Dirt cake

Dirt cake

Gummy worm dirt cake
Type	Cake
Place of origin	United States
Main ingredients	Oreos, pudding or cream cheese, gummy candy
Media: Dirt cake

Dirt cake, also called dirt and worms, is an American cake made from cookies and pudding in combination with other ingredients to create a dessert that has a resemblance to soil or earth. It is made by combining crushed Oreo cookies on top of vanilla or chocolate pudding, and adding gummy candy worms on top.^[1][2][3] Variations include vanilla wafers, vanilla pudding,^[4] whipped cream or Cool Whip, and cream cheese pudding in the recipe.^[3]

Several bakeries in Singapore sold dirt cakes served in flowerpots after the dessert appeared on the Taiwanese show A Hint of You.^[5]

In 2024, Oreo released a limited edition Dirt Cake flavor cookie.^[6][7]

In 2016, chefs in Bangalore created a dirt cake weighing 1,078 kg, setting a Guinness world record.^[8][9]

See also

• Mississippi mud pie
• Mud pie, an inedible item created as part of a children's pretend game

References

1. Hartel, Richard & AnnaKate (2008). Food Bites: The Science of the Foods We Eat. Copernicus Books - Springer Science + Business Media, LLC. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-387-75844-2.
2. Kathy Charner Dirt Cake The giant encyclopedia of preschool activities for four-year-olds] page 545
3. Richard W. Hartel, AnnaKate Hartel Food Bites: The Science of the Foods We Eat page 79
4. Arlene Voski Avakian Through the kitchen window: women explore the intimate meanings of food and cooking Archived 2024-08-17 at the Wayback Machine Editor Arlene Voski Avakian, Publisher Berg Publishers, 2006 ISBN 1-84520-326-7, ISBN 978-1-84520-326-9, 315 pages, page 61
5. Goh, Kenneth (2014-12-14). "Meet the dirt cake, a 'plant' you can eat". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Archived from the original on 2024-08-17. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
6. Luna, Steven (2024-03-06). "Dirt Cake Oreos And Tiramisu Oreo Thins Review: The Tiramisu Thins Are A Standout". Mashed. Archived from the original on 2024-08-17. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
7. "Oreo to debut 2 new flavors inspired by mud pie, tiramisu. When will they hit shelves?". USA TODAY. Archived from the original on 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
8. "With 1,078-kg cake, they bake their way into Guinness World Records". The Hindu. 2016-07-31. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 2024-08-17. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
9. "Indian baking company creates world's largest dirt cake". Guinness World Records. 10 August 2016.

External links

• Example recipe: A Three Year Old's Dream: Dirt Cake from Mindy's Mouthful