Description
Indulge in the decadent delight of Cream Puff Cake, a luscious layered dessert featuring a choux pastry base topped with a creamy vanilla pudding and finished with a cloud of whipped topping. This easy-to-make treat is sure to impress at any gathering.
Ingredients
Scale
Choux Pastry:
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 large eggs
Pudding Layer:
- 1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened
- 2 (3.4 oz) packages instant vanilla pudding mix
- 2 1/2 cups cold milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Topping:
- 8 oz whipped topping or whipped cream
- Chocolate syrup, for drizzling (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the Oven: Preheat to 400°F (200°C).
- Prepare Choux Pastry: Boil butter and water, add flour, and eggs. Spread in baking dish.
- Bake: Bake for 25–30 minutes until golden.
- Prepare Pudding Layer: Beat cream cheese, mix pudding with milk, and add to cream cheese. Add vanilla.
- Assemble: Spread pudding over crust, top with whipped topping, refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Serve: Drizzle with chocolate syrup before serving.
Notes
- Ensure crust is cooled before adding pudding.
- For a variation, try using chocolate pudding.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 square
- Calories: 290
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 210mg
- Fat: 19g
- Saturated Fat: 11g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 95mg
