Reviewed: May 12, 2012

My daughter said it was the best thing I have ever made. That is saying a lot since I bake all of the time. Is good without raisins and nuts (my daughter hates both so omitted them :-).

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Irish506

Cooking Level: Professional

Home Town: Richwood, Ohio, USA

Living In: Worthington, Ohio, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 17, 2012

Very good! But, if substituting with blueberries, USE FRESH! I used frozen (thawed them and even drained them and the cake did not bake well around them - mushy -- and would have burnt the top had I baked it longer. Great taste. I did 1.5 times the topping and added 2 tsp. vanilla to the batter. Yum!

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Dana Cooks

Reviewed: Apr. 6, 2012

This is my first try at a coffe cake , and it is the best I have tasted !! Like I read in the reviews , I also added vanilla to the cake batter and doubled the topping , instead of nuts , I used more rasins . But you better make a lot , as this cake disapears real fast !!!

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Catfish

Reviewed: Mar. 8, 2012

Very yummy. I love baked goods with buttermilk, they are usually so moist (like this one). I make one and a half times the topping and add 2t vanilla to the cake.Thank you.

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~Christy~

Living In: West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 9, 2012

Very good flavour with this cake, but it is a very dense cake, does not rise much, for anyone expecting more of a regular, light, fluffy cake, this isn't it. Rave reviews though by hubs and inlaws. I made mine in a Bundt pan and put half the crumb topping on the bottom, then half the batter, then the remaining topping and batter. Baked for almost an hour until toothpick came out clean. Will make again, but may put some spices in the batter as it is a little bland (the crumb topping isn't enough IMO to liven up the rest of the cake)

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Gitano

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Jan. 24, 2012

Hubby and I love this. Hubby never requests anything sweet and he's asked me to make this every day for a week. Instead of all white sugar, I use a cup of brown sugar and half a cup of white. Also, I use two caps of vanilla. Those are my only changes though. I have found that I have to use the full amount of time. It's worth it though. Yum. Yum. Yum.

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Small Town Iowa Girl

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Tabor, Iowa, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 22, 2011

This was a delicious coffee cake, but the specified time was not long enough for a glass pan. I had to add at least 20 minutes. The directions say to use melted butter in the topping mixture, which I did, but I did not get a "crumb" topping. It was more clumpy. Next time, I will use softened butter and add the nuts after the other ingredients are combined for the topping, so it will be more like streusel. I did follow one reviewer's advice to use 2 c. blueberries instead of raisins. Perhaps that was the reason for the additional bake time. The cake had an excellent, tender crumb, and it rose well, so overall I was satisfied.

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Bibi

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA

Living In: San Antonio, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 6, 2011

FANTASTIC!!! Have made over and over and it never disappoints!

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cookielady

Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2011

despite having doubled the amount of spices, this cake was bland. I will not use this recipe again.

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Aliceblue_eyes

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Nuremberg, Bayern, Germany

Living In: Vienna, Wien, Austria

Reviewed: Oct. 15, 2011

This is one of the best coffee cakes I've ever made. It was fairly simple and turned out amazing. Be warned the smell of this baking will drive you crazy!

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