Better Than Better-Than-Sex Cake

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Time to Prepare this Recipe 90 minutes Prep: 70 minutes Cook: 20 minutes
Calories Per Serving and Nutrition Information 1642 calories per serving view nutrition facts
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Ingredients

Crust
1 cup butter, unsalted
2 tablespoons sugar
2 cups flour, all-purpose
Vanilla pudding layer
3 each egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour, all-purpose
2 cups milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons butter, unsalted
Cream cheese layer
8 ounces cream cheese very soft
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 cup cream
Whipped cream layer
1 1/2 cups cream
3 tablespoons powdered sugar
Pineapple caramel layer
8 ounces pineapple, canned, crushed drained
1 Jar caramel sauce or chocolate sauce
Chocolate glaze
2 ounces chocolate (semi-sweet)
2 tablespoons butter, unsalted
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

Butter a 9x13" baking pan.

Set oven rack in center of oven and preheat to 350F.

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.

If using a food processor, process until ingredients are a coarse mixture.

For pudding, beat egg yolks and set aside near stove.

Whisk the sugar, flour and milk in amdeium saucepan until free of lumps.

Set over medium heat and cook, stirring constantly with a wooden spatula, just 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 nd butter, stirring until butter melts.

If pudding has lumps, pour through a large, fine-mesh strainer.

Chill, with plastic wrap pressed directly on surface of pudding, until ready to use.

Beat cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and lemon juice just to blend.

In seperate 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 1 1/2 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 and butter over low heat, stirring until smooth and completely melted.

Remove from heat, stir in vanilla.

Drizzle in zigzags across cake's surface.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 610g
Amount per Serving
Calories 1642 62% of calories from fat
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 113.0g174%
 Saturated Fat 71.0g353%
 Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 325mg108%
Sodium 293mg12%
Total Carbohydrate 141.0g47%
 Dietary Fiber 3.0g12%
 Sugars 80.0g
Protein 21.0g42%
Vitamin A 76%  Vitamin C 11%
Calcium 37%  Iron 26%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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