Last weekend I was flipping through an old book of recipes that I got right after we were married. There were lots of things I haven't made in years. When I saw the recipe for "Jane's Delight" I decided it was time to make it and see if it still tasted as good as I remember.
I don't know who Jane is and I don't know if the "delight" is a play on Turkish delight or anything about the origins of the name for this dessert.
What I do know is it was good then, and it's still good now. It's creamy and dreamy and it's something you might be offered if you went to a pot luck dinner in the basement of the United Methodist Church in Solomon Kansas.
Don't serve it to any fussy gourmet guests. They would not appreciate the down home goodness of a dessert with cool whip and instant pudding. Reserve this for the friend with taste discriminating enough to recognize the complexities in flavor brought about by the layering technique.
I have that recipe only minus the vanilla and it is called a Chocolate Lush (and after you taste it you know why) ;-)
The title of this post just cracked me up. I had to read it twice.
~Dawn
Posted by: Dawn | 08/29/2013 at 06:41 AM
Looks totally decadent.
Posted by: Janet Ghio | 08/29/2013 at 07:48 AM
This is one of my DH's favorite deserts... it's also good with Pistachio pudding. BTW... I have a LOT of those family cookbooks if you like... DH worked at Xerox so we made MORE than enough to share.
Hugs, Emie
Posted by: emie | 08/29/2013 at 08:01 AM
Haven't had that in years! Yum!
Carol, please share a pic of your lizard ridge afghan,I have been wondering about how it turned out. The glimpses you showed looked amazing.
Posted by: KateinCleveland | 08/29/2013 at 08:24 AM
We call it "Better than Sex" and when I make it like your recipe. My favorite is to make it with pistachio pudding with almond extract and call it "No Name" dessert.
Maybe I'll make it this weekend and buy a brisket and pretend I'm having a church potluck.
Posted by: SusanS | 08/29/2013 at 08:46 AM
Ahhhh....Icebox Dessert while the kids were little. Now that they're mostly grown we all call it Better Than Sex. Lol
I am required to make it every Christmas. Then they all go home and leave me with half a pan of it to eat all by myself. Not that I'm complaining, you understand.
Posted by: Trish | 08/30/2013 at 01:05 PM
I haven't made this in years. Thanks for the reminder. And in my family we call it "The Next Best Thing to Robert Redford". :)
Posted by: Kelley | 08/30/2013 at 06:13 PM