Dirt Cake

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Title: Dirt Cake
Categories: Cakes
Yield: 10 servings

1 ea Flower pot 8 oz Cream cheese, softened
1 ea Garden trowel 1 c Confectioner's sugar
3 ea Gummy worms (or plastic) 1 ts Vanilla
1 ea Plastic flowers, bunch 2 pk Inst choc-fudge
pudding(4oz)
16 oz Oreo cookies 3 c Milk
1/2 c Butter, softened 12 oz Whipped topping,1 tub
thawed

This is a joke, a bit of whimsy to lighten up your next party. The cake is
really a quick mix dessert made with Oreo cookies and soft squishy stuff.
The trick is to capture everyone's attention with an announcement of some
sort, and as you are speaking, trowel out some of the dirt from the flower
pot around the flowers and eat it. May be followed by a worm dug out of
the "dirt". You may substitute vanilla pudding for the chocolate if you
want, and use up to 20 oz of Oreos. Please use a clean new plastic flower
pot or take the precaution of lining a clay pot with foil and wrap the
stems of live flowers if you use them in order to prevent any toxins from
entering the dessert.
Crush the cookies until they resemble potting soil. Set aside.
Cream the butter or margarine, cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until
smooth and fluffy. Set aside. Combine the pudding mix and milk until
well blended. Then fold in the whipped topping. Gently fold the cream
cheese and pudding mixtures together.
To put the "cake" together, layer one-third of the cookie crumbs
followed by 1/2 of the pudding mixture, 1/3 of the crumbs, the rest of the
pudding mixture and topping with the balance of the crumbs. Refrigerate
10-12 hours before serving. Remove from refrigerator, decorate with
flowers. Serve by digging out portions with the trowel. Serves 10 to 12.

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