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If I bake the cake with the full recipe (for a 13 X9 inch pan) I will double the filling recipe<\/p>","CommentId":4,"DateRated":"12\/31\/2013 14:00","GUID":"26b7fee7c1a448098e8d86049b13c69e","MemberId":5013881,"Rating":5,"ScreenName":"Marmalady","SubmittedDate":"12\/31\/2013 13:59"},{"Comment":"","CommentId":5,"DateRated":"06\/02\/2013 18:15","GUID":"8AD18B599B984E4CB74DAAA51D3A6BD1","MemberId":4077418,"Rating":0,"ScreenName":"lalanee","SubmittedDate":"06\/02\/2013 18:15"},{"Comment":"<p>Great cake!  I made in an 8x8 pan, cutting the cake ingredients in half and making the filling as stated because I wanted to try it out and there&#39;s only 2 of us.  Came out great!  Will definitely make again using the entire recipe.<\/p>","CommentId":6,"DateRated":"04\/18\/2013 16:30","GUID":"2BE02F9E71D54683AC837138CF486118","MemberId":862646,"Rating":5,"ScreenName":"jbab","SubmittedDate":"04\/18\/2013 16:30"},{"Comment":"<p>I recall making this recipe before &amp; the results were great!<\/p>","CommentId":7,"DateRated":"06\/16\/2012 08:54","GUID":"d052fe7a9f4541dabf871f32b43f88ca","MemberId":3766053,"Rating":5,"ScreenName":"delowenstein","SubmittedDate":"06\/16\/2012 08:55"},{"Comment":"<p>Very good! This is a super simple and moist cake. I love the fact that you don&#39;t have to frost it because peanut butter filling is baked in the cake. The only problem I had was that the peanut butter mixture sort-of slid to the middle of the cake and the edge pieces ended up not having much of the filling. I don&#39;t know if this can be prevented, but let me know if anyone has a suggestion to correct this problem. 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