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.