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6 Ingredient No Bake Sand Cake

Name: 6 Ingredient No Bake Sand Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 3 3.4 oz each packages vanilla instant pudding & pie filling; 3 cups cold milk; 3 sticks unsalted butter (at room temperature); 2 cups graham cracker crumbs; 2 ¼ cups shredded unsweetened coconut; 2 ¼ cups ground walnuts

August 29, 2017 · by Jas · 30 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure.

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Ready for a brand new dessert recipe that whips up fast? This Serbian three layer no-bake sand cake aka pesak (pijesak) torta is a perfect solution for busy days. Not only is it absolutely delicious, but it also requires just six easy ingredients. It is super quick to make and best of all, tastes like a vacation.

As soon as we enter September and all the fall frenzy winds down, everyone will be missing summer, lazy days on the beach, and sand between their toes. But here in my neck of the woods, we’ll still have a good month to complain about the heat if we’re lucky.

Fall would be so much more enjoyable if it came before spring and we could skip winters altogether, except for a week or two around Christmas. Where is Mother Nature’s suggestion box? 😉

Although my toes haven’t once touched the sand this summer, my teeth got plenty of it. No, I wasn’t diving headfirst into my granddaughter’s sandbox. The sand I sunk my teeth into is not the kind you keep finding days after your trip to the beach (and not only in your mouth, ha). Nope, the grittiness of this sweet, nutty, and tropical sand is welcomed. It tastes like a perfect beach day.

So while you are occupied getting all-things fall, I’m over here eating sand and paying homage to the summer. Once you start hating winter and dreaming of hot sand between your toes, come back here and grab this yummy recipe. Or better yet, pin it now so you’ll have it for later.

Originally, this cake uses “cook and serve” pudding so you can too, but we like to simplify recipes and find shortcuts that don’t compromise the traditional flavor.

Easy 6 Ingredient No Bake Sand Cake

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Ingredients:

3 (3.4 oz each) packages vanilla instant pudding & pie filling
3 cups cold milk
3 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
2 ¼ cups shredded unsweetened coconut
2 ¼ cups ground walnuts

~ Free Tip ~
Add 1 tablespoon cocoa powder or ½ cup melted chocolate to the walnut layer.
Use white chocolate pudding instead of vanilla.
Top the cake with whipped cream.
Warm the knife in hot water before slicing the cake.

Directions:

Grease an 8-inch springform and set aside.

Graham Cracker Layer

Pour 1 cup milk into a small bowl.
Add one package pudding mix and beat with a wire whisk until well blended.
In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, beat one stick butter until smooth and creamy. Add the pudding and mix until well combined.
Fold in the graham cracker crumbs.
Spread the mixture into a prepared springform.

Coconut Layer

Pour 1 cup milk into a small bowl.
Add one package pudding mix and beat with a wire whisk until well blended.
In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, beat one stick butter until smooth and creamy. Add the pudding and mix until well combined.
Fold in the shredded coconut.
Gently spread the mixture over the first layer.

Walnut Layer

Pour 1 cup milk into a small bowl.
Add one package pudding mix and beat with a wire whisk until well blended.
In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, beat one stick butter until smooth and creamy. Add the pudding and mix until well combined.
Fold in the ground walnuts.
Gently spread the mixture on top of the coconut layer.

Decorate the cake as desired. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.

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6 Ingredient No Bake Sand Cake

Delicious, creamy three-layer Serbian dessert made with only six ingredients and in less than 30 minutes is a treat that tastes like a vacation.

5 from 1 vote

Print Rate

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Serbian

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Servings: -inch cake

Calories: 261kcal

Author: Jas

Ingredients

3 3.4 oz each packages vanilla instant pudding & pie filling
3 cups cold milk
3 sticks unsalted butter at room temperature
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
2 ¼ cups shredded unsweetened coconut
2 ¼ cups ground walnuts