Yum, Chocolate Pudding Cake made with ' The Light Version'!

 When I first made this cake it was an instant hit with everyone and still is. OH MY GOODNESS!!! It is simply the easiest and yummiest dessert! It you are in the mood for a dessert which is light and airy and not too rich, this dessert is for you!

It started as a mistake when my sister was taking dinner in to another family and everything seemed to go wrong for her. The cake flipped out of her hands as she removed it from the oven and it landed upside down on her oven door!  Panic stepped in and then she opened her pantry and created a simple version of what has evolved to become a favorite for all of our family.  It has been named 'Better than _ _ _!' ' Chocolate Heaven' and then my old Chocolate Pudding Cake:-)

The other family loved it and asked my Sister  for the recipe. She was embarrassed to tell them the cake had been flipped out on her oven door!  It has become a staple at our family gatherings.

I hope you too fall in love with this simple and yummy versatile  recipe.

Chocolate Pudding Cake
Ingredients:
Chocolate Fudge Cake baked as you desire
1 container lite Cool Whip
1 Large instant Chocolate pudding
(Stir ins as desired. I sprinkled in some of our crushed  Christmas Almond Toffee as I did the layers.. We loved the toffee through out!:)
Mix and bake the cake mix. Cool. Mix the pudding. Let  the Cool Whip soften on the counter.

In a pretty bowl, I like using a trifle bowl, layer mounds of broken up Cake, Pudding and Cool Whip. I try to make it pretty on the sides with mounds of each showing through. I ALSO sprinkle in  broken up Heath Candy Bars, Almond Joys, or York bars or any candy bar you want to use, or even some yummy berries throughout the layers. Or you can just keep it plain.

 On the top spread the remaining cool whip and sprinkle with more of the broken candy bar, chocolate curls, and /or nuts.
Chill for several hours and even the day before so the flavors can all blend together. Serve to your guests who will think you have slaved for hours making it. It will look so fancy you are sure to get Oooo's & Aahhhs!

Now for the lighter  version recipe, I made  this dessert with during the holidays. 
  I used:
Sugar free chocolate pudding with 1 % milk.
Lite Cool Whip
Fudge Cake Mix
Then to  save a whopping 1300 Calories per dessert, I made the cake mix using 1 small can of pumpkin and 1 1/4 cups water.....instead of adding the usual eggs and oil. I also stirred in about 3/4 cups milk chocolate chips before I baked the cake. It turned out delicious and you couldn’t taste the Pumpkin.  The pumpkin did make the cake more of  a rich brownie consistency.


I will be making this lighter version again, I heard about using the pumpkin to lighten the calories with a cake mix on the Rachel Ray show.

I hope you too will enjoy this lucious dessert!

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I want to thank everyone for leaving such kind comments for me after I disabled myself again through  my stupidity of thinking I could still be a chorus girl again. :-)  (Did I mention how much FUN and laughter my sisters and I were having though?)  I am moving very gingerly and can’t sit for very long... Pain meds, down feather pillows and a donut has become very good friends. I am grateful for my adoring husband who puts up with my stupid stunts which sometimes ruins his vacations... ;)  He is the Best! The doctor said it would be a good 6 months for my broken tailbone to heal :-)

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