Cream Puff Cake Dessert Recipe

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This is a layered cream puff cake made in a pan and topped with delicious chocolate and caramel!

Prep Time20

Cook Time30

Chill Time40

Total Time1 30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Cream puff pudding dessert, Easy Dessert Recipe, French cream puff cake, Layered cream puff cake in a pan

Servings:

Calories: 300kcal

Equipment

9x13-inch Baking Pan
Large Mixing Bowl
Hand or Stand Mixer
spatula

Ingredients

1 cup water
½ cup butter
1 cup all-purpose flour
4 large eggs room temperature

Filling

1 package cream cheese (8 ounces), softened
3½ cups cold milk
2 packages instant chocolate pudding mix (3.9 ounces each)

Topping

1 carton frozen whipped topping (8 ounces), thawed
¼ cup chocolate ice cream topping
¼ cup caramel ice cream topping

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In a large saucepan over medium heat, bring the water and butter to a boil. Add all of the flour and stir until a smooth ball forms.
Remove saucepan from the heat; let stand for 5 minutes. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after adding each one. Continue beating until mixture is smooth and shiny.
Spread dough into a greased 13x9-inch baking dish.
Bake in preheated oven for 30-35 minutes or until puffed and golden brown. Let cool completely. To make the filling, add the cream cheese, milk and pudding mix to a large bowl and beat until smooth.
Spread filling over cooled puff and place in the fridge for 20 minutes.
Remove from fridge and spread thawed whipped topping on top; refrigerate again until serving.
Right before you serve this dessert, drizzle with the chocolate and caramel toppings.
Cover and refrigerate any leftovers.

Notes

Traditionally, pastry cream is often the filling for cream puffs. It is a thick custard made with egg yolks, milk, sugar, cornstarch, and may include butter.

For our recipe, we just use simple pudding to make things easy! What’s not to love about that?! Don’t worry, it tastes just as amazing.

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