my son's favorite dessert - chocolate eclair cake
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My brother, Carl Smith and his Wife, Diane came to visit us about 10 years ago. While they were here, Diane made this delicious recipe (Chocolate Éclair Cake). I just HAD to have the recipe so she shared it with me. This is sooooo easy to make and extra-ordinarily good! The first time I made it for my son he fell in love with it and it is now HIS FAVORITE dessert. I made one, per his request, for our Christmas dessert this year. While putting it together, I took pictures so that I could post them here. This way I am assured that I will not lose this wonderful recipe. 12/31/13
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Ingredients For my son's favorite dessert - chocolate eclair cake
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1 pkg16oz graham crackers **
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2 pkg3 oz each, vanilla instant pudding
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3 1/2 cmilk (i used whole milk)
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1 tube8 oz size, cool whip, thawed
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for the frosting:
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2 ozchocolate, unsweetened squares. i used baker's
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1 tsplight corn syrup
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2 tspvanilla
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2 Tbspbutter
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1 1/2 cconfectioners sugar (10x sugar)
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3 Tbspmilk. (i used whole milk)
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** recipe calls for 16oz box graham crackers; but they now come in 14.4oz box. this recipe can be made with the 14.4oz box
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*****if you are in a hurry...or just don't want to make this frosting, you can buy a can of chocolate frosting and use that. it is just so much better if you make and use this frosting recipe.
How To Make my son's favorite dessert - chocolate eclair cake
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1Gather ingredients.
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2Line a 9X13 pan with graham crackers.
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3Combine the pudding and the milk. Beat for 2 minutes. Then fold in the thawed cool whip.
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4Spread 1/2 of the pudding mixture on the graham crackers.
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5Place another layer of graham crackers.
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6Top with the rest of the pudding mixture.
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7Then add the last layer of graham crackers to the top. CHILL for 2 hours before applying the frosting!!!
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8Assemble the ingredients for the frosting.
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9Put the Unsweetened Chocolate Squares, the Light Corn Syrup, the Vanilla and the Butter in a saucepan on the stove. Heat and stir until well blended.
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10Remove the sauce pan from the heat. Add the confection's sugar and the milk and mix well.
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11Pour over the graham crackers. CHILL preferably 24 hours before cutting. This is where the 24 hours comes in under the prep time!!
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