Kitchen

[house_cat]

I had two this weekend. 

The first was this coffee cake - looked and smelled delicious, but not cooked all the way through - totally my fault, I used the wrong size pan.

DH ate some of the top crust and I trashed the rest.

The second was this lite version of Starbucks pumpkin pound cake.  Again, DH ate a slice and said it was okay, but when I tasted it, I trashed it.  It was rubbery and even though it was the light version, not worth the calories.

@LTT1  I know you saw the recipe on FB - don't bother making it. I deleted the post...

I don't mind failures too much - I always learn from them, but life's too short to eat them anyway... into the trash they go.

Have you had any recent failures?

[DrKelli]

It wasn't recent, but it is one I will never forget.  I love to bake and I have a friend who has Celiac's so she never gets baked goods.  I was telling her about an apple cake that I love and she said "I have some coconut (or rice or some other gluten free flour)--would you make me one?"  I said sure and went over the ingredients to make sure she wasn't sensitive to anything else.

I made the cake and while it was in the bundt pan, it looked gorgeous; however, when I went to take it out of the pan, half of it fell apart and part of it stayed together.  I was MORTIFIED and texted her a picture and told her it was a big gluten free pile of cr** on a plate.  She made me bring it in to work for her and it actually tasted good, but I still refer to it as a big gluten free pile of cr** on a plate.  Turns out that with GF baking, you need to add xantham gum powder to make it stick together.

[Imaoldhippie]

Last week my pecan pie formed its own crust and was very dry.  I haave no idea what caused it or what happened.

[CelticCrafter]

@house_cat I learned a long time ago, don't make recipes from Facebook or Pinterest!  Epic fails.

[momtochloe]

Oh my friend @house_cat I do not see your baking as being a fail but I thought I would pass this along so you can more easily identify a failure when you see one:

http://www.lifebuzz.com/pinterest-fails/

[NorthernLights]

I'm always interested in the difference between the baker and the cook. I'm a horrible baker...I hate measuring, I always figure a great baker would make a great scientist.  I'm a good cook, let me start dancing and flinging spices everywhere...what could go wrong?

[homedecor1]

I've had some doozies during my baking days BUT this weekend was embarrassing!!

decided to "cheat" bought Betty Crocker pumpkin bar mix BUT made my own cream cheese icing to ice them.

Yikes they were dry & horrible!!! I used my 9x9 Temptations baker thinking it would be nice to serve them..(I never bake in them just Wilton pans) .I don't know if they cooked faster causing overcooking but they sure didn't look like the package - moist & appetizing!

My card ladies were nice they said "the cream cheese frosting is delicious" hmmmmm no comment about the bars just lots of coffee to wash it down!!! Lol😉

Although, I did get redemption I made chocolate chip cookies w/walnuts and they were excellent!😊

[I am still oxox]

I am a great cook and a terrible baker, my stove temp is uneven, so I do not bake. 

[Meowingkitty]

I made these salted Carmel filled brownies from a box. They tasted ok but they were a gooey mess. Didn’t cut properly and stuck to the pan and .very messy.

[JeanLouiseFinch]

I'm no fancy chef, but I'm comfortable in the kitchen.  I know how to follow recipes and can put out some very tasty meals and desserts (when I make them).  I'm sure most of you know of the easy cobbler/crisp type recipe made with canned pie filling, a dry cake mix, and butter.  I've tried it numerous times and for the life of me I don't know why it never turns out as expected.  The flavor is always good, but it doesn't get very cakey or crispy.  It's OK to eat the first day, and some vanilla ice cream can cover up anything, but by the second day, the topping seems to almost disintegrate and turn a little wet.