Better Than Sex?

I decided to try something new this Christmas and I found a cake named the "Better than Sex" cake. I had heard people talk about it before but had never tried it myself. I found a recipe that sounded good and sent my dear husband to the local grocery to purchase the necessary ingredients.

Now to decide where to take the cake. In my family everyone, including grandparents and both my parents, has been divorced and then remarried at some point. Some call this a blended family, I often describe it as "disfunctional". Whatever you choose to call it, sadly enough, it is become more and more common these days. Anyhow, due to my blended situation and the fact that I adopted a whole new family through holy matrimony; who thankfully are as nonblended (notice I did not say nondisfunctional) as they come, we had a total of 6 Christmas gatherings to attend. I decided on gracing the Kellogg family (Grandaddy Bob, Shawnee, Aunt Kristin, and whomever her guest of the year may be, this year it was a freshly aquired boyfriend named Nick) with my cake.

As I was making the cake, I had to phone my father and inform him, "Dad, this is going to be good, really good." I tried to explain to him how good this was going to be, but he just kept telling me abot his new "electronic gadget of the week" as he often does. So, I proceeded to complete my cake and place it in the fridge as directed.

That evening, we carried the cake among the 1000 other items that are required for a family of 4 with 2 small children to attend dinner at Dad's. Most of us, well all over the age of 17, enjoyed a delicious bowl full of chili that Dad had prepared that day. The rest, those under 17, were either too worried about when we were going to open a present or had eaten McDonalds right before Christmas dinner.

After dinner we proceeded with opening the presents, which is such a thrill when a 3 year old is involved, they get so excited! Once we had all gotten our presents and inspected our new loot, we all headed outside to surprise Chase with a John Deere electric powered tractor. Of course he was thrilled and rode through the chilly night on his tractor for an hour following its unveiling. This could be an explanation of why we have been battling croup and a cough for over a week following Christmas as described in a previous blog!

Eventually it got late, and kids got tired, so we packed the car with the now 1020 or so items that we had. As we were preparing to walk out the door, I remembered the cake in the fridge. Duh! Most said they were full or weren't a cake fan. I explained that I had worked hard and wanted everyone to at least try it. So we all, except John (VERY VERY rare) and "new beau Nick" got a piece of the cake. Although Nick did not get a piece of cake, he asked Kristin for a bite of hers and then proceeded to devour the rest of it. Suddenly everyone is ranting and raving about how this is the best cake they have ever tasted and they are getting a second helping as most often do during the holidays. John regretted that he only had a small piece left to eat once we got home and he tasted it.

Of course I was proud because I had made the cake, but pride aside, this is truly the best cake I have ever tasted! We decided to refer to it as the "Best Cake Ever" since we were among children (aka Chase) who would definitely tell their preschool teacher about the fact that they had cake at Christmas that was better than sex. So, call it what you want, you MUST make this cake and make it often because although it is not the healthiest cake you will ever make, it is truly THE best cake you will ever make.

Read directions all the way through first or you will mess up the chocolate chip step.

Ingredients:
1 german chocolate cake mix
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk
caramel topping
12 ounces Cool Whip
3 heath bars, crushed


Directions:

Heat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour 9 x 13 inch pan. Prepare cake mix as directed on package; pour into prepared pan. After 10 minutes of baking, sprinkle with chocolate chips. Continue baking until cake is done.

While cake is still hot, poke holes in it with handle of wooden spoon. Pour sweetened condensed milk over cake; let cool. Top with caramel sauce, then whipped topping. Sprinkle with candy bars.