Sweeten Up Your Holidays with FnG Eats' Carrot Cake French Toast {Recipe}

Food Fridays: 

Thanksgiving has turned into a main course of shopping with a side of grub. However, as much as I love to shop on this day, I choose to concentrate on the best part of Turkey Day – the food. So this weekend while you’re out and about, I suggest you take a little trip over to Tarrant County to a perfectly place for tasty treats at Sugar and Frosting and delicious comfort food from FnG Eats in Keller, Texas.

FnG Eats, which opened in August, is Keller's newest dining destination for locally sourced upscale-comfort food. Using fresh food offerings from the Keller Farmers Market, the FnG menu brings together a blend of creativity, inspiration and skill to create exciting dishes based on homestyle favorites as well as new innovative offerings. Everything from its small plates, entrees, desserts and even its cocktail menu are developed to be a culinary experience. And best of all, every dish is served with a big helping of hometown hospitality.

This Food Friday, to celebrate the launch of FnG Eats’ new brunch which begins this Saturday on 11/24/2012, I’m sharing a recipe from Chef Bob Stephenson for his Sweet Memories Carrot Cake French Toast. Doesn’t that sound delicious and just perfect for the holidays? And if you don’t have carrot cake, you can easily use banana or zucchini bread to make your own brunch bread.

Carrot Cake French Toast with Maple Cream Cheese Sauce

2                      Eggs
1/2 cup             Milk
1/4 tspn            Sea Salt
4 to 6                Slices Day old Carrot Cake

Pinch of Cinnamon and nutmeg per each side of the cake. Whip eggs, milk and salt in a large mixing bowl.  Dredge Carrot Cake in the liquid until lightly soaked. In a preheated skillet with butter, carefully lay each slice of soaked carrot cake in the skillet.  Brown and carefully flip over the carrot cake.  Brown the second side.  Remove from the skillet and serve immediately with Maple Cream Cheese Sauce and Fresh Fruit.

Cream Cheese Maple Syrup

To tie Carrot Cake to French Toast, you combine the toppings for both!
2 cups              Cream Cheese, softened at room temperature
1 cup               Natural Maple Syrup
1/4 tspn           Ground Chipotle Powder (optional)

1/8 tspn           Sea Salt

Combine all ingredients in a small mixer and blend until smooth. If you want a little twisted kick, add the chipotle powder to give a little kick to your sweetness.

And just in case you looking for something else to love, how about Macadamia Chicken & Stringer's Waffles with Fried Plantains, Sweet Potato Hash with homemade chorizo, Pepper Bacon Biscuits and Chili Gravy, or the one that’s got me watering, “The Bowl” with OC greens, mushrooms and gruyere.

With a menu like that, it's worth the drive. 

Weekend Brunch at FnG Eats begins 11/24/2012

201 Town Center Suite 1101

Keller, Texas 76248

http://www.fngeats.com

This post also appeared in on DallasFoodNerd.com.

Disclaimer: I proudly represent FnG Eats professionally to market and promote their concept.  However, this post and the contents within it are all my own.