unsinkable Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 The one with 4 layers: Nut crust Cream cheese, 10X sugar and whipped cream Chocolate pudding Whipped cream You can vote more than once if you've heard different names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Four Layer Delight Better Than Sex Cake around here is the chocolate cake with holes poked in it, sweetened condensed milk poured over it, whipped cream on top of that after it cools off, and a chopped up Heath bar on top of the whipped cream. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 Four Layer Delight Better Than Sex Cake around here is the chocolate cake with holes poked in it, sweetened condensed milk poured over it, whipped cream on top of that after it cools off, and a chopped up Heath bar on top of the whipped cream. Same here about the Better than Sex cake. I've always thought the BEtter than Sex cake seems inspired by Tres Leches cake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiden Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 My family of origin always called it chocolate parfait. I think my husband's family of origin called it chocolate delight. (I voted Other.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne J Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 We call it a Mississippi Mud pie. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashfern Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Never heard of it but now I want some. :drool5: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Chocolate Lush 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Food.com is calling it Chocolate Lush Layered Dessert. http://www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-lush-layered-dessert-4939 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 We just called it pudding cake...most often it was pistachio pudding cake. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Chocolate Delight. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 Never heard of it but now I want some. :drool5: http://www.cooks.com/recipe/4f1gm4xi/chocolate-slush-cake.html This is close to how I make it but I use a full cup of finely chopped walnuts in the crust. I also only use about 1 cup or so of whipped cream (or cool whip) in the cream cheese layer. If you do make it, the layers have a tendency to pull up as you are adding the next layer. So, when you add a layer, put spoonfuls of the layer (cream cheese layer, pudding layer, topping) in dollops all over, then spread. Don't just dump the layer in the middle and try to spread it or you'll have a mess. Also, you need to really work the crust to get it to cover the bottom. There is enough but you have to smoosh it really good. And I cook the crust for only 15 minutes. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ipsey Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 We call it "ooey gooey dessert" One of our favs! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Now I'm in the mood for a potluck with lots and lots of desserts... ETA: I voted other, because although I've seen the dessert, I've never heard it called anything in particular. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 My family makes it another layer and we call it Piggy Pudding. My grandma called it The Next Best Thing To Robert Redford...but that's not really appropriate for a church email :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 We call it a Mississippi Mud pie. This, plus mudslide cake and better than Elvis cake. I love it with Pecans in the crust 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Other. I've heard this dessert described but I don't think I've ever had it and have no idea what it was called. It's very similar to a dessert we had growing up with original name Blueberry Cream Cheese which had a shortbread crust and blueberry pie filling instead of chocolate pudding. Well, I don't know if that's the official name of it, that's just what we called it. :D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 It sounds like what the Pentecostal women in my family call "Better than Robert Redford" which is probably their cleaned up version of what everyone else calls it. *I don't remember my Aunt making it with cream cheese but maybe she doesn't like cream cheese? Also I've had versions where it's a graham cracker crust. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tm919 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 It sounds like what the Pentecostal women in my family call "Better than Robert Redford" which is probably their cleaned up version of what everyone else calls it. *I don't remember my Aunt making it with cream cheese but maybe she doesn't like cream cheese? Also I've had versions where it's a graham cracker crust. Similar to this, we call it "Next Best Thing to Robert Redford." Or at least, my mom does. :p 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I checked my church cookbooks (all had at least two recipes of this): one from the 90s calls it "Four Layer Dessert" and "Chocolate Slush." another from the 90s calls it "Chocolate Pie Delight" and "Chocolate Supreme." one from a couple of years ago calls it "Annie's Chocolate/Cheese Pudding" and "Chocolate Delight." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted August 24, 2015 Author Share Posted August 24, 2015 This is so interesting! I'm surprised so many respondents aren't familiar with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted August 24, 2015 Author Share Posted August 24, 2015 My family makes it another layer and we call it Piggy Pudding. My grandma called it The Next Best Thing To Robert Redford...but that's not really appropriate for a church email :) What is in the other layer? I'd like to make the cream cheese layer thicker. Doubling it might be too much but maybe making it 50% bigger would be good... Too bad they stopped selling 3oz packages of. Cream cheese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Four layer delight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachermom2834 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 My family calls it "pudding dessert" when it is made with chocolate pudding. Any other flavor gets the variety in front. "butterscotch pudding dessert" or "lemon pudding dessert", etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 What is in the other layer? I'd like to make the cream cheese layer thicker. Doubling it might be too much but maybe making it 50% bigger would be good... Too bad they stopped selling 3oz packages of. Cream cheese. So you have the pecan/butter crust, then you have a chocolate and vanilla pudding layer (with only 2/3 milk so it's thick), then you have the cream cheese/confectioners sugar layer, then another choc/van pudding layer, then the cool whip on top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yucabird Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Angel Pie. (I'm from the South.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halftime Hope Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I good friend introduced me to this recipe when we were both young marrieds feeling like no one wanted to try our cooking at church picnics. We stuck with desserts, cuz how do you go wrong with a beautiful pie (mine) or a pudding dessert (hers). She gave me her recipe and confided to me that NO ONE would try her dessert if they knew what her large midwestern family called it: Funeral Dessert (for obvious reasons.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelAR05 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Four Layer Delight 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I have never heard of it, but I don't really go to pot-luck style events, so that definitely reduces my exposure to whip cream desserts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I've heard it called Husband's Delight. Seriously, that's what it was named. The recipe's in the church cookbook. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I've never heard of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loowit Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I've seen it at potlucks, but never had a name for it. I like it, but we can't have it due to nut allergies in our house. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleEJ Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 DH grew up eating this and they called it Four Layer Dessert. They always made it with butterscotch pudding though. I've tried it with chocolate and it's just not the same. The chocolate layer turns the cool whip layer a weird red-purple color, I think it's the dye in the box mix. It weirds me out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto10blessings Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Pudding pie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 DH grew up eating this and they called it Four Layer Dessert. They always made it with butterscotch pudding though. I've tried it with chocolate and it's just not the same. The chocolate layer turns the cool whip layer a weird red-purple color, I think it's the dye in the box mix. It weirds me out. I like lemon best...Lemon Lush! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleEJ Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I like lemon best...Lemon Lush! Yum! I'll have to try that next, I love lemon! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I like lemon best...Lemon Lush! Sacrilege! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 My MIL makes it and calls it four layer delight. I hadn't heard of it before meeting her. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicentra Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Ummmm... Can't believe I'm going to type this on the forum. Sex in a pan. That's even what my mother called it. But she always blushed when she said it. ;) I'm Canadian. We also have Nanaimo bars and butter tarts. We love our desserts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeLovePassion Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 We just called it pudding dessert. I like banana pudding in it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I've never heard of it, but yes please I will try a bowl. :) (Imaginary desserts are good on Whole30, right?) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 My friend calls it Robert Redford. I have no idea where she got that name from, as I've never met anyone else who called it that. ETA: Now that I've read the thread, I know she didn't just make it up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifera33 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 My family made it with pistachio pudding, and they called it "that green s***." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 We call it "Aunt Carolyn's Dessert". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Never heard of it, but I'd call it a pie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbi in Texas Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I have heard it called Four Layer Delight, but my mother calls it Baskin Robbins pie. I have no idea why. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 We always called it "The Next Best Thing to Robert Redford Pie" Recipe here: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/next-best-thing-to-robert-redford-pie/?mxt=t06dda Better Than Sex Cake is different (it contains cake mix and sweetened condensed milk, I believe). Recipe here: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/better-than-sex-cake-ii/ ETA: I rarely make this, because I can easily sit and eat the entire 13X9 inch pan of the stuff. It's that good. Seriously better than Robert Redford. Also, ETA, I can see why the name would be changed in old church cookbooks. Can't be making such references in a church cookbook. ;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I like lemon best...Lemon Lush! Just found a similar recipe in a church cookbook from my SIL who lives in VA and they call it Chocolate Lush. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuvToRead Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I've heard it called Chocolate Lush or Chocolate Ribbon dessert. Lemon Delight if made with lemon pudding. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I'm chuckling as I read through these answers. Blushing mothers, Pentecostal women crushing on Robert Redford, Aunt Carolyn's Dessert, and that green sh**! There's got to be a dissertation in here somewhere: "The Evolution of Dessert Names in Modern America" 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I've seen it at potlucks, but never had a name for it. I like it, but we can't have it due to nut allergies in our house. The recipe I have crushes pecan sandies for the crust, you could substitute shortbread, I bet. (apologies if there are other but ingredients I'm overlooking) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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