Easy Carrot Patch Cake
A cute and easy Easter dessert made with store-bought chocolate cake, crushed Oreos, and orange candy-coated strawberries that look like little carrots.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 1 Pepperidge Farm Chocolate Fudge Layer Cake
- 6 to 8 chocolate Oreo cookies
- 6 to 8 strawberries, washed and dried
- 8 ounces white melting chocolate or orange candy melts
- Orange food coloring, if needed
- Small sprigs curly parsley
Instructions
- Wash and dry the strawberries well.
- Melt the white coating according to package directions. Stir in orange food coloring until evenly tinted, if needed.
- Dip each strawberry into the orange coating. Try to coat as much of the strawberry as possible.
- Transfer a little of the melted coating to a small zip-top bag, snip the corner, and drizzle lines over the strawberries to resemble carrots. Set your coated strawberries on parchment paper and allow to fully harden (maybe 10 minutes).
- Place the Oreos in a zip-top bag and crush them with a rolling pin until crumbly, like dirt.
- Remove the leafy strawberry tops and insert a small sprig of parsley into each strawberry to create carrot tops. Use a toothpick to make a hole at the top to make it easier to insert the parsley.
- Place the chocolate cake on a serving plate or board.
- Sprinkle the top of the cake generously with crushed Oreos, pressing lightly into the icing to help them stay put.
- Arrange the carrot strawberries on top of the cake, nestling them into the Oreo crumbs.
- Chill until ready to serve.
Notes
- Make sure the strawberries are very dry before dipping.
- Orange candy melts work even better if you have them.
- Slightly chunky Oreo crumbs look more like real garden soil than fine crumbs.
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