Wow! I made this for Christmas eve dinner, which is always Italian food and it paired perfectly. This cake is very rich and dense, but has a great flavor. I did not change anything. The only thing to keep in mind is that it is oily, you can definitely tell there is some butter in this.

This has become my "gold standard" cake according to my co-workers. They specifically ask for it for special occasions and I have been asked to donate them for our United Way silent auction campaign for the past two years and two people have ordered them for dinner parties. I follow the cake recipe exactly as written but double the cream cheese frosting ingredients and do not mix the pecans into my frosting. I use the pecans for garnishing the top and bottom 2/3 of the cake sides. I truly believe this cake is so great because it is prepared as a sponge cake is, beating the egg whites and folding in at the end. That makes all the difference.

Absolutely delicious! This cake deserves 10 stars*************.One of the best cakes I've tried in my entire life.

This cake too me a very, VERY long time to make, but the reviews for it were amazng. I got compliments such as, "I daydream about that cake." and "This beats my grandmas!" This cake is wonderful.

WOW! SUPER RECIPE! We loved this cake. I made it for my son's 35th birthday. I decorated it with a ring of shaved chocolate, pecan halves and a cherry in the center. The cake came out perfect, like a professional baker made it. It was moist, delicious & beautiful. Will definitely keep this recipe. I made it exactly as written except I didn't have buttermilk, so I substituted with milk & lemon juice. Thanks for submitting this recipe!

I made this for a friend's birthday and it was a huge hit. It is a very dense and rich cake. I doubled the frosting because I needed more to fully frost the cake. I will definitely use this recipe again.

This cake is awesome! I can't imagine what other reveiwers did to it to give it less than five stars! Definitely put parchment paper on the bottom of the pans though, the cakes do stick even with a generous amount of grease.

The best cake recipe I've ever done from this website! The cake was heavy and rich. I halfed the icing recipe and I put a few tablespoons of buttermilk. It thinned it out a bit. I put it only in between the layers and on the top since it is so rich and sweet! Thanks for such an amazing recipe!

I made this cake for New Years and my family LOVED it!

This cake was amazing! The recipe makes a fairly large cake, we served it for a birthday party with 15-10 adults. Everyone loved it! Its a nice change from the ordinary birthday cakes. I will be making again!

I halved the recipe and it worked out great as one layer in a 9 inch cake pan.I halved it becaue I was afraid I'd eat the whole thing, lol I cooked for about 40 minutes though. The cake was very moist and delicious! Thanks!

Very easy to make, I made it for a holiday party. Everyone loved it. I used all purpose flour so it wasn't as fluffy as cake flour but it didn't seem to change the taste just the texture. I will make it again.

I made this today for a family get together, and brought home a nearly empty plate! I did have to bake the cake a bit longer, about 5 minutes or so to make sure it was done. Also, I didn't have quite enough pecans for the frosting, I only used about a 1/2 cup and it was fine. For those folks that aren't big cream cheese fans, the flavor of it in the icing isn't strong. I was told this is a recipe I need to make over and over!

Probably the worst cake recipe I have ever made in my entire life, though I admit I was using an oven foreign to me. The cake was soft inside but didn't rise (where the heck is the SALT in the recipe?!) and turned out flat and crumbling. I couldn't even layer it properly. I am an experienced cake maker and this was NOT what I was looking for, at all.

This was the best cake I have ever had in my life,everybody loved it and it was fun to make and yes I will make this cake again. Now lets get to the cream cheese frosting it was to die they both were just so good and I must say if I could say 5 stars no this has to be more like 105 stars atlease I think so and I Think you so much for your post. TERRY137

It was good at first, but after a few days it was amazing. The cream really got absopbed and it was a great cake!