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Homemade Pudding in a Cloud
[Photograph: Alexandra Penfold]
This is a homemade version of a retro recipe consisting of chocolate Jell-O nestled in a cloud of Cool Whip.
This is adapted from the recipe popularized by General Foods in the 70s.
About This Recipe
| Yield: | serves 4 |
| Active time: | 30 minutes |
| Total time: | 2 hours and 30 minutes |
| Special equipment: | stand mixer or electric mixer, four martini or wine glasses |
| This recipe appears in: | American Classics: Homemade Pudding in a Cloud |
Ingredients
- For The Pudding:
- 2 cups of your favorite homemade chocolate pudding recipe (I used Bravetart's Homemade Jell-O Style Pudding)
- For The "Cloud":
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 ounces mascarpone cheese
Procedures
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1
Prepare your favorite pudding recipe (I used Bravetart's Homemade Jell-O Style Pudding). Refrigerate pudding to chill and set.
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2
In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine whipped cream, sugar, and vanilla. Add mascarpone and whip on low to combine ingredients. Once fully combined, increase speed to high and whip until light and fluffy.
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3
Spoon whipped cream mixture into the center and up the sides of your wine glasses or martini glasses to make a well for the pudding . Carefully spoon in pudding into the center. Serve chilled.
