Reviewed: Jan. 25, 2013

I probably won't make this cake again. I've made LOTS of cakes, but I had never tried a cake with heavy cream instead of butter. The texture was perfect, but it really didn't have much flavor. If I do make this again, I'll put chocolate icing instead of buttercream on it and add more flavorings.

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Angela

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Marion, South Carolina, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 31, 2012

I live in a high altitude city, Denver, so trying new recipes can be tricky. This cake was a great success. I did make some changes - I used 1 1/2 tsp. of baking powder and 1/2 tsp. of baking soda. I also used cake flour (1 1/2 cups), doubled the vanilla and added 2 tbs. of sour cream. I actually doubled the recipe (3 9" layers) and baked it at 350 degrees for 18 minutes. If you don't live in a high altitude, I'm not sure if you should follow my changes - but if you do live in high altitude, you know how a good cake recipe can go wrong, just because. This is the best white/yellow cake (it's not quite yellow b/c there's no butter and not many eggs) I've ever made. It came out moist, tender, fluffy, delicate and flavorful. I am a seasoned baker and not using butter or oil was concerning to me (which is why I added the sour cream), but I think the heavy cream makes for a wonderful texture (along with the cake flour). This recipe is a great find!!!

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christinealling

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Living In: Denver, Colorado, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 14, 2012

The first time I made this I made it as written and it was wonderful!!! The second time I made it I added cinnamon and made cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and they were AMAZING!!! tasted just like a cinnamon roll. I will be making the cinnamon version again and again

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Brittani

Reviewed: Jun. 2, 2012

Cake was very easy to make and cooked up very well but was dry and had a sort of salty taste.

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Tiffany

Reviewed: Apr. 1, 2012

I doubled this recipe for a layer cake, added 2 ground vanilla beans (because my hubby *loves* vanilla) and increased the baking powder by 1/2 tsp (1/4 for single recipe) per other reviewers suggestion. It came out amazing! It would be just fine without the added vanilla bean as well.

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the Tower Chef

Reviewed: Apr. 1, 2012

This is good, but not as fluffy as white cake. This is more like a pound cake, but you have to be very very generous with your flavoring.

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Betty Crocker

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jan. 11, 2012

Not. Good. At all. I am an experienced baker, and followed the directions to the letter...except to reduce the salt a bit. It had NO FLAVOR, unless you count salty, since apparently even 3/4 tsp is too much. So it ended up with just a blah, mildly savory quality. I did use good quality ingredients, but that wasn't enough to overcome whatever is wrong with this recipe. I give it minor points for frosting nicely, but that's about it. Sorry!

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MollyBrook

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 23, 2011

Soft and light like a sponge or chiffon cake, with mild flavour. I like it very much :)

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Hui Min

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia

Reviewed: Jul. 17, 2011

I was looking for a recipe that would turn out smooth rounded-top cupcakes. This was the recipe to do that. Unfortunately, it did not win in taste tests. I increased the vanilla by 1/2 tsp. and decreased the salt by 1/4 tsp. It was still too salty (thought I had used salted butter until I remembered this recipe doesn't call for butter). If I make this again I would drop the salt some more and increase the sugar to 1 Cup. They looked lovely and frosted nice and smooth but they didn't taste all that good.

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