begin with a brand new 8”-10” flower pot and a hand trowel. 

Easy version: 
Fill your pot with your favorite ice cream. 
Crush the Oreos in a food processor or a blender until they are the consistency of dirt.  Spread the crushed cookies on top of the ice cream. Sink a fat straw all the way down into the center of the pot.  Don’t trim the straw yet.  Store in the freezer until ready to serve.

Alternate version: 
Cream together:
8 oz pkg cream cheese, softened
1/2 stick butter/margarine, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
Now mix 1-2 minutes until blended:
2 pkgs (6 serving size) instant vanilla or chocolate pudding
3 1/2 cups milk
Fold pudding mixture into cream cheese mixture with rubber spatula.
Fold in:
12 oz cool whip.

Crush the Oreos in a food processor or a blender until they are the consistency of dirt.  In the pot, alternate layers of cookie crumbs and pudding cream ending with cookie dirt.  Sink a fat straw all the way down into the center of the pot.  Don’t trim the straw yet.  Chill several hours or overnight.

To Serve: 
Trim the straw even with the crushed cookies.  Place the stem of the flower down through the straw.  Garnish the top with Gummy Worms.  Serve with the hand trowel.  What fun!

Tips & Tricks
Run the pot and trowel through the dishwasher before your first use.  (For extra assurance, you could also line the pot with parchment or plastic wrap.)

I love to crush the cookies in my Mini Food Chopper.  You can also crush the cookies by placing in a plastic bag and crushing them with your hands.  This is very fun for children.  If you don’t care about the precise consistency of the ‘dirt’ it is a great alternative.

Make individual serving size pots with Mini Clay Pots and small flowers.  Great for entertaining the garden club ladies!

Wait until serving time to put the gummy worms on top.  Frozen gummy worms are hard on the teeth.

What you need:
8”-10” flower pot
Hand trowel
A Fat Straw (treat yourself to a thick milkshake at your favorite fast food place and save the straw)
Pretty stemmed flower(s)
Pack of Oreo Cookies
Gummy Worms

Ice Cream (enough to fill your pot)
OR
8 oz pkg cream cheese
1/2 stick butter/margarine
1 cup powdered sugar
2 pkgs instant vanilla or chocolate pudding (6 serving size)
3 1/2 cups milk
12 oz cool whip