I must admit that my overall optimism was high while putting this together to bake. I was pretty excited! However, once I baked the bread, and turned it out onto to a platter... well. It was pretty to look at, but the butter crystalized the sugar while cooking, so the top and sides were a crunchy, sticky mess, and not in a good way! The flavor was OKAY, but it certainly could use a little more zip, or pep, because it was a rather bland tasting sweet bread. I wouldn't recommend this. The idea was good, but the bread was a fail. :( Sorry.