Pound Cake French Toast - Paula Deen

Ingredients

• 4 large eggs
• ¼ cup whole milk
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 8 (1-inch-thick) slices Classic Pound Cake (recipe follows)
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• ⅓ cup Maple syrup
• ¼ cup apple butter
• Cinnamon Sugar Bacon (recipe follows)
• 2 cups unsalted butter, softened
• 3 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon almond extract
• 4 cups All-purpose flour
• 1¾ teaspoons Kosher salt
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup whole milk
• ¼ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 pound center-cut bacon