Silver Palate-style French Toast

Description
The wonderful cookbook The Silver Palate has an over-the-top French toast recipe. By using croissants instead of regular bread, and cream instead of milk, it is enough to harden anyone's arteries. This is a slightly healthier version of French toast, still using the Triple Sec and orange zest that gives the Silver Palate recipe its punch.
 * Contributed by Catsrecipes Y-Group

Ingredients

 * 5 eggs
 * ⅔ cup milk
 * ⅓ cup triple sec
 * zest of 1 orange, finely grated
 * 2 teaspoons of cinnamon
 * 8 thick slices of day-old bread, better if slightly stale
 * maple syrup
 * fresh berries
 * butter

Directions

 * 1) Beat eggs and milk together.
 * 2) Add the triple sec, orange zest, and cinnamon.
 * 3) Whisk until well blended.
 * 4) Pour into a shallow bowl.
 * 5) Dip each slice of bread into the egg mixture, allowing bread to soak up some of the mixture.
 * 6) Melt some butter (or use vegetable oil) over a skillet on medium high heat.
 * 7) Add as many slices of bread onto the skillet as will fit at a time.
 * 8) Fry until brown on both sides, flipping the bread when necessary.
 * 9) Serve hot with butter, maple syrup, and fresh berries.