For other delicious no-bake recipes, be sure to check out my Easy No-Bake Blueberry Delight, Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies, Strawberry Pretzel Icebox Pie, Easy Lemon Icebox Cake, and No-Bake Sour Cream Lemon Pie.
No-Bake Chocolate Eclair Cake
A funny thing happens sometimes where I make something that has been around forever and that I think everybody in the world knows about, and then it turns out no one in my social circle seems to have ever experienced it before. That’s the case with this easy chocolate eclair cake. I swear I saw this on every potluck table when I was growing up. But I made this for a dinner party recently and no one, not even my husband, thought they had tasted eclair cake before! Then I polled my friends, SIL, BIL, and others and not one person I asked had ever had an eclair cake! Our oldest daughter is named Clara and immediately started calling this e-Clara cake, or even just Clara cake, which has stuck. It’s such an easy recipe that she can even make it by herself, which she loves. We love classic French eclairs, but this delicious no-bake cake is an even easier alternative with the same flavors!
What is Chocolate Eclair Cake?
This dessert is called an eclair cake because it’s flavor, and even texture to an extent, is reminiscent of French éclairs, which are cream filled pastries coated with a chocolate glaze on top. It’s one of those recipes that is so simple and easy to make that it feels like cheating. The fudgy frosting/glaze/topping is super easy to make and pour over the top. It’s just melted butter whisked with cocoa powder, powdered sugar, and milk. But it’s literally the icing on the cake. You pour it on and it mostly smooths itself out, then sets into a thin, fudgy layer of chocolate indulgence that perfectly balances the light, creamy vanilla pudding underneath. The pudding layer is ridiculously easy as well. It’s just a package of instant vanilla pudding mixed with cold milk (but not quite as much as the package directs), which is then combined with a container of Cool Whip or stabilized whipped cream. It makes for a super light, custard with the most wonderful consistency!
How to Make No-Bake Chocolate Eclair Cake
Eclair Cake Variations from Others
No-Bake Strawberry Nutella Eclair Cake by Chef in Training Strawberry Shortcake Eclair Cake by Inside Bru Crew Life Chunky Monkey Eclair Cake by The Girl Who Ate Everything Chocolate Mint Eclair Dessert from Taste of Home Peanut Butter Cup Eclair Cake from My Baking Addiction No-Bake Chocolate Raspberry Eclair Cake from Six Sisters’ Stuff Key Lime Eclair Cake from This Silly Girl’s Kitchen Double Chocolate Eclair Cake from Melanie Makes
More No-Bake Desserts You’ll Love
No-Bake Sour Cream Lemon Pie Easy No-Bake Blueberry Delight Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies Strawberry Pretzel Icebox Pie Easy Lemon Icebox Cake Raspberry Pretzel Salad (okay, you do need to bake the crust for just a couple of minutes, but that’s it for this one) Banana Split Cake
No-Bake Caramel Apple Eclair Cake
Classic Homemade Eclairs
Boston Cream Pie
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