I followed this recipe step by step. The only change I made was that I used hot coffee instead of of water as suggested by another review! It was long and difficult to make - I couldn't imagine making this without a Kitchen Aid mixer and it dirtied lots of dishes. I would suggest letting the cakes cool in the freezer before stacking them with the cream. I did let my cakes cool as the directions said, but when I stacked them with the cream, the cream just melted and everything started falling apart. I put it in the freezer for awhile before putting the icing on. When I pulled it out to put the icing on - the icing was hard to ice on the cake - kind of thick and it did not really look like the picture - mine was darker and did not look creamy like the picture. All in all though - it smelled to good to not eat and it did taste DELICIOUS!!!!!!!

Reviewed On: Jan. 5, 2009