The cake is outstanding. I can't rate the vanilla sauce because I used strawberries with syrup as the accompaniment, but I can only imagine how wonderful the vanilla sauce would be with it. The crumb topping on this cake is perfect against the light, moisture-filled texture of this cake. (I used 1 T. lemon juice in a cup of regular milk for my "buttermilk.")

Reviewed On: May 7, 2007

I loved this recipe. Unfortunately, I didn't have raisins and I didn't have almonds. I substituted craisins for the raisins and skipped the almonds. I used frozen pearl onions instead of fresh. Still wonderful and tasty. Elegant sidedish to a meat (we had turkey). I will definitely make this again.

Reviewed On: Dec. 11, 2000