I used this recipe for making cupcakes for my daughter's birthday at school. I baked it with the changes mentioned earlier: 3tbsp cocoa powder, 1.5 cup oil, 2 cups sugar, 1tbsp white vinegar. The cake turned out moist & excellent. With the modifications, I felt it was a little salty... that's why the 4 stars. I think only 1/2 tsp salt, & 4tbsp cocoa powder should be added. Bake it at 325F for 25 min for perfect cupcakes. It tastes better when chilled for few hours. Regarding food color, I wanted to inform you all to use 1/2 tsp red gel paste food color or 1 1/2 oz liquid red food color or 1/2 oz red food color powder. The frosting was yummmm... I think you need a kitchenaid mixer to get a perfect frosting. I just bought a new one & saw the difference. I'm baking the cake again for my daughter's Hello kitty birthday party.... red theme. Shall post pics soon.

Reviewed On: Nov. 29, 2009

I baked 4 cakes for a 15th Anniversary Surprise Party for a crowd of 75 people. I used the recipe provided by Stephanie except that, I added 1/4 tsp of Baking soda along with 1 tsp of Baking powder. I also used 3/4 cup of sugar in the cake batter instead of 1 cup as the condensed milk & evaporated milk also have sugar. I used cool whip for topping instead of making it from whipping cream. The crowd just loved it & I had to share my recipe with them along with the Thank you notes. I'm posting the other pictures also here.

Reviewed On: Jun. 10, 2009