Basic Vanilla Cake

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Really?? Even the revised version is terrible. Does anyone actually TRY these recipes?? What a waste of ingredients and time. This is happening far too often and I for one, cannot afford to through away food. Time to start thinking if I am going to continue subscription to this mag. People, test and TASTE these recipes!!!

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I made this twice. Once from the magazine magazine print and now once from the update. It is terrible. Dry and dense. Sad I tried a second time.

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I made this cake as the base for the Honey-Apple-Almond cake from my FN magazine. I was worried when I pulled it out of the oven because it had not risen as much as I had expected. However, the entire assembled cake was delicious. Even had someone ask for the recipe. I do agree with the other reviews that this does not produce a super soft cake or a cake that is supermarket sweet. All the cakes from the year of cake have additional flavor layers so don't judge the cake without finishing the whole thing.

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Awful! I cannot believe that FN put this in their magazine either!! Very embarrassing, I just served this at Easter. I would have thrown it away but the cream cheese icing saved it from the landfill thanks to my Dad. My cornbread recipe IS better than this...this cake was dry, crumbly, dense...I was so hopeful since it smelled amazing and the batter felt right. And I even let all my ingredients come to room temp! I agree FN please check this recipe, something is seriously off. Thankfully my kids loved making it and decorating the Easter Bunny so not all was lost.

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What on earth where you thinking when you put this in your magazine??? Was this not tested? Yes, it smells amazing. Yes, it looks amazing. Yes, it probably would stack perfectly. No, I won't be stacking it, or serving it, or eating it. This is like a brick and tastes thick and stale. Thank You to all the other posters that saved me from not tasting this before I served it at my sons birthday. I almost served this without trying it first! Thank You!

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I made this for company last night - it was awful - I agree with others - dry, flavorless and dense! I'm glad that my friend pointed these reviews out to me, because it was the first time that I had baked a cake from scratch and I thought that I just screwed it up - maybe I'm not a hopeless baker, after all! :-

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Food Network please double check this recipe - it is awful! Hoping there was an error in printing rather than the test kitchen thinking this was an acceptable cake recipe. Agree with other comments that it tastes like cornbread.

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This cake is very weak in flavor, if you have a strong frosting it won't overshadow it, which I COULD excuse, but the cake itself is very dry and dense, like everyone else has stated. I didn't even THINK to check the reviews before using the recipe, it's a basic vanilla cake, certainly Food Network would have that right.

We are sad at my work, as we were excited to try a new cake each month, but that section of January's magazine is being recycled. =(

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This recipe makes a terrible tasting cake. I thought that maybe I did something wrong like over mix it but after reading the other reviews- I realize that it's the recipe not me! Wish I had read the reviews first and saved the money. It won't happen again. Why in the world is this recipe in the magazine??

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AWFUL...DENSE, DRY, AND FLAVORLESS