"Delicious cake, too sweet, and I like sweet desserts but would cut down on both sugars next time, baked it on a 9x13 pan, didn't have shortening so used only butter and 1% milk, was ready in 40 minutes in a convection oven, came out easily and perfect. For those who had trouble with too much liquid, is it possible that the pineapple wasn't drained"

"Very tasty, but too much liquid for the cake to absorb, I couldn't add it all. I agree that you only need half the amount."

"These cupcakes look nice, shiny with perfect round tops,of course after all the fat from the filling and ganache is added, it has to taste good, however the chocolate cake recipe is only ok."

"This is a great recipe,I made it for a party and people loved it, caramelizing the sugar like Paula did is the way I have done it for years,it's so easy I don't understand how anyone would have trouble with it, use low heat, stir, swirl it around the pan, it's ok the caramel to crack it's going to melt in the oven anyway, don't use glass.Too much "

"I'm confused with this recipe, it lists 8 cups of water but no amount of sugar, how much sugar did Ina used? Also 8 cups of water seems a huge amount. The recipe posted can't be right."

"I'm disappointed with this recipe,I really thought it would be delicious, but I found it too soft, melts in your hands, and just too bitter even though I used less bittersweet chocolate and more semi sweet, there's no taste to the cherries either. I didn't use the gold leaf.

"I'm disappointed with this recipe,I really thought it would be delicious, but I found it too soft, melts in your hands, and just too bitter even though I used less bittersweet chocolate and more semi sweet, there's no taste to the cherries either. I didn't use the gold leaf.