"BetterThanSexCake" news and stories

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• A Sun reader was searching for a cake recipe. Turns out it was the 'Better Than Sex' cake.
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That's not an editorial comment by me (though I guess it depends on the type of chocolate and/or the type of sex). It's actually a recipe I found at About.com. You know, while searching for "chocolate" and "sex."

This one is called Better Than Sex Cake, and has so many toppings and chocolate/caramel/butterscotch goodness that it might just live up to its name:

1 German chocolate (or other chocolate) cake, 13 x 9 x 2
3/4 cup fudge topping
3/4 cup caramel or butterscotch topping
3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
6 chocolate covered toffee bars
1 tub of whipped topping

It's the chocolate covered toffee bars that got my attention. I'm addicted to those.

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