Homemade eclair cake, inspired by cook's country
- 1 vanilla pudding recipe* see in profile
- 1 1/2 tsp unflavored powdered gelatin
- 2 tbsp water
- 3 1/2 cup heavy cream, cold
- 1 14 ounce box of graham crackers
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- 1 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips, must be dark chocolate
- 4 tbsp vegetable oil
- This dessert may seem daunting to prepare but is worth it and honestly easy to make.
- Time for the steps is the biggest obstacle.
- Please do give it a try, it is so very worth the effort!
- Cook pudding as directed in recipe.
- Chill though for 3 hours.
- Once pudding is chilled, in a small cup add the gelatin and water.
- Allow to sit for 3-5 minutes.
- Microwave it for 30 seconds.
- If you don't have a microwave heat in small sauce pan, on high,until bubbly.
- Scrape out every last bit from pan using this method:-) and cool
- In mixer using whisk attachment, whisk 2 1/2 cups cream until soft peaks.
- Continue whisking adding in gelatin and whisk until you achieve firm peaks.
- In large bowl, blend 1/3 of whipped cream into pudding.
- Then carefully fold in remainder to keep as much air as possible that you whisked into cream.
- Set aside
- In another sauce pan, heat remaining cream, just bring to a boil being careful not to scorch.
- Remove from heat, add in chips , sugar , oil .
- whisk to combine well.
- Set aside
- TO ASSEMBLE:
- Use a 9 by 13 baking dish.
- Line bottom with full sized graham crackers.
- You may need to break one to cover it completely.
- Top grahams with half of pudding mixture.
- Add a layer of grahams on top of that layer.
- one more layer of pudding and then last layer of grahams.
- Pour chocolate sauce over top graham layer and spread evenly.
- Cover and chill 24 hours!
- This is truly the most difficult part.
- It must set up properly for optimal results
vanilla pudding, water, heavy cream, crackers, sugar, chocolate chips, vegetable oil
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/366716-homemade-eclair-cake-inspired-by-cooks-country (may not work)