OOOPS! I made a mistake on the Chocolate Oatmeal Cake which was published on March 5th. If you have the recipe saved, there should be 1 3/4 cups of flour added to the ingredients. My apologies to anyone who may have tried to make the cake and had a flop! Thank you to those of you that called or emailed me on the error.

Easter is just around the corner and there will be Easter breakfasts served at many churches as well as family breakfasts. It is the kick-off of potato salad season for our family, along with something made with strawberries for dessert. I plan to make the coconut cake that was in the paper a couple of weeks ago.

The recipe for oven French toast is very good and when making it for two people, the leftovers are great warmed up in the microwave. We enjoyed the leftovers as bread pudding with a little whipped cream on the top. This is baked in an eight inch square pan but when I made it, the pan was too full and the butter dripped onto my oven. If you want to double the recipe, I would suggest making two pans instead of one large pan so that the middle custard is done without the edges becoming too dark and overdone. I did not put syrup on my serving; only butter as it was quite sweet.

Breakfast Cinnamon Roll French Toast

1/2 Loaf of French bread (cut into 1” cubes)

4 Eggs

1 Can evaporated milk (12 oz.)

1/2 Cup sugar

1 Tablespoon vanilla

Crumb Mixture

1/2 Cup flour

1/2 Cup brown sugar firmly packed

1 Teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 Teaspoon salt

1 Stick of cold butter, cubed (1/2 cup)

Place the cubed bread in a well greased 8 x 8 pan. Mix together eggs, sugar, milk and vanilla in a large bowl; pour mixture evenly over the bread cubes. Let stand 10 minutes and press gently into the pan.

Mix flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt in a small bowl. Add cubed butter and mix with a pastry blender or fork until the mixture resemble small pebbles. Sprinkle crumbs evenly over the bread and egg mixture. Bake 1 hour at 325 degrees or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Serve warm with maple syrup and butter, if desired.