Double Chocolate Coca-Cola Cake - The Glamorous Gourmet

I really dislike how difficult it is to save recipes posted on Facebook. One day (i'm telling you!) they will hook up with Pinterest to make all our lives so much easier! Found this and MUST try it!

Double Chocolate Coca Cola Cake

1 cup Coca Cola (real thing, not diet)
1/2 cup oil
1 stick butter
3 Tablespoon cocoa
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla

Frosting:

1 stick butter
3 Tablespoon cocoa
6 Tablesppon of cream or milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 3/4 cups confectioner's sugar

In a saucepan, mix Coca Cola, oil, butter and cocoa and bring to a boil. In another bowl, combine the sugar, flour and salt. Pour the boiling Cola mixture over the flour mixture and beat well. Add the eggs, buttermilk, soda and vanilla and beat well. Pour mixture into a greased and floured 13 x 9 inch baking pan and bake at 350 degrees or 20 to 25 minutes. Remove pan. Cool for about 10 minutes before frosting.

Frosting: In a saucepan, combine the butter, cocoa, and milk. Heat until the butter melts. Beat in the remaining ingredients and spread on the cake while it's still warm. Enjoy

The Glamorous Gourmet - Overnight French Toast (No Mush)

Okay so, I realized that my blogs about food aren't that great. I basically just give ya'll a recipe and a picture. However, a priceless teenager once told me, "Recipe posts aren't comic book heroes, mom. They don't need an origin story". Did I mention he hates reading through the back story on a food blog? So, yeah, I'm with him. Let's keep it simple.

This overnight french toast is great and it doesn't turn out mushy!

The Toast
6 eggs
2 cups heavy cream
1/4 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cinnamon extract (optional)
1 loaf Texas toast style bread cut into 1 inch cubes (or other thick bread- will equal about 8 cups)

The Sauce
3/4 cup butter
1 1/3 cup brown sugar
3 T corn syrup
1 tsp maple extract (optional)

Combine first 5 (6) ingredients in a medium bowl. Place the bread into a 13x9 baking dish and pour the egg mixture over top. gently press down the bread so that the liquid comes up over the tops and soaks in. Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight.

The following morning, preheat the oven to 350 degrees and transfer the bread to a lightly greased cookie sheet (with sides!) using a slotted spoon to leave behind the excess liquid. Spread it out. Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes. While it's baking prepare the sauce by combining the 4 ingredients in a saucepan and heating on medium until it bubbles. After the timer is up, uncover the pan and pour the sauce over the bread. Bake uncovered another 20 minutes. Sprinkle with cinnamon while warm. Allow to cool significantly before serving as the sauce gets very hot and is scalding hot for at least 10-15 minutes.