This bread came out PERFECT! I only had one egg so I had to half the recipe to make only one loaf, but next time I might even double it to make 4 loaves! We just pulled it out of the oven and the loaf is half gone already! When I was young my Mom always brushed the tops of her fresh bread with a little butter or crisco to keep the top a little softer so I did that with mine, too. I will definitely make this recipe again!

Reviewed On: Oct. 31, 2009

I made this for a cake walk fundraiser and was not very impressed with the results. The cake took about 15 minutes extra to cook (like other reviewers stated) and when I cut a small part of the bottom to taste it didn't taste very sweet, very mild tasting cake. The frosting was difficult to make for me. I think maybe it needed to cook longer? I cooked as the directions stated, until the brown sugar dissolved and then whisked in the powdered sugar but it was VERY runny and ended up a little grainy. It also cooked a lot more than was needed. It tasted and smelled good, but the texture was just too grainy to get over for me. I might try this again for my husband and I because the recipe SOUNDS so good, but my expectations are pretty low for the second attempt.

Reviewed On: Oct. 31, 2009

This soup was great! Super easy to fix and easy to modify if you need to. I didn't have canned tomatoes with chiles, so I used a can of diced tomatoes and threw in some green salsa. My husband doesn't like spicy chiles/soups, so he added some ketchup and honey to his bowl plus some shredded cheese and he LOVED it! I ate mine spicy but will compromise and probably make it with ketchup and honey in the crock pot next time. I also skipped the chili beans and only used one can of black beans, as he also doesn't like a lot of beans in his soups. Topped with sour cream, shredded cheese and crushed tortilla chips this soup was FANTASTIC! :)

Reviewed On: Oct. 27, 2009