Without the frosting, this simple orange cake is still fantastic. Sometimes I just cover the top with icing sugar. Two 8-inch cake layers or a 9×5-inch loaf can be created using this recipe. Bake your cake for 60 minutes if it’s a loaf.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Additional Time: | 2 hrs |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 30 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
Ingredients
- 2 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- ¾ cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 (9 inch) prepared graham cracker crust
- ¼ cup chopped pecans
- ⅓ cup instant chocolate pudding mix
- ¼ cup instant vanilla pudding mix
- 2 cups cold milk
- ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup heavy cream, whipped
- 30 pecan halves
Instructions
- Beat softened cream cheese and confectioners’ sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Spread mixture into the bottom of prepared graham cracker crust. Sprinkle chopped pecans over mixture.
- Stir chocolate and vanilla pudding mixes together in a separate large bowl; pour in milk and vanilla extract. Beat on low speed for 2 minutes; spoon into the pie pan.
- Cover the pie and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Top with prepared whipped cream and pecan halves.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 448 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 51 g |
| Cholesterol | 39 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Saturated Fat | 9 g |
| Sodium | 496 mg |
| Sugars | 38 g |
| Fat | 26 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
the recipe is easy to make , instead of mixing vanilla & chocolate pudding just use 1 . I found it to be a phenomenal dessert
This is a good pie, but I almost passed it by upon just reading the name! Not being from the south and having heard my husband tell horror stories about having to eat possum as a kid. I just had to open the recipe and see what it was! The only issue I had was with the pudding mixture. It was not nearly thickened enough after beating on low for 2 minutes. After beating another 2 minutes on medium speed, it somewhat thickened but even after chilling all day in the fridge, it still wasn’t as sturdy as I would like for it to be. It tastes good though and I thank you for sharing this recipe!
I don’t personally care for it but my captain loves it!
I made a regular pie crust because I don’t like graham cracker crust. I have tried this with graham cracker crust but I like the regular pie crust the best. I bake the crust and let it cool before I put the cream cheese and pecans into it.
I made it and it was awesome!!!
I made these into miniature desserts to control the portion sizes. I think this is a quick dessert, but I’m thinking the vanilla pudding gets drowned out by the chocolate, so unless you’re going for a layered look (which isn’t instructed) it’s pointless to use two different puddings. I cheated and used Reddi whip, instead of making my own whipped cream.