Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail.
As I have a month where I have decided to challenge myself with the writing, I decided to try one of WordPress’ writing promts. Today was one that I feel could give all a laugh.
I am not too bad when it comes to cooking, but even if my baking usually tastes nice the way it looks can leave a lot to be desired.
The story I want to share happened when I was a student. I did a lot more baking back then as I had the time and it was cheaper than buying. But one time I was going to have some guests over that had never visited before and I decided to bake a cake. It turned out quite well out of the oven and I was very proud. Then as I was slicing it to put the cheese cream between the layers I managed to drop the top down on the table and I had to make more creme to make sure I could pusle it together. I did my best to make it look ok, but it really did look like a Frankenstein cake. The guests had a real laugh when they saw it. But it still tasted very nice and that is the most important bit.
Other fails I have witnesed and laught at was one of my roommates making a chilli and went to pee after chopping the chillies. The scream could be heard for miles. A family friend had proudly baked a cake and as she was about to serve it managed to sit on the cake she had left on her chair, not a piece, the whole cake.
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Maja, you are way ahead of me in the baking department! I’m once again a bachelor and can cook things but what you made isn’t something I would try. I’ll try one of yours! 😊🤤❤️
If you find yourself in Stavanger John, I would gladly bake you something
Aw, that’s so sweet of you, Maja!! I think its a bit too far but you are awesome! ❤️❤️❤️
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Taste is all that matters❣
Luckily!
I have shared a number of my epic fails in the kitchen and they are sometimes better stories than if it all went well – and as you said, they tasted good so have fun!
It’s easier and much more fun to remember the times that went wrong!
Tasting good makes up for a lot of things Maja. Happy Tuesday. Allan
Yes, it does (thankfully). Have a great day Allan!
Sitting on a cake that is a mistake. Your story reminded me when I made a cake covered by caramel fudge for work. It looked good at home. However, on the train on the way to work the strawberry jam and vanilla sauce inside the cake started sweating and the cake got too moist and collapsed and spread out so it looked like a giant frisbee. People were laughing but it tasted good.
Haha, I can imagine! Today we could have just called them deconsrtructed cake and served them somewhere fancy
Ha ha you are right.
Oh, I snorted at the jalapeño story! 😂 🌶️ My goodness!
It still makes me chuckle sometimes
Taste is all that matters in the end. 😊
And I am very grateful for that!
You made me giggle indeed, masgautsen. Sometimes, cooking fails, but there’s unexpected joy in it. I think I will look forward to your writing prompts. It’s fun to answer.
Thank you Hazel! We always remember the times it fails as they make for the best stories.
Yes. My pleasure, masgautsen. Enjoy your Wednesday!
You too!
It is the taste, the fun and great stories to tell later that counts. Thanks for sharing. The chilli incident is funny but does not sound like it was fun, lol. I had a friend who was putting hot peppers on a pizza and accidently rubbed their eye. We had all had a good laugh after they came back from the hospital.
Thank you, you are right. The chilli incedent was very funny for me as I was in the kitchen and heard the scream from the bathrom. I imedeatly understood what happened.and laughed. I have also done the eye thing. It stung a good bit but I was fixing my contact lens and that took the worst of it.
Oh funny stories about fails. But oh my, the chilli one. I don’t like chilli, so you wouldn’t see me using it. But I am aware of washing hands well before doing anything else, after handling one. And I have heard how msny get caught out by touching their eyes or something, before they washed their hands. Ouch.
As for my cooking fail. A baking fail that still was edible and sometimes now I deliberately make them this way, just for fun and memories. Peticoat tails I made often from being at school into adulthood from my mum’s old cook book.(These are shortbread biscuits) I have never failed baking them, until one day as a young adult, when I pulled them out the oven. On this occasion they were noticeably very different. They had risen. I then realised that the flour that we had wasn’t plain as I thought. But self-raising. I swore blind I first read plain to checking what flour we had. But when I went back to check after noticing the above. I then seen it was self-raising. It was at first a different aquired taste. They had a crumble texture I can remember first saying when I bit into one wondering if they were going to be edible. Me and mum both laughed that day. But enjoyed them no less.
That is a fail that turned in to a lovely experience and I am sure a cherised memory. Not doing everything right all the time makes for the best stories and memories. Thank you for sharing.
Yes. A cherished memory. 😊
Today you shared something shortcut tip! Easy and quick one.👍🏻🎉
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If it’s still edible it is a win.
Hehe, that is a good way of looking at it!
We are not very skilled at baking and cooking, it’s not a priority for us.
There was a time when Kb baked our bread, as we couldn’t eat this soft white bread that was standard in England at that time. Kb’s friend from South Africa came for a visit. We don’t know what happened, but the bread turned out to be rock hard, uneatable. You could use it as a brick. Fortunately, we had some proper dark rye bread from Germany in the freezer.
Now we can buy perfectly baked sourdough bread and dark rye bread in our village. Kb doesn’t need to bake bread any more.
Keep well
The Fab Four of Cley
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Fresh bread is really nice, I used to bake a bit myself, but I am happy I live close to a bakery now!
All good same lol Devin Lawson Thunder Bay
Thank you!
What a fun post it gave me a giggle.
Thank you, gald to make you giggle. It makes me giggle when I think of it too!
I love this story! 😂 It’s such a great reminder that the best baking memories aren’t always about perfection but about the laughs and flavors we share. A “Frankenstein cake” that still tastes amazing sounds like a win in my book… and those chili and cake mishaps are the kind of kitchen legends people never forget!
Thank you, you are very right. we never remember the cake that turn out just fine, or the times you avoid getting chilli on your willy!
Great story!
Thank you!
Good job
Thank you!
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Yes, really!
Those are some pretty good stories. Made me laugh. I have probably NEVER had a cake come out well. I had horrible ovens and they didn’t bake level so by decorating time, I had to fill caverns with frosting as you did. Cookies always came out fine. Cooking??? Not so much. Edible but nothing to brag about. 🙂
It is the worst ones you remember the best! Glad to have made you laugh Marlene 🙂
That sounds like such a fun challenge! ✍️✨ Writing prompts are a great way to spark creativity — and sharing a laugh through cooking stories will definitely make it even more enjoyable. 🍳😂
Thank you, I do agree. I enjoyed the challenge
Masgausten! Absent since a long time.