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How to Make a Mix-a-Lot Pudding

Hello friends! Last night was my tenth birthday party. It was grand, and we had all
types of dessert. My friends and I had a sleepover afterwards, and in the morning,
I served them my Mix-a-Lot Pudding. Needless to say, they all loved it and begged for
a second serving.
Mix-a-Lot Pudding is really easy and fun to make. I call it Mix-a-Lot Pudding because
you can mix together almost any leftover desserts to make the pudding, and it
tastes heavenly. So, here is my famous Mix-a-Lot Pudding recipe.

Serves: 5 people with medium appetite
You will need: A large glass bowl

Ingredients: Instructions:

• 10 digestive biscuits, The pudding is made out of five yummy layers.

crushed into crumbs
Layer 1:
• 4 slices of cake, crushed In the large glass bowl, spread the crushed
into small crumbs digestive biscuits to make a thick bottom layer.

• 1/3 cup of caramel or Layer 2:

chocolate custard pudding Pour in the custard pudding to make a thin layer
• 5 chocolate chip cookies over the biscuit.
crushed into crumbs Layer 3:
After that, put the cake in a thick layer on top of
• 1 cup of vanilla ice cream the custard.
(but any flavour will do)
Layer 4:
• 6 strawberries, cut in half
Next, add a layer of ice cream over the cake.
Time taken: Layer 5:

To prepare – almost an hour As a final topping, sprinkle the crushed chocolate
cookies and add the strawberry halves. Now place
To eat – none at all! the pudding in the freezer for half an hour.

Yummy! Your pudding is ready.

After You Read

1 Work with a partner and discuss the following questions.

According to the passage, why does the Mix-a-Lot Pudding taste good? What
does it contain to make it taste so sweet?

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