Homemade eclair cake, inspired by cook's country. Inspired by the chocolate eclair cake Portillo's serves, it comes together in about ten minutes—all you have to do is make it the day before you need it, put it down on the table with some forks, and get out of the way. This cake used to be one of the most popular desserts at the potlucks of my childhood. Description: No-Bake Eclair Cake - The Country Cook.
Chocolate Eclair Recipe (FOOLPROOF Homemade Eclairs) - Lavender & Macarons.
Start by making the custard filling.
Heat the milk until almost boiling in a saucepan.
You can cook Homemade eclair cake, inspired by cook's country using 9 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you Prepare it.
Ingredients of Homemade eclair cake, inspired by cook's country
- Prepare of cake.
- You need 1 of vanilla pudding recipe* see in profile.
- It's 1 1/2 tsp of unflavored powdered gelatin.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of water.
- Prepare 3 1/2 cup of heavy cream, cold.
- Prepare 1 of 14 ounce box of graham crackers.
- You need 1 tbsp of caster sugar.
- It's 1 1/2 cup of dark chocolate chips, must be dark chocolate.
- You need 4 tbsp of vegetable oil.
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Homemade eclair cake, inspired by cook's country guidelines
- 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. https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/355873-homemade-vanilla-pudding.
- 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.
I even used homemade fudge sauce as the topping. I guess we just find mushy graham crackers very unappealing. Chocolate Eclair Icebox Cake is a no-bake chocolate graham cracker cake with vanilla pudding, whipped topping, and super easy, fudgy frosting. This icebox cake recipe is fun for all ages to make and the perfect no bake dessert for any food event! While eclair shells are cooking, let's cook vanilla custard filling and set it aside to cool down.