Eclair Cake

Submitted by OR Nurse

"The crust of this cake comes out very puffy when it is baked. Tastes "airy" like a cream puff. Different from the graham cracker crust you usually see in recipes. Worth the few extra minutes it takes. Excellent for pot lucks."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• Crust

• 1 cup water
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1 cup flour
• 4 eggs
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla

• Filling

• 1 (6 ounce) box instant vanilla pudding
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 3 cups milk
• 12 ounces whipped topping
• 1⁄2 cup chocolate syrup

directions

1. CRUST: Boil water and butter together. Mix in flour. Using mixer, beat in eggs one at a time. Add vanilla.
2. Spread in a greased 9 x 13 pan.
3. Bake at 400 for 25-30 minutes. Cake will NOT be smooth or uniform in appearance.
4. Let cool.
5. FILLING: Cream together cream cheese and milk, adding a little bit of milk at a time. Mix in pudding and beat till thick.
6. Pour mixture over cooled crust.
7. Spread whipped topping on top.
8. Drizzle with chocolate syrup.
9. Refridgerate at least one hour.

Reviews

[sandradoran]

I added the two tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon of vanilla to the crust. Makes it so much better. The filling I only used 2 1/2 cups milk makes it serve so much easier. The real xtra special touch was a can of chocolate frosting that I melted until it poured and topped cool whip with that. Yummmmmmm tastes exactly like an eclair with this touch!

 

[AmandaB]

Delicious!! I made a few changes as I've had this dessert before when a friend made it and decided to add 2 tbsp of sugar to the crust while mixing and instead of 1/2 tsp of vanilla I did a whole teaspoon. I find this dessert is even better the next day. Next time I make it I'm going to make my fresh whipped cream per my family's request but it's seriously one of our favorite desserts :)

 

[Cheesehead]

We used to make a dessert like this where I worked except it made 96 servings! Thank you for breaking it down! When it comes out it is all puffed up and uneven and you think it's ugly, but the filling and whipped topping covers it up! My dad loves this recipe as he love eclairs and this saves so much work! Thank you for posting it!

 

[c-k-c]

So easy, very light and delicious!

 

[sewilsonj]

This was super easy, everyone loved it, will make it again. Be sure to grease pan well, I greased mine and it still stuck in a non stick pan. May do better on a non stick pan. I did my chocolate a bit different, using the following recipe posted by Chef carolinafan: 1 package Choco-bake (unsweetened liquid chocolate) 2 teaspoons white Karo 2 teaspoons vanilla 3 tablespoons soft margarine 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar 3 tablespoons milk