This was one of the very few times I felt that the reviews were a little too favorable. While this cake was okay, it was far from stupendous. It just tasted like cake mix cake when it was all said and done. I followed the recipe exactly, and I just don't think it was worth the effort to make it. I served it along several other recipes from this site, and it was the only thing that wasn't totally gobbled up. Despite all the cream cheese, etc., I felt that it was really dense without too much moisture. I was really excited about the opportunity to use a mix instead of making the cake from scratch, but I'm going to try one of the recipes from scratch next time. So . . . basically . . . not awful . . . and definitely not awfully impressive.

Reviewed On: Mar. 9, 2008

ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS! I wanted to try something different, and I'm glad that I did. I followed the recipe ALMOST exactly. My husband accidentally bought black raspberry preserves, and I had to use those because that is all I had. It was still FABULOUS. Everyone wanted the recipe AND the last few bites of the left-overs to take home (it was way too big for our purposes, but it was still almost completely gone). I did prepare it a day ahead and spread on the preserves shortly before serving. It's likely that the only reason there were leftovers was that I served it with one box of Wheat Thins and they were all eaten . . . so I'll have to bring more next time. I am adding this to my permanent collection and HIGHLY recommend it!

Reviewed On: Mar. 9, 2008

I made a batch of this dough at the same time that I made a batch of the Soft Christmas Cookies recipe, and I honestly preferred the Soft Christmas Cookie more. This recipe has a more "floury" taste, and is not as soft either. These weren't necessarily bad . . . just definitely not as good as the Soft Christmas Cookie recipe.

Reviewed On: Aug. 21, 2007