Made this tonight with a few additions. When it came out I wasn't overly impressed though. I thought it was a touch dry. The kids however loved it and said it was one of best cakes they have had. We put a little vanilla and strawberry sweet and low syrup on top to help with the dryness and they went to town.

Mmmm. I might try this recipe for my birthday cake. Now I just need to find a frosting recipe! What's birhday cake without frosting?

I agree it was a bit dry. "Twiggy" wrote about creaminess - I did't note anything I'd call creamy. Not nearly as sweet as I had expected. We ground our own almond slivers in a blender to make flour or meal: easy. Ours was done in 35-40 minutes. I'd hate to go 55 mins as in instructions.

My daughter pointed out if you sniff the bag of Splenda, it smells like a tire store.

Overall: Good stuff. We'll do it again.

-Steve

I made this tonight for my husbands birthday. It was good, a bit grainy because I used my own ground almonds instead of prebought flour (the store didnt have any) It smelled yummy and was very very good dunked in coffee!! I did the butter/cream cheese method and I also used my bundt pan and added splenda mixed with lemon and orange extract and sprinkled splenda on top. I got about 18 slices.

Trader Joe's carries almond meal too.