|
|
Better
Than Sex Cake
Ingredients
Crust
-
1 cup unsalted butter
-
2 cups flour
-
2 tablespoons sugar
VANILLA
PUDDING LAYER
-
3 egg yolks
-
2 cups milk
-
½ cup sugar
-
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
-
¼ cup flour
-
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
CREAM CHEESE
LAYER
-
8 ounces cream cheese softened
-
1 teaspoon lemon juice
-
½ cup sugar
-
1 cup cream
-
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Whipped Cream
Layer
-
1½ cups cream
-
3 tablespoons powdered sugar
PINEAPPLE
CARAMEL LAYER
-
8 oz. crushed pineapple drained
-
1 jar caramel or chocolate sauce
Chocolate
Glaze
-
2 oz. semi-sweet chocolate
-
1½ teaspoon vanilla extract
-
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
Method
Butter
a 9 x 13 inch baking pan. Set oven rack in center of oven and
preheat to 350°F.
Beat butter and sugar until
fluffy. Add flour, at low speed in mixer, blend until mixture
is pebbly and can be pressed
together.
Press mixture on bottom of
buttered pan and bake for 20 minutes or until golden. Cool
completely. For pudding, beat egg yolks and set aside near stove. Whisk
the sugar, flour and milk in a medium sauce pan until free of
lumps. Set over medium heat and cook, stirring constantly, just
'til it comes to a boil.
Remove from heat and whisk a
little bit of the hot, thick pudding into the beaten egg yolks then
pour the yolk mixture back into the pudding whisking really well. Continue
to cook 1-2 minutes, stirring constantly until thick. Pour pudding
into bowl and add
vanilla and butter, stir until
butter melts.
Chill, with plastic wrap
pressed directly on surface of pudding. Beat cream cheese, sugar,
vanilla and lemon juice just to blend.
In separate bowl, whip 1 cup
cream to medium stiff peaks. Fold a scoop of whipped cream into
beaten cheese then fold
remaining cream into cheese. Set
aside.
Whip 1½ cups cream, sugar and
vanilla to stiff peaks. Spread crust with cream cheese mixture, top
with pineapple, then caramel or chocolate sauce. Spread
pudding over pineapple, spread whipped cream evenly over pudding. Chill
well. To make glaze, melt chocolate over low heat, stirring until
completely melted. Remove from heat stir in vanilla. Drizzle
in zigzags over cake.
|