"This is a "fireworks in your mouth" kinda recipe. Perfect just the way it is. My husband and I both love spicy, and my husband also likes sweet, so it's a perfect balance all around. So many different flavors, yet they all work so well together...whoda thunk? Today, I made it using sugar snap peas instead of green peas....yummo girl. In the past (""

"I consider myself quite an avid baker and cook..so I was a little surprised with the difficulty I had with getting this to come out as beautiful as the picture. Although I've never had issues with any of Emeril's recipes, this one kinda disappointed me. The cake kept breaking apart as I tried layering it, which made it impossible to frost. The icing never thickened properly either...ended up turning it into a trifle, with layers of cake drizzled with the liquidy icing and sprinkling the toffee chips in-between. The only thing that came out decent was the toffee bits...and I made my OWN recipe for that! "