Flowerpot Dirt Cake
Every year I host a luncheon to welcome spring. I like to surprise my friends and leave them with a special memory. This delicious cake does the trick. Sometimes people are a little hesitant because they don't think you can really eat out of a clay flowerpot, but once I explain that the pot is new, clean and lined with foil, they like the idea and dig right in!—Mary Anne McWhirter, Pearland, 12 ServingsPrep: 20 min. + chilling
Ingredients
- 1 package (15-1/2 ounces) Oreo cookies
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 4 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 packages (3.4 ounces each) instant vanilla pudding mix
- 3-1/2 cups cold milk
- 1 carton (12 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 1 new flowerpot (8 x 10 inches)
- Silk flowers
- Candy gummy worms
Directions
- In a food processor or blender, crush cookies until fine. Set aside.
- In a bowl, beat cream cheese, butter and sugar until smooth. In
- another bowl, mix pudding and milk until well blended. Fold into
- cream cheese mixture. Fold in whipped topping. In the flowerpot,
- alternate layers of cookie crumbs and pudding mixture, ending with
- crumbs. Chill several hours or overnight. Decorate with silk flowers
- and gummy worms. Yield: 12 servings.