Black Forest Dessert 1st Place Winner

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 (18 ounce) package german chocolate cake mix
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese (softened)
• 2 (3 1/2 ounce) packages french vanilla instant pudding
• 3 cups 2% low-fat milk
• 2 (15 ounce) cans cherry pie filling
• 2 (8 ounce) cartons cool whip
• 1 (8 ounce) hershey bars, grated

Recipe

• 1 mix cake as directed. pour into 2 greased and floured 13x9 inch pans. bake 20 minutes at 350°f cool. beat pudding and milk until creamy. set aside.
• 2 beat cream cheese. blend pudding into cream cheese, a little at a time. pour over cakes.
• 3 pour pie filling on this, and then spread cool whip on top.
• 4 top with hershey bar, that has been grated. refrigerate. freezes well.
• 5 wonderful to make ahead of time, and take out of freezer on the morning you plan to serve. keep leftovers refrigerated. can cut each cake into 8 or 12 pieces, depending on amount of guests. a crowd pleaser! they will ask for more!