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Mar 22Liked by Susan Spungen

Thanks Susan. I am a happy subscriber. And I remember you! I passed this along to Anne who is the mother of The Commissary Cake Cake. Steve P.

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Mar 22Liked by Susan Spungen

It seems to me Susan that you’re very committed to your work. I trust that when I try one of your recipes I’ll get a good outcome and I know that’s due to the time and effort you put in. Good on you, keep it up.

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Mar 22Liked by Susan Spungen

Is The Frog Commissary Cookbook from The Commissary Restaurant where you worked?

It's one of my favorite books that I often refer to. I own two of them!

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Apr 2Liked by Susan Spungen

Hi Susan - I made this delicious cake for Easter. Had a couple follow up questions for you....after 50 minutes it seemed like it was very brown and the center was clean but the toothpick was still wet. After cooling, the center had sunk a bit and after frosting and a day of refrigeration I could see that the very center was slightly underbaked. I wasn't sure if it was due to a cluster of raisins, carrots and too large of chopped pecans or should I have baked it a bit longer?

Everyone raved about it and we are hoarding some last slices to enjoy ourselves!

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Mar 30Liked by Susan Spungen

I made this cake following the recipe exactly as written , and got rave reviews from my guests. I am a huge fan of cardamom, so couldn’t wait to try it in a carrot cake along with the other spices. The spice combination was so flavorful. Cake was so moist. Loved the cream cheese frosting with the hint of maple syrup. Had requests for the recipe. Thank you Susan!!!

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Mar 28Liked by Susan Spungen

Love your enthusiasm and attention to detail.

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Mar 27Liked by Susan Spungen

I cannot wait to make this cake for the three (3) early April birthdays my family will celebrate this week. This post found its way to me through Substack’s roundup email, and I’m thrilled to learn it exists. Not sure how I missed it, but I did. And, I would love a free subscription to take a deeper dive. Cheers!

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Cardamom! I adore carrot cake and using this spice is new to me. Can't wait to try out your recipe. :)

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Mar 26Liked by Susan Spungen

I’m obsessed with these frosting carrots! So adorable

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Mar 26Liked by Susan Spungen

Hi Susan,

I love carrot cake and haven’t been steered wrong yet by your recipes and referrals. I’d be so happy to have a subscription to Susanality. Thanks for the chance!

Xxx

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Mar 26Liked by Susan Spungen

For the recipes and for the writing.

Happy birthday!

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Mar 25Liked by Susan Spungen

Frog Commissary Cookbook is one of the all time greats. As a caterer I’ve been using it for over 40 years. A classic!

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I would love to have a one year full access subscription to Susanlity. I've reordered my life to have more time for cooking. I plan to focus some of my efforts on your Veg Forward cookbook recipes and would love to improve my skills by having access to and reading the tips you offer in your Susanality archive.

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I’m a new (free) subscriber and I’m loving it so far. I would love full access and promise to cook my way through it all :).

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Mar 23Liked by Susan Spungen

Happiest birthday wishes to you—and thanks for gifting us with this cake, which I will be demo’ing at a potluck brunch!

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Mar 23Liked by Susan Spungen

Love your cookies Susan! Would love to enjoy other recipes!

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