A Cake By Any Other Name....

I've noticed a few things the more food blogs I'm reading, the more connections I'm making and the more cooking trends I'm learning. There are quite a few recipes that pop up over and over again, and either are the exact same, but w/ a different name, or are tweeked just a bit to make them more personal to the cook. I think this is great. To me, it's not copying, or stealing it's simply that this GREAT big world of ours, gets a little smaller every time we pick up a fork. I think it's wonderful that a dish that can be eaten in Indiana, is also being eaten across the country, or even across the world, and even though it might be called something else, in a way, it is uniting us. This cake is an example of that. Not only has it popped up in my life at least 10 times in the past couple weeks, but each time, it's called something different and until the first time I saw it, I never had. So it was this brand new thing that all of sudden was every where! The first time I saw it, it was called "Better Than S** Cake". I'll let you guess the other 2 letters. Now I don't have a problem w/ that, and I actually chuckled when I read it, but since I am a mom I didn't think that was the best thing to have on a recipe card sitting in my kitchen waiting for my son to read :) And I must not be the only one who felt that way b/c the next time I saw it, that word was substituted for "nap"---obviously another mom had to come up w/ that! So I have decided on my own name, true to myself and a guilty pleasure of mine (I do love me a new Coach handbag) but whatever you call it, it is delicious and almost too sinful to eat----almost!

Better Than Coach Cake


1 Devil's food cake mix (these are what my mix called for, check your box)
3 eggs
1 1/3 c. water
1/2 c. oil
1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
1 jar caramel ice cream topping
1 bag crushed Heath bar topping (if you can't find the bag, 4 bars)
1 8 oz. Cool Whip

Prepare cake according to package directions. Let cool for 5 minutes. With a butter knife, poke holes in top, about an inch deep. Try not to poke the whole way through. Pour 1/2 of the can of milk over. Drizzle w/ caramel topping. I didn't measure this. Add a layer of Heath bar. Let cool rest of way.  Spread Cool Whip evenly over top to "frost" and add remaining Heath bar to top.

Of course I had to include Coach in the picture!

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