I took this book out from the library because of the reviews given. I made the 1-2-3-4 cake to use up some buttermilk I had. I looked on the back of the box of cake flour and saw this same recipe. The author changed from milk to buttermilk, and added baking soda besides the baking powder in the recipe. My cake overflowed all over my oven even though I followed instructions of using 3, 8-in. pans. The cake stuck to the pans, torn in clumps, I was able to piece it together because I am an expierienced baker. I never had this problem before and I bake from scratch quite a bit. It was tasteless, and my husband only ate half a piece and left the rest. The last cake I made, he ate 2 pieces because he couldn't help himself, it was so good. I returned the book to the library the next day. THIS IS NOT WORTH THE MONEY to buy the book. There are too many really good books with great recipes to waste your time with this one!