• New Reader
  • About
    • Introducing Dooney
    • Meet the team
    • Press and Media
    • Work with Us
  • Contact
  • The Tribe
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Google+
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter

Dooney's Kitchen

Promoting and Redefining New Nigerian Food

  • Home
  • Features
    • Announcements
    • Corporate Collaborations
    • Product Reviews
    • Food Blogger Events
    • Business Spotlight
    • Hotel & Restaurant Reviews
    • Fitness and Nutrition
    • Market Reporting
    • Comment’s Policy
    • Copyright & Privacy Policy
  • Tricks & Cheats
    • Kitchen Gadget Tricks
    • How To’s
    • Food Plating Techniques
    • Cooking Video Hacks
  • Meal Planner
    • Meal Planner Archives
    • Hosting Menus
    • Festive Meal Planner
  • Food Diary
    • Dooney’s Food Travels
    • dooney’s shopping list
  • Recipeadia
    • Recipes by Culture
    • Recipe Collections
  • Ingredientspaedia

Breakfast

Salted caramel French Toast – romantic breakfast ideas

So, you’ve met this great guy, you’ve gone on a couple of dates and if you are like me, restaurant food gets tiring and you would like to chill out at home and get to know each other better in a relaxed atmosphere without the pressure of being on your best behaviour. You can invite him to yours, (or if he spent the night, er my hand is not there!) and start the day with an incredibly sweet breakfast. Now you don’t want to look like you are trying too hard, so this is a very simple meal but with a wow factor. If you are a guy who loves to cook, hey save yourself a restaurant bill and offer to cook her breakfast instead. Women love that. Are you married and it has been so hectic lately, you haven’t had the time to put some spice into your relationship plus meal times have been a lot of reheated food from plastic bowls. How about you ship the kids off to Grandma’s, or Aunty Kate who owes you big time or a trusted friend, and devote a day to each other.

SAM_4021

Who wouldn’t want this for breakfast

This is a very very simple breakfast

What You Need

Salted caramel – as much as you want

2 tablespoons of Desiccated coconut

Vanilla

3 Eggs

Milk

1 teaspoon of Cayenne pepper – dry pepper

The recipe for making Salted caramel can be found HERE

How To

1. Cut up a loaf of bread into thick slices and set aside.

SAM_3915

Beat three eggs in a bowl add the cayenne pepper, a splash of vanilla and a splash of milk. Whisk until thoroughly combined.

SAM_3894

Add each slice of bread to the egg mixture and let it soak through thoroughly.

SAM_3925

Dooney’s Kitchen Tip: A common mistake many people make and it results in dry french toast. Press the bread down into the mixture and ensure that it soaks through completely. 3 eggs were just about enough to soak through 3 1/2 thick slices.

2. Heat a teaspoon of butter in a pan on medium heat and add the bread. Let it fry for about 2 minutes on each side.

SAM_3926

Once it has browned, lower the heat to allow the eggs cook through. This will create crunch on the outside and softness from the cooked eggs on the inside.

SAM_3929

3. While the french toast is on the heat, in a separate pan heat up the desiccated coconut with a pinch of sugar.

SAM_3901

Let this sit on the heat for about 2 minutes till the coconut shavings turn brown

SAM_3909

………….and that’s it.

Plate the french toast, and drizzle the caramel generously over it. Complete it with a sprinkle of desiccated coconut to create extra crunch and flavour. You are probably going to scream about the calories. Come on people, move over to the dark side just for this morning. Crunchy and soft french toast with gorgeous sweet caramel, er whatever you do with the caramel after breakfast is none of my business. To feel less guilty, add a bit of fruit. I have used strawberries, tangy mango and apple slices.

SAM_4002

SAM_4056

SAM_3968

SAM_3947

SAM_3969


6 Comments

Subscribe

Get all the latest recipes straight to your inbox

FILED UNDER: Breakfast
TAGGED WITH: french toast, salted caramel
Dooney

About Dooney

Dooney is the blogger, recipe developer and photographer for Dooney's Kitchen. I spend my days trying to figure out creative ways to redefine Nigerian food, either by creating a new dish itself using ingredients in ways that have never been used before, or changing the approach to Nigerian cooking using kitchen gadgets.

Related

If this is your first time commenting on Dooney's Kitchen, please take a moment to read our comment policy.

« Ofe Onugbu – Bitter leaf soup. Igbo Kwenu!!!
The difference between baking and cooking!!! »

Comments

  1. Kemmie says

    June 23, 2013 at 6:37 pm

    Hmmm, Dunni everyday you put up a recipe with which we can” move over to the dark side” pity me hunny, I am trying to lose some weight here! That said, *clears throat* I shall be trying out your recipe over the weekend.

    Reply
    • Dunni says

      June 23, 2013 at 8:13 pm

      Lol, Lol. I am truly very sorry. I have also been posting some healthy recipes. I hope that will help. Even though, I will advocate for you to “move over to the dark side” once in a while. Running away now………..

      Reply
  2. MsMo says

    June 24, 2013 at 5:33 pm

    Love this. Thinking of trying it for a romantic breakfast with my honey. 🙂
    What can one substitute for the caramel? Would chocolate or just cream do? Or any other suitable substitute for the caramel?

    Reply
    • Dunni says

      June 24, 2013 at 6:08 pm

      Hi MsMo, ice cream, wont be such a bad idea, but it’s cold and for breakfast, it may not be such a good idea. Another option is golden syrup, but I will always recommend caramel. The taste is something else, and your honey will really appreciate it. *wink *wink

      Reply
  3. ijei says

    June 26, 2013 at 8:43 pm

    dunni wonder,. cud u also post a reciepe on toast bread using a toasting machine also can slice bread be used for d reciepe above?

    Reply
    • Dunni says

      June 26, 2013 at 11:15 pm

      Lol. Hi Ijei, I am guessing you mean the sandwich machine, because the toasting machine is the simple one where you pop in the bread and it pops out once it is toasted. Yes you can use sliced bread, my mum always made french toast with sliced bread. Just don’t over soak the slices in the eggs. I hope that helps

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

ATTENTION: Please do not include links in your comments. Any comment that has a link in it will be destroyed on sight.

Oh Hi There

Hi, my name is Dunni Obata, and I am what you would call the poster child for redefining Nigerian food. Welcome to Dooney's Kitchen, the home of Nigerian centric food, detailed recipes and sharing personal stories. Read more...

Stay updated!

Get all the latest tasty goodness straight to your inbox!

Dooney's Kitchen
Dooney's Kitchen

Recent Comments

  • Margery on Alapa – my Grandmother’s Palm Oil Stew
  • Sean on The famous Ewa Aganyin – my journey to getting it right
  • Dooney on Puff Puff and Cocktails – a new era for our national favourite chops
  • Dooney on Edikaikong – A traditional Calabar recipe
  • Dooney on The Orange Eba

Must Reads

Introducing Our Thoughts and You

Introducing Our Thoughts and You

Meal Drop Off and Pick Up service

Meal Drop Off and Pick Up service

Sponsor

Popular Categories

  • Rice Dishes
  • Traditional Nigerian Soups
  • Stews
  • Yam, Plantain and Pottage Dishes
  • Snacks
  • Healthy Nigerian

Most Popular Recipes

Etinkeni Mmong Ikong

Etinkeni Mmong Ikong

Ayamase – Ofada Stew

Ayamase – Ofada Stew

Party Jollof rice

Party Jollof rice

Ogbono soup redefined!!!!

Ogbono soup redefined!!!!

Buka Stew

Buka Stew

Latest Recipes

The Battle of the Saucepans Begins on Knorr Taste Quest 4

The Battle of the Saucepans Begins on Knorr Taste Quest 4

Tomatoeless Stew

Tomatoeless Stew

Yajichurri Meatballs Sauce and Linguine

Yajichurri Meatballs Sauce and Linguine

Schwartz Uk Ebook – Jollof rice and Chicken Ayilata made the cut

Schwartz Uk Ebook – Jollof rice and Chicken Ayilata made the cut

STAY CONNECTED


@Dooneyskitchen

@DOONEYSKITCHENTRIBE

The Official Instagram page of the online community, Dooney's Kitchen Tribe. To showcase a collection of the best and yummiest pictures of our Tribers

FEATURED

myTaste.com myTaste.ng alldishes.co.uk Tasty Query - recipes search engine
Foodies100 Index of UK Food Blogs
Foodies100

Konga Verified Blogger

Get all the latest recipes straight to your inbox

Dooney’s Favourites

Asun (spicy smoked goat meat)

Asun (spicy smoked goat meat)

Vanilla Honeybean Milk

Vanilla Honeybean Milk

The Dooney’s Kitchen guide to amazing Puff Puff

The Dooney’s Kitchen guide to amazing Puff Puff

Ugu Smoothie

Ugu Smoothie

Surf and Turf Otong Soup

Surf and Turf Otong Soup

Nigerian food, is bold, multi faceted, rich, colourful, spicy and with varied nuances, as you move from tribe to tribe. To describe Nigerian cooking, one would say it is fiercely traditional and somewhat dogmatic, but Dooney’s Kitchen proposes to simplify methods and steps that have been passed from generation to generation whilst also challenging some of these methods using Technology. The New Nigerian Cookery isn’t just about creating a New Nigerian Kitchen, or should we say a more technology aware Nigerian cooking experience, but it encompasses redefining recipes too. Come along on the journey, and welcome to one of the best online resources for Nigerian food.

Copyright © 2018· UNAUTHORISED USE OF ANY IMAGES OR CONTENT IS NOT ALLOWED. LEGAL REDRESS WILL BE SOUGHT AND I ALWAYS WIN