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Cake was fine but I didn\u2019t care for the frosting- i love strawberry but all I could taste is the powdered sugar and butter not a fan but it wasn\u2019t bad. <\/p>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":3,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2020-06-28","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"OrangeChilli"},"reviewBody":"Please don\u2019t let this turn into every other social media outlet for people to take a political or way of life stance. Rate the recipe and don\u2019t rate the people on their choice of an ingredient. I didn\u2019t try this recipe but I am a five star supporter of being nice and showing compassion.","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2020-10-28","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"BlueBottle"},"reviewBody":"Delicious and easy. I loved the frosting! So creamy. My kids loved them.","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2020-06-28","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"OliveWrench"},"reviewBody":"These are very good! I saw another review saying they were very dry, well they must have made a mistake these were very moist and delicious. Thanks for a great recipe!","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2019-09-02","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"PurpleHelmet"},"reviewBody":"Very good! The flavors are wonderful together. I especially loved the frosting! I did not have enough zest to make 2 tablespoons, so I added 1 tablespoon zest and 1 teaspoon lemon extract instead. I think they had plenty of lemon flavor with the substitution.","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2019-08-16","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"Green8Ball"},"reviewBody":"These were a refreshing change from my standard vanilla on vanilla cupcakes! I didn't have white cake mix so I made them with yellow. Everything else I copied exactly","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2020-07-02","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"BlueBike"},"reviewBody":"I tried, just the cake part for the cupcakes. Pretty Good! I chose out of my personal preference our own recipe I use for the frosting. 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