No need to heat the oven, dessert can be made without it! This chocolate eclair cake is an easy, no-bake dessert that resembles chocolate eclairs. I love that this cake is perfect for any season, but ...

The secret to this mysterious crackle, admits Tillman, is a layer of cookie dough baked onto the top of the choux-pastry shell—a vast structural and textural improvement on classic pastry design.

Melissa Doyle sent her recipe for chocolate eclair cake, describing the dish as "a delicious and very easy recipe that everyone loves," adding that "a child could even help" make it.