"I am a very experienced cook and always look for Giada's recipes first when looking on the Food Network. These stuck to my muffin tins which made them "raggy" looking. They also did not brown, and were pretty spongy. I did spray the tins well. I also experimented with cooking the second pan longer, as well as removing them when from the tins while"

"If you are looking for a healthy coffee cake - this is it...because I made a couple simply modifications. # 1 Use wheat pastry flour for all the white flour. # 2 instead of all butter, use 1/2 butter (for flavor) ad 1/2 canola oil - or all canola is even better. # 3 put some walnuts in the batter as well for heart healthy omegas. # 4 use coconut s"

"I am serving this tomorrow for a luncheon and thought I'd try it in advance - actually had it for breakfast this morning with almonds and pomogranate on top! It is really wonderful HOWEVER.....the ginger doesn't grate at all. It gets gummy and sticks to the micro plane. I did see that it stuck to Rachel's plane as well. So, when I make it, I will "

"I am serving this tomorrow for a luncheon and thought I'd try it in advance - actually had it for breakfast this morning with almonds and pomogranate on top! It is really wonderful HOWEVER.....the ginger doesn't grate at all. It gets gummy and sticks to the micro plane. I did see that it stuck to Rachel's plane as well. So, when I make it, I will ""

"I gave it 5 stars because, yes, it was excellent. However, it was far too complicated in how it was made. Grilling the veggies was a lot of messy work. Starting from scratch, roasting the veggies all at once in the oven is far easier with no clean up. No benefit of grilling. If you do it outside, there is also no clean up. I did try it on my inside grill and found it to be time consuming and messy. Much more grilling time than the recipe suggested to get veggies tender. The combo of vegetables was excellent and crisp tenter. Easy to make when you have leftover roasted vegetables and sauce in the fridge. Any combnation of cheese works too. I put fresh basil leaves in the layers as well.