Better Than Sex

Ok, I knew that would get your attention. Now, when I lived in Asheville, NC, I worked at the Belks at Asheville Mall for Estee Lauder. After I had been there a few months, we got a new employee by the name of Gale. She was (and still is) one of the nicest people I have ever met in my entire life. Imagine Paula Deen. But selling you makeup. That girl was unstoppable. Why buy makeup from little ole me when you could buy it from Paula Deen??

Well, when we had inventory, we all had to work real late and real long hours. We all dreaded it. Gale came in happy as a lark, and bearing cake. We all started eating the cake (I ate HALF of it). I asked her what in the hell was that cake….she said “That’s my Better Than Sex Cake”. I commenced to laughing. She was a mature woman, and I said….well it definitely gives sex a run for its money, but I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s better than.

She said, “Then why did you just eat half of it?” Then she just rested her case. I begged and begged for her recipe, and she finally gave it to me as a going away present (along with some Slap Lime Pickles, various jellies and jams, and a big ole’ hug.) And now I present it to you. And let me tell you. It. Is. Good. Keep reading….

1 Box Chocolate Cake Mix

12.25 oz Caramel Ice Cream Topping

1 can Condensed Milk

1 bag Shredded Coconut (sweet kind)

12.25 oz Toffee Bits (The Heath Kind. With the Chocolate on it)

1 container Cool Whip

First prepare the chocolate cake like it says on the box. When the cake comes out, while it is still hot, poke holes all in it with a chop stick. Then pour the caramel and condensed milk all over it and let it cool.

Mix the coconut and cool whip and toffee together and spread all over the top.

Then eat.

And experience, as the French call it, le petit mort.

I haven’t had this is a while, and I am thinking of making it soon. But I have to make my Mama Jean’s Magic Coconut Pie first.