Reviewed: Dec. 29, 2003

I made this as a surprise for my sister who loves lemon cake. I followed the directions precisely and the cake did everything it was supposed to do. No problem getting it out of the pan. But going by what my sister says, I didn't have any of it, but she said it was too dense. Could be used as a nice lemony boat anchor. (Hey, she said it- not me!)

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Reviewed: Jul. 14, 2003

This recipe is superb and the reviewers who had trouble with it were probably not following the directions. I used a commercial oil-flour spray rather than butter and flour and the cake came out of the Bundt pan neatly and well. The glaze is delicious and I have made this cake several times with no problems whatsoever. As for its density, I was very pleased with it and thought the cake was perfectly moist and delectible.

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Reviewed: Jun. 13, 2003

this cake was easy to make and a great lemon flavor. I took it to work and it was gone by lunch time

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Reviewed: Apr. 22, 2003

I often have clients request "lemony" cakes in my home dessert business. I have several "old reliable" recipes, but I was intrigued by this recipe. I made the cake 3 times as an experiment with friends & clients & the response was consistent (& I agree): the lemon flavor is good, but the cake is way too dense (egg yolks versus whole eggs). The cake was easy to make & I didn't have any problems with the cake coming out of the bundt or tube pan. I always use Baker's Joy spray (plus parchment paper for tube pans) & never have problems. I did like the glaze and decided to use it with another recipe on this site. I modified the Kentucky Butter Cake recipe and then glazed the cake with the lemon glaze from this recipe. The result was good--a lemony cake that was moist and not too dense.

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Reviewed: Apr. 18, 2003

I don't know what the negative reviews are about either. I don't consider myself a fantastic baker (mediocre at best), but this cake was quite simple to make and turned out flawless! One thing I did, though, was let the cake cool too long in the pan (by accident) and then poured the hot glaze on top. I had no trouble whatsoever removing this moist cake from the pan.

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Reviewed: Nov. 7, 2002

This is the absolute best lemon cake I have every put in my mouth. I have to agree, I don't know what the negative reviews are about. The first time I made the cake, I did have a problem with it falling out in pieces. But the cake was so delectable every morsel was eaten. I found the cake very time consuming, but DEFINITELY worth it!!!!!!!! Thanks for the wonderful recipe!!

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JENNIFER N

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Reviewed: Jul. 19, 2002

I don't know what either of the other reviewers are talking about. The sugar IS listed in cups, not teaspoons. My cake rose just fine. Plus, if you either reheat the cake pain in a sink of hot tap water for about 30 seconds and then tap it out, it comes out easily. To make it even easier, just use parchment to line the bottom of the cake pan before you butter and flour it. ANY good baker knows both of these tricks and I can only assume the other people who have reviewed the cake don't bake very often, or at least they don't bake cakes. This recipe was exquisite, very lemony, and rich. If you don't like as much lemon, just use 1/4 cup milk in place of the lemon juice in the cake recipe and you'll essentially have a white cake to use with the lemon filling and glaze.

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Reviewed: Jul. 22, 2001

This recipe is very flawed. The amount of sugar is incorrect - it should be CUPS instead of teaspoons (big difference!). And, the other reviewer mentioned that the glaze glues the cake to the pan. It certainly does. On top of it, the acidity in the lemon effectively cancels out the baking powder and it doesn't rise at all.

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Reviewed: Jun. 16, 2001

I printed out this recipe to make the cake for my lemon-loving dad for Father's Day. Well, this cake is a real lemon. Don't bother to spend money on the ingredients -- 8 eggs, butter, etc. After pouring the glaze over the cake in the pan and waiting an hour, the glaze turned into super glue and the cake fell out of the pan in pieces. I'm in trouble now, because I promised to bring dessert and now at almost 10 pm on a Saturday night, I have to run to the store and get ingredients to make something GOOD!

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