Chocolate Eclair Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup water
• 4 eggs, room temperature
• 2 (5 1/8 ounce) packages dry vanilla pudding mix
• 2 1/2 cups milk
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 12 ounces cool whip
• 6 ounces chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 3 -4 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• 1 bring water and butter to a boil in a saucepan until all butter is melted.
• 2 all at once, add flour and salt.
• 3 beat until mixture forms a ball that leaves sides of saucepan.
• 4 cool slightly 3-5 minutes.
• 5 add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
• 6 spread this pastry dough into an ungreased cookie sheet/jelly roll pan.
• 7 bake at 400 degrees for 35 minutes.
• 8 remove from oven.
• 9 pierce bubbles with fork and press lightly into pan.
• 10 cool completely.
• 11 mix pudding with milk and softened cream cheese.
• 12 beat thoroughly and spread onto cooled pastry.
• 13 spread cool whip over pudding mixture.
• 14 melt chocolate chips and butter over low heat.
• 15 add confectioners sugar and milk to chocolate mixture, stirring until a thin glaze forms.
• 16 drizzle chocolate glaze over cool whip.
• 17 cool at least one hour before serving.