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Tara's No-Bake Eclair Cake

house_cat — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 03:25:23 GMT

She posted this on Instagram today. It looks yummy, though I'm not a fan of the canned frosting.

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DiAnne — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 03:57:13 GMT

It does look delicious but I am not a fan of Cool Whip and I have never had canned frosting - I guess we are both out of luck!

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colliemom4 — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 04:53:17 GMT

It looks simple and delicious. I don't care for most canned frosting either. I guess you could substitute with another topping though I don't know what that would be lol.

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house_cat — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 05:08:03 GMT

@DiAnne

You have NEVER had canned frosting? Ever? I'm impresed!

@colliemom4

I would substitute a chocolate ganache.

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aroc3435 — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 05:34:34 GMT

@house_cat I concur. I don't like the canned frosting either. I'm with you--chocolate ganache would work well and is easy enough to make and flavor is sooooo much better!

Cake mixes can be doctored up to improve them but I've never found a way to doctor up canned frosting of any variety.

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RedTop — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 05:57:42 GMT

I make this occasionally for trucker daughter and her boyfriend; always use a jar of ice cream topping (the magic shell one is their favorite). I never use frosting.

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Nonametoday — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 07:11:33 GMT

I think I would use vanilla wafers instead of graham crackers (I don't need anymore diarrhea) and would use a whipping cream instead of Kool Whip and a ganache instead of the canned stuff. Hey, I think we need to patent our new recipe. Hee hee.

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KingstonsMom — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 11:25:53 GMT

That is not a 13x9 pan used in the pic, looks more like a loaf pan. Maybe she cut the recipe in half for the loaf pan?

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so so — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 13:10:02 GMT

YES!!!! you are correct!! i caught the loaf pan too. i was just thinking this is the perfect size seeing its only my husband and myself. but then the recipe is for a 9 by 13 pan.......that is rather confusing.

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KingstonsMom — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 13:36:56 GMT

@so so

It's just me and DH here too, so a loaf pan serving would be great for us too, we'd never eat a 13x9 pan of it and no one to share with.

But it seems to me that splitting the recipe in half would still be too much for a loaf pan vs. a 13x9 pan.

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walker — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 14:46:29 GMT

I have a similar recipe but instead of canned frosting this is the topping....

3 ozs semi-sweet chocolate chips

4 tablespoons butter

1 cup powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1-2 tablespoons milk

Melt chocolate chips and butter; add powdered sugar and vanilla followed by milk to make spreadable consistency.

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RespectLife — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 15:01:53 GMT

Tee hee...Tara is putting 'names' to a recipe that has been around for over 30 years! LOL

The recipe I have calls for the frosting to be more like what you would find on a bakery eclair.

I can't remember since I haven't made this in 10 years...but I know it calls for using the unsweetened chocolate in the pouches. You use that to make the frosting and it def, tastes like what you would find on an eclair or cream puff.

I'm with you who say no to canned frosting. Haven't used it since I got my KA mixer!

I actually prefer whipped cream frosting to buttercream. Life, Love and Sugar has a great recipe for a very stable whipped cream frosting which lasts til you eat it all up. Doesn't break down,

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AuntG — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 15:21:26 GMT

Anytime I've put frosting on a dessert like that, I've put the container in the microwave for 10 seconds and stirred it. Sometimes it needed a bit more time. Then it spreads much better.

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KingstonsMom — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 15:59:58 GMT

@RespectLife wrote:
Tee hee...Tara is putting 'names' to a recipe that has been around for over 30 years! LOL

The recipe I have calls for the frosting to be more like what you would find on a bakery eclair.

I can't remember since I haven't made this in 10 years...but I know it calls for using the unsweetened chocolate in the pouches. You use that to make the frosting and it def, tastes like what you would find on an eclair or cream puff.

I'm with you who say no to canned frosting. Haven't used it since I got my KA mixer!

I actually prefer whipped cream frosting to buttercream. Life, Love and Sugar has a great recipe for a very stable whipped cream frosting which lasts til you eat it all up. Doesn't break down,

@RespectLife

I would love the whipped cream frosting too, buttercream is just too sweet for me (not big on real sweet things).

I'll look for it, thanks for mentioning it!

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VanSleepy — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 16:14:26 GMT

I've been making this for 30 years for a family member's birthday. It's all he wanted lol. The frosting is:

3 TBS cocoa

3 tsp oil

2 tsp light corn syrup

2 tsp vanilla extract

3 TBS soft margarine

1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar

3 TBS milk

It's thin enough to pour over the top and spread. Easy!

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VanSleepy — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 16:20:39 GMT

Also meant to say if anyone is really going to try this cake, it's best to make it at least two days ahead so the Graham crackers get soft.

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house_cat — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 16:59:32 GMT

@DiAnne

I'm almost ashamed to admit it, but I ❤️ Cool Whip!

@Nonametoday

You gave me a great idea! I have two packages of ladyfingers left over from the tiramisu I made this summer. This would be a perfect way to use them.

@KingstonsMom

@Soso

I noticed that, as well. I just went back to her original posting to see if she addressed the discrepancy with the pan size, but there is no mention of it.

@AuntG

That's a great trick about microwaving the canned frosting. I learned to do that when my kids were younger, because it made it possible to use a lot less frosting. Perhaps it's an age thing, but DH and I have both lost our appetites for very sweet desserts. Ganache is so easy to make. He favors the semisweet chocolate and sometimes I use an even darker one.

@VanSleepy

Make ahead desserts are my favorite kind!

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RespectLife — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 20:30:13 GMT

@KingstonsMom

You should be able to search her site easily for it. If you can't find it, let me know and I will post it next week.

Her Chocolate Whipped Cream frosting is our fav. Really easy and fast, in my KA of course!

She also has flavored ones...bourbon etc.

If you love to bake, her recipes are fantastic! I can't decorate like she does, but man, every dessert I have tried of hers is fantastic!

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deepwaterdotter — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 00:31:59 GMT

@RespectLife I remember my friends making this dessert in Home Ec class in high school in the 70's. I even have a yellowed piece of notebook paper I wrote the recipe on:

1 1/4 cup sugar

6 tbsp cornstarch

3/4 tsp salt

5 cups milk

4 tbsp butter cut into tablespoons

5 tsp vanilla

2 tbsp water

1 1/4 tsp unflavored gelatin

2 3/4 cups cold heavy cream

14 oz graham crackers

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

5 tbsp light corn syrup

Stir sugar, cornstarch, and salt in big saucepan. Whisk in milk until smooth. Bring to boil while scraping bottom of pan with rubber spatula. Keep scraping over medium-low heat until big bubbles appear on surface. Whisk in butter and vanilla off heat. Pour in to big bowl and cover surface of mixture with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 2 hours.

Mix water and gelatin in bowl and let sit 5 minutes. Microwave 30 seconds. Whip 2 cups cream with electric mixer on medium-low speed until foamy. Whip on high speed until forming soft peaks. Whip in gelatin mixture until forming stiff peaks.

Whisk 1/3 whipped cream into pudding. Gently fold in rest of whipped cream 1 scoop at a time until well-mixed. Cover bottom of 9x13" baking dish with a layer of graham crackers (break into smaller pieces as necessary). Top with 1/2 of filling mixture, then cover with another layer of graham crackers. Repeat layering with rest of filling mixture and final layer of graham crackers.

Microwave chocolate chips, 3/4 cup cream, and corn syrup in bowl until smooth, stirring every 30 seconds. Let cool at room-temperature for 10 minutes. Spread over top layer of graham crackers and refrigerate overnight.

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Moonlady — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 22:43:01 GMT

I've never used canned frosting, either, so I'd simply use a favorite recipe for chocolate frosting. Looks delicious.