Yum! Just got my first very own Kitchen Aid, and this is the first batch of bread I've ever baked - and boy, do I feel like a star! I followed the recipe exactly (with the exception of substituting butter-flavored Crisco in place of the lard), and brushed on a whole-egg egg wash just before baking....wow! Only having one loaf pan, I rolled up the other half of the dough into rolls and put them side-by-side in my Pyrex dish. The other half (here's where I got creative!), I braided - I really like the look of braided loaves. As mentioned, I brushed everything with egg wash, and baked them together for the exact time listed in the recipe - and it all turned out so beautifully! As I type this, I now have my second batch rising. The changes I'm making to this batch is: adding 1 Tbs cinnamon to dough with other dry ingredients, and then I'm going to braid the loaf as I did the first time, but make each individual braid a cinnamon swirl with melted butter, cinnamon and brown sugar. Wish me luck! PS: the best part of the rolls was that I could eat them fresh out of the oven (for "quality assurance", of course) without damaging my beautiful loaf!

Reviewed On: Feb. 6, 2010

Oh dear lord, I want to have this cake as my final meal! I've made it two ways, and both were received with RAVE reviews. First way was by the recipe - I always like to follow the recipe by the letter and then tweak from there. I did use more whipped cream (an entire "tall" one) for added lovliness and fluffy frosting. Second way: I adapted it into a white-chocolate raspberry cake by changing the creamer flavor (there are SO many options out there today!) and adding some pureed raspberries (strained out the seeds) and raspberry flavoring. MAKE THIS CAKE - you will be the talk of the night!

Reviewed On: Apr. 2, 2009

Good texture - a good combination of chewy and cakey. Definitely has an applesauce taste to it, I might actually go with the cinnamon apple sauce next time for added taste. I used semi-sweet baking chocolate chopped up (instead of vegan chocolate chips, which I couldn't find anywhere), and they worked very nicely! I saved a small handful to sprinkle on top, and it looked so tastey :)

Reviewed On: Feb. 8, 2008