"I used Strawberries in place, since my girlfriend isn't a big fan of blackberries. I substituted the lemon juice with balsamic vinegar and the orange juice with Grand Marnier. It smells awesome right now. If you do use fresh fruit, you should put about 1/8 to 1/4 Cup of sugar on it and strain into a bowl to get the juice out, just as a tip. I can'""

"LPBatts2011, I would think that you'd be fine as long it's a strong flavored coffee. I've substituted on other espresso dishes with extremely strong coffee and it's worked out fine. The key is to finding a strong coffee that is roasted. An Italian roast would be perfect. If you can't find Espresso Powder in the grocery store, Williams-Sonoma sells"

"I followed the recipe exactly and...WOW! What flavor! I happened to have all the ingredients at home, too, which worked out amazingly! Claire, you hit a homerun here! The tip about putting them back in at 200 is very helpful-my house doesn't have AC or Central Air, so I had to actually put them back in the oven at 200 in the morning, because they "

"I followed the recipe exactly and...WOW! What flavor! I happened to have all the ingredients at home, too, which worked out amazingly! Claire, you hit a homerun here! The tip about putting them back in at 200 is very helpful-my house doesn't have AC or Central Air, so I had to actually put them back in the oven at 200 in the morning, because they "

"The hardest part of this recipe was finding the vegetable shortening-my area doesn't really carry it, so I used a vegetable oil spread instead, but wow. This is so banana-y. I actually used 4 bananas and made only 1 loaf, but I'm immediately regretting that I didn't make 2 and do the whole recipe. This is the first banana bread recipe that doesn't"