The texture of this bread is soft and the crust is not flaky - it's easily the best bread maker recipe I've used. I do like the Portuguese recipe here too but it's too sweet for sandwiches. This recipe makes a great big loaf and is tasty with tuna fish or roast beef. This recipe is a keeper.

Reviewed On: Aug. 30, 2009

This cake lacks flavor. I substituted shortening for 1 cup of oil, increased sugar to 2 cups, and increased cocoa to 5T. It turned out perfectly but the cake is bland. I don't know why so many people can't work with this frosting, I think it's excellent. Maybe they're not thickening it long enough before removing it from the heat? It's a tasty frosting and compliments the cake nicely. Will use the frosting again but undecided about the cake.

Reviewed On: Dec. 12, 2008

I would not say this cake is to die for, but it's a very easy recipe to impress a crowd of friends. I give it 5 stars because the cake turned out flawless and it was easy to make for the results. However, you can tell it's made from a box and that's what you should expect when you're not baking from scratch - but still deserves 5 stars for a box cake. I did not bake the cake in a bundt pan, instead I went with 3 x 8.5" layers. I used the "Cream Cheese Frosting II" for the icing and it was fabulous. I mixed strawberry jam with the icing to put between the layers, and then I added red food colouring for the piped edging. Also sprinkled chocolate shavings across the top; it presented very well - friends were impressed. I complimented the cake with homemade vanilla ice cream also on this site called "Easy Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream"; it tastes exactly like Breyer's vanilla. The crowd loved the ice cream more than the cake, but that didn't surprise me - the ice cream is extremely tasty. I will try other recipes before making this cake again, but it was certainly perfectly suited for the tonight's birthday party.

Reviewed On: Aug. 10, 2008