That Chocolate Dessert aka Aunt Judy's Pudding Cake Recipe
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Ingredients: 1st layer:
3/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts or pecans
1-1/2 cup flour
2nd layer:
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 cup sweetened whipped cream (you can use Cool Whip*, but I prefer freshly whipped cream
1-1/4 cup powdered sugar
3rd layer:
2 small pkgs chocolate fudge instant pudding
3 cups cold whole milk
4th layer:
1-1/2 cups heavy cream
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
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3 cups Cool Whip
5th layer:
2 regular Hershey bars
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Directions:Preheat oven to 350º
Cream together the butter, flour and nuts for the first layer. Press into an 8" x 12" glass baking dish. Bake for 22-25 inutes until golden brown. Cool to room temperature.
For 2nd layer, using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add powdered sugar and beat until smooth. Fold in whipped cream, stir until well combined. (If using real cream, whip 3/4 cup heavy cream with 1/2 tsp vanilla and 2 tbsp powdered sugar until peaks form). Spread over cooled crust layer. Refrigerate for 20 minutes.
For 3rd layer, using an electric mixer, beat the two packages of instant pudding with the 3 cups cold milk until smooth and lump free. It should begin to thicken. Pour evenly over the cream cheese layer. Refrigerate for another 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, for 4th layer, using an electric mixer, beat cream, vanilla and sugar until stiff peaks form, but not so long you've made butter. Or if desired, spread with 3 cups Cool Whip instead. Spread over pudding layer in a pretty pattern.
For 5th layer, use a potato peeler to shave curls of chocolate off of the Hershey bars over the top of the whipped cream layer. You will only be able to use about 2/3 of each bar before it becomes too hard to use, the remaining chocolate is a treat for the cook. |
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Notes: This dessert can be made with other flavors of instant pudding if desired. I have seen it made with pistachio and with butterscotch. Under "Layered lemon dessert" you will find a tart lemon version that is popular with my family also. You can use Cool Whip for the whipped cream in this dessert (the original recipe calls for it) but I prefer the real thing AND Cool Whip is on the list of 5 things my oncologist told me to eliminate from my diet!
After we got out of the Air Force and moved back to Washington when my boys were small, Jim's sister, Judy Grams, brought this dessert to a holiday dinner and it was an immediate hit. We never knew exactly what to call it, she called it "pudding cake" but I made a different dessert with that name, so the boys started calling it "that chocolate dessert" and it stuck. I have seen it in community cookbooks with various names, including Mississippi Mud Pie and Pudding Cake.
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