I love this stuff so much, I've made it three times in the last month! It is that yummy! My husband took some to work and came home requesting I make more for him to take again. So, out of the goodness of my heart (and the prospect of goodness in my mouth) I complied.
ECLAIR CAKE
What you need:
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter
1 cup flour
4 eggs
1 large pkg. vanilla pudding, instant or cook-n-serve
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1 tub whipped topping
chocolate syrup
How you do it:
Bring water and butter to a rolling boil; whisk in flour until it forms a ball. Remove from heat and let cool slightly. Beat in eggs one at a time. Press into a lightly greased 9x13 baking dish. Bake at 400° for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool. Meanwhile prepare pudding as directed on the package. Add cream cheese to pudding and mix well. Pour pudding into cake crust. When pudding is set, top with whipped topping. Drizzle with chocolate syrup before serving. Keep refrigerated.
Step-by-Step:
Okay, so before you get to this point you've brought the water and butter to a boil, whisked in the flour, and then beat in the eggs until it's smooth. Now you can just press the "dough" into the lightly greased dish.
(If you want to see what the batter looks like before you put it in the pan, check out my post on Eclairs.)
Make the pudding while the cake shell bakes. I prefer to use cook-n-serve pudding because I think it tastes better and the texture is by far superb to the instant stuff (it's also easier to add the cream cheese because I just put it in the microwave until it's soft and the heat of pudding helps to blend it all together really well). But, use what you like!
When it's time, take out the cake shell. If you've used instant pudding, you'll need to let the shell cool a bit before added the pudding. If you used cook-n-serve pudding, just pour it right into the shell.
Now, that you've filled the cake shell, let it cool completely before adding the whipped topping.
I like to drizzle the chocolate syrup atop individual slices, but again do what you like best!
5 comments:
Man once I kick this cold and can swollow again I know what I am making!!! Yum!!!
My mouth is watering... :) Have you ever considered just sending the finished product to your friends instead of posting pictures? :)
Um is this the same eclair cake you would make back in the good ol Ricks days?????
Umm yeah, I'll be trying this one. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for putting this on here. I have wanted the recipe since book club. I am a HUGE fan of chocolate fudge. I wonder if I heated it up a little if I could use it instead of choc. syrup. Okay, better get back to the homework...
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