Chocolate Eclair Cake
"This is a recipe that was very popular in the '70's. Easy to put together and quite delicious."
photo by CandyTX
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
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Filling
- 1 box graham cracker
- 2 boxes instant vanilla pudding
- 3 cups milk
- 1 (8 ounce) container Cool Whip
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Topping
- 1⁄4 cup milk
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 1⁄3 cup baking cocoa
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 8 ounces good quality sweetened chocolate
directions
- Filling: Mix together pudding and milk.
- Fold in Cool Whip, and mix well.
- Butter a 9 x 13" cake pan.
- Place a layer of crackers in the pan.
- Top with half of the pudding mixture, then add another layer of crackers, and the remaining pudding.
- End with a third layer of crackers, and set aside.
- Topping: Blend milk, cocoa, sugar and salt and bring to a boil.
- Cook and stir for 1 minute, and remove from heat.
- Stir in butter and vanilla.
- Mix well, and allow to cool.
- Spread cooled mixture on top of cake, and refrigerate for at least 8 hours.
- Just before serving, decorate top with chocolate curls by peeling chocolate bar with a vegetable peeler.
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Reviews
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My husband made this yesterday for his fellow teachers they had "memories" day at school and were to bring something that brought out some sort of memory. He chose this because a very dear friend of ours used to make this for us when we lived in Honolulu in the mid-90s. The teachers ate it up, it sure didn't last long! From 9/16/2006: I haven't had a chocolate eclair cake in a LONG time. This was SO good! We used fat free pudding, but everything else the same. Yummmy! -
awesome dessert!you did good tom! -
I made this for my fiance's office and they loved it. The only thing I did different was use White Chocolate pudding (I don't like vanilla pudding) and the new "pourable" chocolate frosting. Next time I will try the Cheesecake pudding.....YUM!!
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Mamie37
Webster, NY
I live in Western New York, on Lake Ontario. Great cultural, food, and touring area. For fun, we go "wandering" to the Finger Lakes area for lunch and "junk hunts".
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