Better than sex cake

The cake's popularity was spreading on the west coast of Florida and in Charlotte, North Carolina, when it came to the attention of the 1981 St. Louis annual convention of the Newspaper Food Editors and Writers Association. It was published as a pair of dessert recipes, with the other one from Indianapolis called "next best thing to Robert Redford" and featuring layers of chopped pecans, cream cheese, chocolate pudding, and whipped cream, with grated chocolate candy bar sprinkled on top. The basic recipe for the cake was altered depending on the tastes of the person making the cake, and alternatives include chocolate, banana, or candy flavors. A 1998 Kansas variant used chocolate cake mix, sweetened condensed milk, caramel ice cream topping, and crumbled toffee. Names for chocolate delight include "Better Than Paul Newman", "Next Best Thing to Robert Redford", and "Sex in a Pan", among others. ==Name==

The name changed over time and across contexts, such as Holy Cow cake. The chocolate version was sometimes later called Better Than Tom Selleck cake. In the 1950s, "better than sex" was a slang term signifying approval. Because of the name, the cake has been recommended for sexually themed events, such as bachelorette parties. == See also ==