Cake Grows Up-- Gracefully
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It's a true treat to watch a band develop from garage to beauty. Cake's Comfort Eagle is their best yet. They give minor keys a funky, infectious sound, and explore musical invention with genuine talent. The first four tracks have the intrigue to satisfy the "ternie" and the catchiness to make any random listener fall in love. Following the intro is "Commissioning a Symphony in C"-- a product of a band given free reign over their producers. "Commissioning..." is lovely by any decription. Cake proves that not only are they in the royalty of alternative music, they are knowledgeable and adept at music history and tradition. This track and the two succeeding songs are pure inspiration. "Arco Arena", an instrumental musing to rival that of Jorma Kaukonen's "Embryonic Journey" and Steve Winwood's "Light Up or Leave Me Alone"; coupled with a seemingly angry attack at cults, which ends up becoming a stab at our acquiring-as-holiness culture. "Pretty Pink Ribbon" is a Tom Pettyish tribute to a bad breakup-- or it could just be mysoginistic rant-- who knows with these boys.
 Buy Comfort Eagle-- and enjoy.
4534412
While a little creepy, they get the job done.  The baby was not cooked in the cake so no cooked plastic taste. It was added after baking via a slit in the underside.  Finding it was still fun.
1088124
I really love this split cake! I prefer the larger ones like this compared to the little ones.
2076535
It's solid. Works. Cake came out fine!
Guy's pov, best I can do.
1934412
Beautiful.  Slightly larger than I had expected, but still looked gorgeous on our small cutting cake.
4035503
This cake is every bit as good as I remember from my childhood.  I would purchase it again without question.
4412720
This looked really nice a top of my daughter's wedding cake. I even carefully, and easily, cut the base portion and lightly sanded the edges to make it not as long so it would fit on top of a smaller topper cake. It was perfect.

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4069383
This cake stand is just beautiful. It adds some real elegance to tiered cakes. I love to have an excuse to use this base. It's well worth the price.
4288015
Was a good buy.  Easy to use just the right size. My grandson loved his cake.
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I don't know what Cake set out to do when they made "Comfort Eagle", but whatever it was they certainly did it.  This album is not like anything I have heard from Cake or anyone else, and it is pleasantly refreshing addition to the music scene of 2001.  Whether you are sitting at home chilling out or at a party "Comfort Eagle" will set the perfect mood.  Like I said earlier this album won't rock the party like a Punk album, and it won't depress you either, it will just make you feel right.  "Shadow Stabbing", "Short skirt/Long jacket", "Commissioning a symphony in c", "Comfort eagle", "Long line of cars" & "Love you madly" give this one the perfect touch.
3988040
As the theme for the party was outer space it was a nice addition to his cake. Thanks
225184
The cake came out easy and had an even nicer detail once a little powdered sugar was sprinkled on top. Fun for a Winter day desert. I always use Bakers Joy spray and brush the pan to coat it evenly in all the crevices before baking and have never had a problem with release. I make sure to cool on a rack for 10 minutes before flipping it out onto the rack. Washing is easier with a gentle cleaning brush and soap and warm water.
4362339
I altered the icing line design a little and made the cake into a sock monkey cake...it turned out wonderful!
925666
The cake arrived in excellent condition, could be stored in the refrigerator for a day or two. The sponge was soft and it had just the right amount of chocolate. All in all, a delicious cake delivered fresh as if straight from the bakery. This cake was sent to Los Angeles, CA for my grand-niece on her birthday. She wrote the following: My friends from college (USC) came to celebrate my birthday. My roommates got me a second cake and we cut that too. The  Chocolate Fudge BD Cake you sent was delicious! Everyone preferred it to the other one. I could barely manage to save a few pieces for myself, whereas a lot of the other cake is still left! ... All in all, it was a good birthday with lots of goodies for all. My supply of chocolates and cookies will probably last me the whole semester! I am sure my friends thank you for the cake too.
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YES!  my kid loved her cake.

Came on time !
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Marie is a doll, not an evil overlord, for sharing her special cake recipes with us. Every cake has a package of vaniulla pudding in the mix to, I think,  make sure the cake is moist.

I dropped the rating one star because of some typos or errors in the book. Some recipes call for eight-inch pans, but they mean ten-inch pans.
Some cakes are overly moist, and they do not come out of the pan cleanly - BUT they are wonderful nonetheless.

One of the cakes called for using two eight-inch pans, and we only had nine-inch. We think Marie meant ten-inch pans, because the nine-inch were almost filled to the rim, and ran over when baked. These layers had to be wrapped in plastic wrap and saved for the next day to be frosted. The next day, one layer fell apart because it was so moist. We frosted half a lyer for my Birthday cake, and saved the rest in the freezer. Even after freezing, it was moist and so flavorful. We cut the other layer in half and frosted it for coffee with the neighbors.

Make sure you have ten-inch cake pans, and BUY THIS BOOK !!
Your family, friends, and neighbors will love you for the wonderful cakes you make.

Thanks, Marie. This book is definitely worth the price, and the hand-signed front page is such a nice touch. We've made two cakes, now on to the next level of baking.

This book is worth much more than the cover price; IF YOU LIKE HOME-MADE SCRATCH BAKING OF OUTSTANDING CAKES WITH SUCH DELICIOUS HOME-MADE FROSTING.
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Bought this for my son's birthday cake.  With minimal decorating I was able to create a great cake that everyone loved.  It comes in three pieces.  The large batman symbol is plastic.  I pressed it into the frosting and then piped around it.  Then we set the building scene in and I piped around that.  The Batman figure is as petite as it looks in the picture, but overall it works.  It magnets to the center of the building scene so it is stable.  The cake I made was a 9 inch round.  It fit on top, but there wasn't really room to put words on the top of the cake so I saved that for the sides.