Following other recommendations, I used butter and omitted the water. I thought they were great out of the oven but they didn't hold up to their "chewy brownie" consistency and broke easily after 1 day of storage in a zip lock.

Reviewed On: Sep. 11, 2009

Made this for my nephew's birthday. He is a big spice cake fan. I used evaporated milk rather than plain and baked it in 2 cake pans for 25 minutes. It came out perfect. (I frosted it with "Coffee Icing" by Carol on this site and that is to die for!) I am not rating it with 5 stars because it has far less spice taste than a box cake. I think it is a sophisticated looking and tasting cake however.

Reviewed On: Sep. 11, 2009

This is a keeper. In fact I want to make anything that needs frosting just to taste it again! With other reviewer's suggestions the changes/additions that I made were: 3 Tbsp butter, 2 Tbsp strong brewed coffee, 1 Tbsp cocoa powder to deepen the color.

Reviewed On: Sep. 11, 2009