Indulgence!

My mother has a favorite way to eat angel food cake--frosted with whipped cream that has toffee bits mixed in.  It's better on the second day, oddly enough, because the cream has had time to soak into the cake.  The original family recipe actually included making the toffee, and she might have done that in the past, but even if I were inclined I don't even own a candy thermometer... 

I've made it a time or two using the Hershey/Heath toffee bits that one can sometimes find in the baking aisle.  But the stores around here don't carry them at the moment (I'll have to order them off Amazon).  I made the cake today, though--one of the few things I'll use a box mix for--and when I got hungry, I didn't feel like actually whipping the cream. 

So I just put a hunk of cake in a bowl, poured the cream over it, and let it sit for a minute or two. 

Bliss. 

Yeah, I know.  The fat/calories are appalling.  So what?  *grin* 

Indulgence!

My mother has a favorite way to eat angel food cake--frosted with whipped cream that has toffee bits mixed in.  It's better on the second day, oddly enough, because the cream has had time to soak into the cake.  The original family recipe actually included making the toffee, and she might have done that in the past, but even if I were inclined I don't even own a candy thermometer... 

I've made it a time or two using the Hershey/Heath toffee bits that one can sometimes find in the baking aisle.  But the stores around here don't carry them at the moment (I'll have to order them off Amazon).  I made the cake today, though--one of the few things I'll use a box mix for--and when I got hungry, I didn't feel like actually whipping the cream. 

So I just put a hunk of cake in a bowl, poured the cream over it, and let it sit for a minute or two. 

Bliss. 

Yeah, I know.  The fat/calories are appalling.  So what?  *grin*