This recipe is fun because there are so many delicious flavor options & kids can easily make it!
In the past I have refrained from using boxed cake mixes much because they aren’t as good as the real thing. BUT then I tasted this frosting recipe below & now I feel less guilty when I am crunched for time & have to make a boxed cake because the frosting is SOOO good.
Smooth’n Creamy Frosting
1 pkg. (4 serving size) *Chocolate instant pudding
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 cup cold milk
1 (8 ounce) *Cool Whip
Combine pudding, sugar, and milk in a small bowl. Beat slowly with beater until well blended, about 1 minute. Let mixture stand for 5 minutes. Fold in Cool Whip. Spread over baked & cooled (boxed or made from scratch) cake at once. Sprinkle on top chocolate chips or mint bits or topping of your choice. Store in refrigerator.
*Different flavors of pudding may be used such as: cheesecake (add 8oz whipped cream cheese), vanilla, butterscotch, coconut, white chocolate, french vanilla, lemon, banana, egg custard, devils food, & oreo. You could probably stir in the snack size pudding cups too with flavors such as: Chocolate Mint, Caramel Crème & Dark Chocolate. Use your imagination & post your variations below so I can try them!
*Do not use heavy whipping cream in place of cool whip. It tends to separate when it sits in the refirgerator & is not immediately eaten & the liquid makes the cake all soggy :P eww.
Dark Chocolate Cake + Chocolate Pudding + mini choc chips = My FAV variation!
The frosting is so light & fluffy & tastes like chocolate mousse.
Variations I’ve tried:
Carrot Cake + Cheesecake Pudding
I wasn’t a big fan of this one because the boxed carrot cake was so flavorless.
The cheesecake pudding wasn’t much better even after I added 8oz of whipped cream cheese the frosting still tasted mostly like whipped topping (I blended the cream chese with 3TB milk to whip). This will sound weird but i sliced up strawberries & added some vanilla ice cream in my bowl with the cake which goes against my rule of mixing certain flavors & it tasted Really good! Conclusion: vanilla cake + cheesecake pudding frosting (with extra 8oz cream cheese) + fresh sliced strawberries & blueberries on top next time!
Vanilla Cake (mini choc chips stirred in) + Pistachio Pudding = YUM so light & delicious!
The first time I made this I sprinkled the chocolate chips on top which looked cute but we found the chips were getting stuck in our teeth before we could really enjoy them which is why I say now to put them in the batter. I think next time I will toss some crushed pineapple in with the frosting for more of a light tropical flavor & omit the chocolate chips.
The next variations I’m going to try are:
1.White cake w/butterscotch chips in the patter + butterscotch pudding.
2.Lemon cake & vanilla pudding or lemon pudding :)
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