Calling all dessert enthusiasts with a green thumb! Embark on a culinary adventure with our comprehensive guide to crafting the delectable Flower Pot Dirt Cake. Unleash your creativity as we delve into a world of layered chocolatey goodness topped with edible "dirt" and blooming "flowers". Let's transform an ordinary cake into an eye-catching centerpiece that will leave your taste buds and Instagram feed in equal awe.
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DIRT CAKE I
This is a great conversation piece at parties. Adults love it as much as the children do. Get a new garden trowel, medium sized flower pot and artificial flower at a craft store for full effect.
Provided by Tammy Hooper
Categories Desserts Cakes Cake Mix Cake Recipes
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Chop cookies very fine in food processor. The white cream will disappear.
- Mix butter, cream cheese, and sugar in bowl.
- In a large bowl mix milk, pudding and whipped topping together.
- Combine pudding mixture and cream mixture together.
- Layer in flower pot, starting with cookies then cream mixture. Repeat layers.
- Chill until ready to serve.
- Add artificial flower and trowel. Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 827.3 calories, Carbohydrate 101.5 g, Cholesterol 55.9 mg, Fat 44.6 g, Fiber 2.7 g, Protein 9.9 g, SaturatedFat 22.5 g, Sodium 895.8 mg, Sugar 69.2 g
FLOWERPOT CAKES
Plant a delicious surprise on your guests with these springtime delights. Our chocolate cakes, baked in small pots, create the illusion of new growth. Each cake is topped with a creamy layer of chocolate frosting, a smattering of crushed cookies and candy "rocks," and a fresh sprig of mint.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cake Recipes
Yield Makes 6
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brush inside of each flowerpot with oil, and line bottom with parchment paper round. Brush parchment with oil, and lightly dust with cocoa.
- Sift cocoa, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Add egg and yolk, 3/4 cup warm water, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla; mix on low speed until smooth, about 1 minute.
- Divide batter among prepared pots, filling each about two-thirds full. Transfer to a rimmed baking sheet. Bake, rotating sheet about halfway through, until a cake tester inserted into centers comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Let cakes cool completely in the flowerpots on a wire rack.
- Frost cakes with an offset spatula; sprinkle with crushed cookies. Top with candies; "plant" 1 mint sprig in each cake.
DIRT CAKE
Dirt Cake is fun to serve at family gatherings, or to give as a gift. I've also taken it to church dinners. It not only tastes good but is unique.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 30m
Yield 12 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Crush cookies until they resemble potting soil. Divide half of the crumbs between the flower pots. Set pots and remaining crumbs aside., In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. In another bowl, whisk milk and pudding mix for 2 minutes (mixture will be thick). Fold in whipped topping. Gently fold into cream cheese mixture until blended., Add filling to pots; top with reserved crumbs. Cover and refrigerate until chilled. If desired, wrap silk flower stems in foil; add to flower pots. Decorate with gummy worms and display with gardening tools if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 534 calories, Fat 29g fat (17g saturated fat), Cholesterol 47mg cholesterol, Sodium 575mg sodium, Carbohydrate 63g carbohydrate (43g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 5g protein.
DIRT CAKE II
Kids love dirt. Can be made in a large flower pot or 2 small flower pots.
Provided by DARLENEL
Categories Desserts Cakes Cake Mix Cake Recipes
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Put the cookies in a food processor and process until they become fine crumbs. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine the butter or margarine, cream cheese, confectioners sugar and vanilla flavoring. Beat on low speed to mix then beat on medium speed until smooth. Add the chocolate pudding mix and milk to the bowl. Beat on low speed to combine.
- Fold the whipped topping into the pudding mixture with a rubber spatula.
- Assemble in the ungreased 9x13 inch pan in layers as follows: first layer, 1/3 cookie crumbs; second layer, 1/2 pudding mixture; third layer, 1/3 cookie crumbs; fifth layer, 1/3 cookie crumbs.
- Tuck the ends of gummy worms in the cookie "dirt". Be sure to have a worm on each piece. Store in the refrigerator. Chill for at least 3 hours before serving. Cut into 15 squares, or serve with a clean garden trowel or a toy sand shovel if serving in the flower pot.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 288.7 calories, Carbohydrate 38.4 g, Cholesterol 17.8 mg, Fat 13.9 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 3.8 g, SaturatedFat 7.6 g, Sodium 300.6 mg, Sugar 27.6 g
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, Texas
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 20m
Yield 12 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- 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.
Nutrition Facts :
FLOWER POT DIRT CAKE
A great non-cook recipe for children to make and serve friends or as a class cooking project. It's a fun and easy introduction to cooking for all.
Provided by Gingerbee
Categories Dessert
Time 10m
Yield 1 8inch flower pot
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Line 8-inch plastic flower pot with foil and tape.
- Cream margarine, sugar and cream cheese; set aside.
- In another bowl, mix milk, pudding and cool whip.
- Gradually add to creamed mixture; mix well.
- Beginning with oreo cookies, layer in pot, cookies, pudding, alternating and ending with cookies.
- Refrigerate 2 hours.
- Stick artificial flower (s) in pot with following poem:.
- I know I look strange but dig right in.
- The flower is fake,.
- The dirt is cake.
- I don't need water or Tender Loving Care,.
- Just eat my dirt, till pot is bare.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 5731.8, Fat 314.6, SaturatedFat 171.1, Cholesterol 369.5, Sodium 6395.1, Carbohydrate 686.8, Fiber 10.3, Sugar 533, Protein 66.9
FLOWER POT CAKE (OR DIRT CAKE)
I used to make flower pot gifts years ago, and just thought this would be a great idea to share for the holidays. COOKS.COM
Provided by Penny Hall @FantasyFaery54
Categories Other Desserts
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- 1 (8 inch) new flower pot (plug hole with wax paper) Artificial flowers Gummy worms 1 pkg. (1 1/4 lb.) Oreo cookies, crushed fine in a blender or crumbled by hand) Cream together the following and set aside: 1/2 stick butter 1 c. powdered sugar Blend until thick: vanilla or chocolate pudding 3 1/2 c. milk 1 (12 oz.) container of Cool Whip Add cream cheese mixture and Cool Whip. Layer cookies and pudding mixture in the flower pot. Top with cookies last. Cookies should look like potting soil on top. Add artificial flowers and gummy worms for decoration and attach the following card and a bow to the pot. CARD: I know I look strange, but dig right in.... The flowers are fake but the dirt is cake. I don't need water or tender loving care, Just eat my dirt 'til my pot is bare.
JANE'S DIRT CAKE
Martha's friend Jane Heller serves her dirt cake creatively: She presents the cake in a sterilized terra-cotta pot, then inserts sunflowers (wrap stems in plastic) into the cake for decoration.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cake Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- If using a flowerpot with a drainage hole, reserve 1 cookie to place over hole to prevent leaking. Place remaining cookies in the bowl of a food processor. Process until mixture resembles dirt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine cream cheese and butter, and stir until creamy. Set aside.
- In another large bowl, whisk together instant-pudding mixes and milk; stir until well blended. Using a rubber spatula, fold pudding mixture into cream-cheese mixture. Fold in whipped cream.
- In a flowerpot or bucket with a 5-quart capacity, alternate layers of cookie "dirt" and pudding mixture, starting and ending with cookie "dirt." Chill at least 4 hours or overnight before serving. Garnish with candy.
DIRT CAKE II
Make and share this Dirt Cake II recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Anita Bautsch
Categories Dessert
Time 15m
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Crush the Oreo cookies in a blender or food processor; set aside.
- Cream together butter or margarine and cream cheese.
- In a large bowl, mix 2 large boxes of vanilla instant pudding (add amount of milk according to package of pudding).
- Add cream cheese mixture and 8 ounces of Cool Whip.
- Beat together until mixed.
- In an 8 inch flower pot, layer the cookie mixture, the pudding mixture, the cookie mixture, and so on.
- End up with the cookie mixture (this looks like dirt).
- Add an artificial flower on top.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 578.5, Fat 33.7, SaturatedFat 19.6, Cholesterol 55, Sodium 766.3, Carbohydrate 65.1, Fiber 1.2, Sugar 49.1, Protein 6.5
Tips:
- To make easy chocolate cake crumbs, simply crush a package of chocolate sandwich cookies in a food processor or blender until fine.
- If you don't have a piping bag, you can use a zip-top bag with a corner snipped off.
- To make the "dirt" cake more realistic, add a few drops of green food coloring to the chocolate cake crumbs.
- For a richer chocolate flavor, use dark chocolate pudding mix instead of regular chocolate pudding mix.
- If you want to make the cake ahead of time, you can assemble it and refrigerate it for up to 24 hours before serving.
Conclusion:
Flower pot dirt cake is a fun and easy dessert that is perfect for any occasion. It is a great way to use up leftover chocolate cake or pudding, and it is sure to be a hit with kids and adults alike. With its rich chocolate flavor and creamy pudding filling, this cake is sure to satisfy your sweet tooth.
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