This cake was absolutely amazing -- I generally avoid cake mix recipes because I find they taste too much like chemicals, but that certainly doesn't apply to this one. I used the Duncan Hines super moist white cake mix, used only three egg whites, 2 tbsp of oil and used low-fat Philly strawberry cream cheese. I took it out of the oven at 25 minutes and it was cooked perfectly. After cooling it, I frosted it with another white chocolate frosting from this site, but to up the strawberry flavour a bit, I put a thick layer of strawberry jam between the two layers of cake and topped it with a layer of the frosting before putting the top cake layer on. I then refrigerated it for a night before serving it, and the end result was a super moist, dense, but still cake-like cake. It was absolutely amazing, fresh tasting, strawberry-tastic and delicious! It won rave reviews from everyone at dinner. In fact, my mother in law, who never has more than one small slice of cake, asked for seconds. Thanks for an incredible recipe, Beth! This one will go into my permanent file!

Reviewed On: Jun. 26, 2009

WOW. Oh man, these are amazing. I followed the recipe and used a bunch of the tips from previous reviewers -- I cut the oil in half and did half applesauce. I only used 1/2 tsp. of salt. I did NOT squeeze out the zucchini -- of course your brownies will be dry and crumbly if you squeeze out the only moisture that's supposed to go into them!! I also swapped out the walnuts for 1/2 cup of chopped dark chocolate - yum. As for the frosting, I read that other people were finding it quite thin, so I added the milk only until I got the consistency I wanted. I had a couple tbsp left over, so I would definitely recommend adding milk gradually, not all at once. Anyways, with those changes, and thanks to a truly fantastic recipe, I now have a half eaten pan of absolutely fantastic (and somewhat healthy) brownies!! Thanks Marian!

Reviewed On: May 20, 2009

Oh my goodness - so good. This was a huge hit at our Mother's Day brunch. It was gone after about 5 minutes! So easy, and a must-add to any family brunch. It's like a cinnamon bun on crack.

Reviewed On: May 10, 2009