Recipe: Chocolate eclair cake

Chef Hannah and her dad share this easy recipe from the Flour Power Kids Cooking Studio. It's definitely one where kids can get in on the fun!

Chocolate Eclair Cake

3 1/4 cups milk, divided
8 oz Cool Whip
2 packages instant vanilla pudding
1 box graham crackers
1 stick butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

"Cake" Directions

Mix two packages of pudding mix with three cups of milk until thick.

Add 8 oz Cool Whip to pudding mix and stir well. Set aside.

Layer one layer of graham crackers in bottom of 9 x 13 glass dish.

Spread one thin layer of pudding mix on top of graham crackers.

Repeat with two more layers of graham crackers and thin layers of pudding mix, ending with a layer of graham crackers. Set aside.

Chocolate Icing Directions

In small saucepan over low heat, mix 1/4 cup milk with cocoa and sugar.

Bring to a boil. Constantly stirring, boil two minutes.

Remove pan from heat. Add 1 stick butter and mix until melted.

Let cool two minutes.

Stir in vanilla.

Pour chocolate icing over last graham cracker layer.

Refrigerate overnight. ENJOY!

Flour Power Kids Cooking Studio has programs for kids to teens at locations across the Triangle and in Charlotte. Go Ask Mom features recipes every Friday. For more, check WRAL.com's recipe database.