French Silk Pie

I think French Silk Pie is one of those desserts that, because of its name, seems really fancy and decadent — which it is — but also difficult to make –which it is not. This fudgy, creamy pie is actually not French, but American. It was born in 1951 as a Pillsbury Bake-Off competition runner-up, but because of how smooth, creamy, and rich it is it got the name French Silk.