My mother has always called this Better Than Robert Redford cake. No disrespect to Mr. Redford, but in 2008, I feel its time for a new name. I have often heard it referred to as Better Than S__ Cake, but I am not really keen on actually saying that. I mean, I need a name I can actually use around the children. This is where you come in.
It pretty much goes without saying that I love this cake. I make it a point not to post any recipe that I don’t love (Which is why you will never see a tuna or shrimp recipe on my blog, at least not authored by me – sorry seafood lovers!).
My mother first made this when I was in middle school and she has always chosen the low fat, sugar free, or light versions of ingredients, as do I. I don’t necessarily do this for health purposes though, I just do it so I can eat more with no guilt! The buttery pecan crust is divine, add a layer of cream cheese, powdered sugar, and cool whip mixed together? I’m sooooooo in! Add some thick chocolate pudding on top? Oh yeah! Make that pudding sugar free? YEAH BABY!
( For those of you interested in notes from my Disney trip, you can view them here! )
Ingredients
- 1 Cup flour crust
- 1 stick margarine or butter melted (crust)
- 1/2 Cup chopped pecans crust
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened (filling)
- 1 cup confectioner's sugar filling
- 1 cup whipped topping Buy a 12 ounce tub, reserve remainder for topping (filling)
- Pudding layer
- 2 Large boxes instant chocolate pudding sugar free or regular (pudding layer)
- 5 Cups mlk whole, skim, or nonfat (pudding layer)
Instructions
- Mix all crust ingredients together until well blended. Press into bottom of 9x13 inch dish. Bake at 350 for twenty minutes. Cool completely.
- For filling, Beat cream cheese and sugar in medium bowl until fluffy. Fold in one cup of whipped topping. Spread over cooled crust.
- For the pudding layer, Beat pudding and milk together until thickened. Spread over cream cheese layer.
- Top with remaining whipped topping. Refrigerate for several hours before serving.
Can you use cooked pudding instead? I don’t like the taste of instant pudding.
I had to laugh when I ran across this. I’ve been making this for over 20 years & we call it “Sex in the pan”!! I have no idea where the name change came from, but everyone always wants it! Gotta love us southerners from Louisiana!
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I want to call it better than elvis cake.
My mother-in-law first gave me this recipe about 25 yrs. ago. She called it Chocolate Delight. Recently, I made this with a lemon curd layer (homemade, of course) instead of the chocolate layer. I candied lemon slices to decorate on top of real whipped cream. This was for an event at our church that my friend and I catered. You would have thought it was manna judging everyone’s reaction. It was indeed a treat. I’ve also seen a recipe using a peach layer and one with strawberry. Haven’t tried these, but know this would be just as delicious. Love this recipe.
I’m so glad you posted this recipe with pictures! My husband has been begging me to make this cake but I couldn’t find the right recipe. Now I’m pretty excited to make it!
I’ve been making this cake for years! But I’ve never heard it called better than … cake. Here we call it Zebra Cake, because of the white & black layers. It must be a Texas thing!
Better than Sex Cake