Hi, Maggie! I work with iambaker and am happy to help with questions. I am glad you love the cake! Although we have not tried to cut this recipe in half, it usually is no problem to do so. I hope this helps, and have a great day!

I made this yesterday. I was worried it wouldn’t taste as good as it looks, the taste is fabulous. Cherry cake did take longer to bake. I added toasted, sugared almonds to the top of the chocolate layer. Thank you for this amazing recipe, where I live you can’t get Spumoni. Would have been nice to have the entire recipe on one page instead of having to click on so many links for full recipe. I halved the chocolate frosting , made full recipe for cherry and pistachio frosting.

You should always be able to taste test a recipe the first time you are making it… if only to know if it meets your standards and requirements! I am not sure what exactly you mean by heavy or which cake you are talking about? I know the pistachio cake does seem s bit dense because of the pudding mix, but that is normal. I am sure your friends will love it!