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Pumpkin Patch "Dirt" Cake

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Recipe Summary Pumpkin Patch "Dirt" Cake

Crushed chocolate cookies and ice cream make great 'dirt' for this spooky treat! This recipe was adapted from Strange-1's original pudding cake.

Ingredients | Pumpkin Patch Spider Care

1 (19.1 ounce) package chocolate sandwich cookies (such as Oreo®)

2 (24 ounce) round cartons chocolate ice cream

½ cup prepared vanilla frosting

1 drop green food coloring

30 mellocreme (candy corn) pumpkins

Directions

Crush the cookies in 2 batches in a food processor. You'll need about 4 1/3 cups crumbs.

Spread 1 1/3 cups crumbs over bottom of a 9-x-13-inch baking pan.

Cut away cardboard packaging from 1 carton of ice cream with scissors. Slice ice cream crosswise into 1-inch-thick rounds with a long knife. Arrange slices over crumbs, cutting smaller pieces to fill gaps. Cover ice cream with another 1 1/3 cups crumbs. Repeat with second container of ice cream, and top with remaining crumbs. Freeze until firm, at least 1 hour.

Mix frosting with enough green food coloring to make it bright green, then transfer to a pastry bag fitted with a plain tip. Arrange 3 double rows of pumpkins on top of cake and pipe vines connecting pumpkins. Freeze until ready to serve.

We loved Strange-1's "pumpkin patch" cake decorating idea! Her original recipe used a pudding-based layer; we adapted that part of the recipe so it uses just ice cream and crushed cookies, keeping it super simple.

Info | Pumpkin Patch Spider Care

prep: 30 mins additional: 1 hr total: 1 hr 30 mins Servings: 12 Yield: 12 servings

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