Reviewed: Dec. 1, 2010

I lost a similar recipe in a divorce; he kept all my cookbooks. The trick is beating the cake for about 2 minutes at each stage: butter, butter/sugar/vanilla (I use cognac)/and each milk and flour addition. Also, I used two eggs and four yokes instead of just yokes. Also, this cake is incredibly versatile. You can make a dozen or more cakes from it by adjusting the liquid and fruit ingredients. For a light lemon butter cake, I used the juice and zest from one lemon. And I am going to ice it with a more lemony butter cream icing. But you can make dump cakes, coconut cakes, orange cakes, banana cakes, etc. I've been looking for the recipe for years (from an old International cookbook). I'm so glad I found it again!

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bakewriter

Reviewed: Nov. 26, 2010

I thought this recipe worked great. I did sub 4 whole eggs for the 6 egg yolks though. I don't know what the problem is with the rest of the people saying it is dry. Mine came out very moist and airy.

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Trenboomer

Reviewed: Sep. 9, 2010

This cake did not turn out right. It was very dry and it cracked. Will not use it again.

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cschultzie

Reviewed: Apr. 14, 2009

Not a good recipe. It took forever to get my oven to 2880C to get this stuff to melt. The resulting cake was not enrich- able.

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coindon

Reviewed: Jul. 2, 2007

I used this recipe for my bosses birthday, I was so embarassed when everyone started eating it. The cake was dry and the flavor was awful. This is the worst recipe I have ever made. I will never use it again, nor would I ever recommend this recipe to someone.

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Lea

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Portsmouth, Virginia, USA

Living In: Suffolk, Virginia, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 11, 2005

This sholdent have been called a cake. However being my first time i dident think to read the reviews. my dad said the top was good and i have to admit it was alright. it tasted more like sweetbread to me. So if this is your firs time DONT PICK THIS RECIPE

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soon2Bfamous

Reviewed: Jun. 1, 2005

This cake was terrible. It was a waste of my time and ingrediants. The cake was very dry and cracked can't ice it. It makes a good sweet bread though. This is what I get for not reading reviews first but I've learned my lesson. I think there might have been a typo maybe it should have been 2 cups of flour and not 4 cups of flour.

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Junia Sonier

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Houston, Texas, USA

Living In: Manassas, Virginia, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 11, 2004

This was a terrible cake. It shouldn't even be called a cake. It was dry and it cracked. It tasted like dough.The ingredients alone is more valuable then this cake. If you are planning to bake a cake, don't kill yourself with this one. Believe me, after you bake this thing, you will never want to bake again. All this so called dessert does is waste your time, ingredients, and now you have a load of dirty dishes to do. DO NOT BAKE THIS CAKE!Don't torture yourself like this.

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