"Well, its 7:25 and I finally finished the cake...began at 1:00 today...ugh! It was way too salty and too fragile. The cake basically exploded when I tried to fill the top with cream! I stuffed the whole thing into a trifle bowl and covered it with chocolate. I have never worked so hard, had so many messes, or spent so much time on a recipe in my life... only to have it not taste that great!
I would not waste my time on this recipe. I will never make it again.
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"I just made this cake and I agree with Ina's girlfriend...THERE IS WAY TOO MUCH BATTER! I thought that maybe it wouldn't rise as much as a box recipe, but it did! It went all over my oven and the batter caught fire!! What a complete mess and my house smells like smoke!!
PLEASE CUT THE RECIPE BY AT LEAST A THIRD!!! SAVE YOURSELF A MESS!
I followed the recipe exactly...I used 2 8" round cake pans. The chef on tv must have used deeper pans, not like your typical pans you would have at home.
We have yet to taste it...
I also cut the ganache recipe in half. I don't think we will need a full recipe of chocolate.
I'm hoping it all tastes good when we finish...off to make the pastry cream which I'm sure is a double recipe! Will rate the taste later."

"I just made this cake and I agree with Ina's girlfriend...THERE IS WAY TOO MUCH BATTER! I thought that maybe it wouldn't rise as much as a box recipe, but it did! It went all over my oven and the batter caught fire!! What a complete mess and my house smells like smoke!!
PLEASE CUT THE RECIPE BY AT LEAST A THIRD!!! SAVE YOURSELF A MESS!
I followed the recipe exactly...I used 2 8" round cake pans. The chef on tv must have used deeper pans, not like your typical pans you would have at home.
We have yet to taste it...
I also cut the ganache recipe in half. I don't think we will need a full recipe of chocolate.
I'm hoping it all tastes good when we finish...off to make the pastry cream which I'm sure is a double recipe! Will rate the taste later."