Cherry Chocolate Cake

1 chocolate cake (I use Devil's Food)
1 cup water
1 egg
1 can (21 oz) cherry pie filling

Mix cake, water and egg for 2 minutes. Fold in pie filling. Bake in a bundt pan at 350 for 35 minutes. Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream. It's delish room temp with whipped cream, too.  Yum and yum!

Judi's Red Velvet Cake

Moist and delicious, this layer cake tastes like scratch but uses a cake mix! Best red velvet we've tried. This is the new requested birthday cake! Good one, mom!
1 Betty Crocker red velvet cake mix
1 box chocolate instant pudding mix
1 cup sour cream
4 eggs
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 cup oil
1 tsp red food color
Judi's Cream Cheese Frosting recipe (see below)
Mix all cake ingredients and beat 2 minutes. Pour into 3 9"greased and floured (or use flour spray) cake pans. Bake at 350 for about 22 minutes. Cool completely and layer with cream cheese frosting, then cover entire cake in a layer of frosting. Refrigerate.
Judi's Cream Cheese Frosting
1 lb. powdered sugar
8oz cream cheese, softened
1 cube butter, softened
1 tsp pure vanilla extract (mom uses pure vanilla bean paste if you can find it!)
Beat 2 minutes till smooth and fluffy.

Baked French Toast

This is the best one I've tried! Mom made this one famous in the fam! Serve with Buttermilk Syrup drizzled over top. Could also be served as a dessert!

1 large loaf dense white bread, cubed
8 eggs
2 cups whole milk
1/2 cup cream
3/4 cup sugar
2 Tbl. pure vanilla extract
Topping:
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
Pinch nutmeg
1 stick butter, cut in small pieces
Grease 9x13 dish. Put bread in dish. Mix eggs, milk, cream, sugar and vanilla. Pour over bread. Cover and store in fridge till ready to bake (overnight is great). Mix topping with a fork till crumbly. Sprinkle over top and bake 350 45 mins to an hour. Serve hot with syrup, fruit or whipped cream.