This is a wonderful cake with a lot of resiliance in the baking! I found that the time was not enough - although I baked in a bundt pan, so perhaps that's the reason. I confess to not checking the readiness, but it looked nice and golden on top. I froze it a bit and turned it out of the pan and lo and behold, it was not cooked enough! I ended up having to cook it up a few more minutes in the microwave!!! and it still turned out moist and delicious. Since I was baking with my 4 year old, we opted to put chocolate chips in it and use chocolate frosting. I thought this would be too much, but I have to say that I actually think it may be a better combo than the cream cheese! The sweetness of the cake was wonderfully counterbalanced with the chocolate!