Jeannie Sweeney's Dirt Cake and Cat Litter Cake

Sweeney said she has made both of these at two different Bunco parties and they created a lot of laughs.

Dirt cake
1/4 cup margarine
1 cup powdered sugar
8-ounce cream cheese
12 ounces Cool Whip
2 packages instant French vanilla pudding mix
1 1/2 pounds Oreo cookies
Gummy worms
Silk flowers
Cream together margarine, powdered sugar and cream cheese. Mix together the Cool Whip and pudding mix. In a blender, crush Oreos. Stir the cream and mixed ingredients together, then add Oreos. In a large plastic pot, about six inches, put cookie mix in and alternate gummy worms between mixture. Place one or more silk flowers in the pot.

Cat litter cake
1 box spice or German chocolate cake mix
1 box white cake mix
1 package white sandwich cookies
1 large package vanilla instant pudding mix
A few drops of green food coloring
12 small Tootsie Rolls or equivalent
1 new cat litter box
1 new cat litter box liner
1 new pooper scooper
Prepare and bake cake mixes in any size pan. Prepare pudding and chill. Crumble cookies in small batches in blender or food processor. Add a few drops of green food coloring to one cup of cookie crumbs. Mix with a fork or shake in a jar. Set aside.

When cakes are at room temperature, crumble them into a large bowl. Toss with half of the remaining cookie crumbs and enough pudding to make the mixture moist but not soggy. Place liner in litter box and pour in mixture. Unwrap three Tootsie Rolls and heat in a microwave until soft and pliable. Shape the blunt ends into slightly curved points. Repeat with three more rolls. Bury the rolls decoratively in the cake mixture. Sprinkle remaining white cookie crumbs over the mixture, then scatter green crumbs lightly over top.

Melt five more Tootsie Rolls until almost melted. Scrape them on top of the cake and sprinkle with crumbs from the "litter box." Heat the remaining Tootsie Roll until pliable and hang it over the edge of the box. Place box on a sheet of newspaper and serve with scooper.

Roy Vanconett's Oakie Delight

2 packages ramen noodles
Cinnamon
Sugar
Vanilla ice cream
Soak ramen noodles in warm water until they are soft and pliable. When the noodles are soft, dry them off with a paper towel. Heat a skillet with oil and fry the noodles until golden brown on both sides. Remove the noodles from the pan and set them on paper towels to get rid of excess oil. Sprinkle them with cinnamon and sugar to taste. Place prepared noodles in a dessert dish and top with vanilla ice cream.

Kim Misch's Heavenly Pistachio Twinkie Dessert

Misch said this recipe comes from where she was born and raised — in Iowa — and it has been her signature recipe. She said this has pleased many crowds at gatherings.

1 box Twinkies
Large pistachio instant pudding mix
Cool Whip
10 to 12 Heath or Skor candy bars
Slice the Twinkies in half lengthwise and layer them cream side up in a 13-by-9 pan. Follow pudding directions and pour on top of the layered Twinkies. Cover the Twinkies and pudding with Cool Whip. Top the dessert with coarsely broken Heath or Skor candy.

Mary Roehrich's Fruit Pizza

Crust3/4 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
21/2 cups flour
Bake the crust at 400 degrees in 11-by-15 greased cookie sheet for 10 to 15 minutes. Cool.

Sauce
2 8-ounce cream cheese
1 teaspoon vanilla
2/3 cup powdered sugar
Allow the cream cheese to soften for easier mixing. Spread over the crust. Top with the fruit of your choice, such as grapes, kiwi, strawberries, pineapple.

Glaze
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 cup fruit juice, any flavor
Cook or microwave until the glaze is slightly thick. Cool, then spread over pizza.

Aunt Bee He's Frog Eye Soup

Ed Parks said his wife's aunt, Vera Wright, came up with this recipe. He said the kids love the name, but the girls tend to get a little squeamish.

1 box Acini Di Pepe (soup macaroni)
1 large can crushed pineapple
1 bag baby marshmallows
3 egg yolks
1 cup sugar
1 large can mandarin oranges
1 large container of Cool Whip
Boil the sugar, pineapple juice, and egg yolks. Mix and bring to boil for about one minute. In another pan, boil the macaroni with a little salt. When the macaroni is done, pour the syrup over the hot macaroni and let it cool. Then add the remaining ingredients and chill overnight.

David Lucas' The Last Straw

Lucas said this recipe works well when trying to show a little flair and romance.

1/4 bottle Lucas Late Harvest Straw Wine
1/2 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen)
Ice cream, two or three big scoops
Chocolate bits
Soup bowl
Sugar
Whipped cream (spray can style)
Pour the Lucas Late Harvest Straw Wine into a sauce pan and add the blueberries. Warm up the Late Harvest, blueberries and a teaspoon of sugar. Frozen blueberries will take a little longer to heat up. Once they are warm, pour the sauce into a bowl and place two or three scoops of ice cream on top. Stuff a few chocolate bits into the ice cream, bury it under whipped cream and serve with a spoon.

Doris Batch's Chocolate Sauerkraut Cake

3/4 cup sauerkraut, drained and chopped

1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter
3 eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup water
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift all dry ingredients together. Cream sugar, butter and vanilla. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with water. Add sauerkraut and mix thoroughly. Pour into greased pan or pans. Bake 30 to 40 minutes until cake tests done. Frost.