Reviewed: Dec. 31, 2011

Very good! I followed the cake recipe exactly. I left off the glaze. We thought the cake was good as is. I want to try it again with subbing applesauce for the oil.

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LISA

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Alexandria, Kentucky, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 10, 2011

Awesome! I gave it only 4 stars because i used actual pureed plums instead of baby food. I only made half the recipe but i got 8 good muffins out of it :)

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Eugenia

Cooking Level: Beginning

Living In: Swampscott, Massachusetts, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 6, 2011

Unfortunately, I won't be making this again. I followed the reviews of cooks who used fresh plums and ran them through the blender, used 1.5 cups of blended plums, cut the oil to 1/2 cup, and baked it as directed. While the flavour was nice, the texture was quite soggy....sigh. I was so hopeful!!!

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Judi

Reviewed: Feb. 3, 2011

This is so delicious. Sometimes just for a quick after dinner dessert, I will hold off adding any of the spices. It makes for a great sweet cake.

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TAD5417

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Lakeland, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 23, 2010

Everyone I made this cake cor loves it! I did change a couple of things, Instead of Baby Food I used a full 12 oz can of Solo Prune Plum Cake and Pastry filling and did not add any food coloring! I also made a batch with Solo Apricot cake and pastry filling! It was not fruity enough but was very good also! More like a Spice cake than an Apricot cake ;)

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Nan

Reviewed: Jul. 31, 2010

I really didn't like this recipe. I followed recipe exactly, except that i substituted real plums for plum baby food, and i omitted the nuts. This recipe didn't have much flavor, and where it did, the flavors didn't work. It's too bad. I was really looking forward to it.

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Beth Rogers

Reviewed: Oct. 8, 2009

I can't stop eating this! I highly recommend trying this bread/cake. (It's a cake) I used fresh plums..just put them in the blender. Used 1 1/2 cups of pureed plum and reduced oil to 1/2 cup. For the nuts, I used pecans. Really good! Even my four year old likes it.

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Connie

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Sep. 16, 2009

I am sitting here trying to restrain myself from eating it all :(. While this recipe was tasty, I have to agree that you can't actually taste the plums. I made a couple of changes to this recipe out of necessity. I used sunflower oil instead of vegetable and I used 8 oz of fresh peeled black plums instead of baby food. I squashed them up in my hands and removed pits (no need for making the food processor dirty). I also used 1/2 cup pecans and 1/2 cup raisins by choice. It turned out really well. I almost forgot the icing but I'm glad I didn't :). I used a two-piece angel food tube pan for the recipe because I don't own a bundt pan. It worked.

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sugarwaffle

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada

Living In: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Sep. 16, 2009

So good! I made this twice - once I peeled and pureed 12 plums for a double recipe, the second time I simply squashed 12 plums in my hand and took the pits out. Both times it was delicious, and it's less work not peeling them. I also was worried that 1 tsp. of cloves would be too much, but it was perfect, and I don't usually like cloves. We had an abundance of plums, and I've made several desserts with them, but this was everyone's favorite. I've been asked for the recipe over and over again. I think I will give loaves of this out as Christmas gifts. The glaze really makes it, don't skip it!

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elisabethanne1

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Lansing, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 23, 2009

My whole family really liked this, but I was disappointed b/c I couldn't taste the plum - and I pureed 8 plums! I used extra plums in place of most of the oil and just used 3 Tb of butter. So, even with extra plums, there was no plum flavor I could detect. It was a great, moist, spice cake - but not plum-y. I gave it a high rating though, b/c everyone loved it not knowing what it was - the cake was gone by the end of an evening!

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