Eclair Cake
This Eclair Cake is the perfect crowd dessert. Top it with a delicious homemade chocolate sauce and your guests will be begging you for the recipe!
Servings 12
Ingredients
CRUST
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup butter
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup flour
PUDDING
- 1 large box instant vanilla pudding (you can also substitute 2 small boxes and use 3 cups of milk)
- 2 1/2 cups milk
- 1 (8 ounce) cream cheese, softened
- 8 ounces Whipped Topping , we use Cool Whip
- Homemade Chocolate Sauce or Hersheys Syrup
Instructions
- Boil water and butter together (must be rapidly boiling) Remove from heat.
- Pour the water and butter mixture into a medium bowl, working quickly and with an electric hand mixer, whisk in flour and eggs, beating eggs in one at a time. The batter should be smooth. Spread on a greased jelly roll pan
- Bake at 400 degrees until light golden brown, approximately 20 minutes in a 17 1/2 x 11 inch pan or 30 minutes in an 8 x 11 inch pan.
- Prepare pudding by adding milk. Whip in cream cheese, Spread over cooled, puffed layer.
- Top with Cool Whip and drizzle with chocolate sauce. Refrigerate for 2-4 hours before serving.