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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago
Northampton Somewhere |
"No I well and truly hashed up toad in the hole the other day it was like a sausage cake it was so bad....
I hang my head in shame  "
I sometimes make a kind of flapjack looking toad in the hole. It's so disappointing  My kids dread me doing that for tea now!! |
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By *ty31Man
over a year ago
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Not a baking disaster but I did fuck up massively with some really really hot chillis (bhut jolokia) a couple of years ago.
Chopped them up, not wearing gloves. Midway thru cooking I had to go to the bathroom to answer the call of nature and forgot to wash hands first. Downstairs was on fire for what seemed like ages. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"No I well and truly hashed up toad in the hole the other day it was like a sausage cake it was so bad....
I hang my head in shame
I sometimes make a kind of flapjack looking toad in the hole. It's so disappointing My kids dread me doing that for tea now!!"
Yeah the school cook does a much better job mine inform me  |
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"I'm a masturbater!
Thanks for sharing that with us  Oh and will you marry me you sexy bastard?  "
Hmmm I don't remember writing it like that! And no I don't do marriage sorry but I'm flattered you asked |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm a masturbater!
Thanks for sharing that with us Oh and will you marry me you sexy bastard?
Hmmm I don't remember writing it like that! And no I don't do marriage sorry but I'm flattered you asked "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I had one the other week baking cakes and think I'm about to make one today!!
Am I alone in this? "
Never mind what it looks like, how does it taste ?
Oh and I found and made one awesome choc salted caramel torte. Easy so if you'd like the receipe let me know.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I've had my fair share over the years as I run a cake business part time. I've mastered most of my usuals now but macarons and eclairs used to be my Achilles heel, think I'll give them another go as not tried them in years.
What is it your making? X |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I've had my fair share over the years as I run a cake business part time. I've mastered most of my usuals now but macarons and eclairs used to be my Achilles heel, think I'll give them another go as not tried them in years.
What is it your making? X "
The other week was fairy cakes made with coconut flour and I didn't realise you needed less of this flour than normal flour, they were a disaster and even tasted yuk!
Today was lemon butter biscuits, but I lynink I put too much lemon juice in as the mixture was quite wet and sticky, you had to put it in the fridge to go like dough for 2 hours or so and then roll it out and cut biscuits, it was still sticky in places so back in the fridge it goes till later!! If it's any good |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I've had my fair share over the years as I run a cake business part time. I've mastered most of my usuals now but macarons and eclairs used to be my Achilles heel, think I'll give them another go as not tried them in years.
What is it your making? X
The other week was fairy cakes made with coconut flour and I didn't realise you needed less of this flour than normal flour, they were a disaster and even tasted yuk!
Today was lemon butter biscuits, but I lynink I put too much lemon juice in as the mixture was quite wet and sticky, you had to put it in the fridge to go like dough for 2 hours or so and then roll it out and cut biscuits, it was still sticky in places so back in the fridge it goes till later!! If it's any good "
You may need to add more flour as even if you get it stiff enough to cut they may spread too much in the oven - good luck xx |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I've had my fair share over the years as I run a cake business part time. I've mastered most of my usuals now but macarons and eclairs used to be my Achilles heel, think I'll give them another go as not tried them in years.
What is it your making? X
The other week was fairy cakes made with coconut flour and I didn't realise you needed less of this flour than normal flour, they were a disaster and even tasted yuk!
Today was lemon butter biscuits, but I lynink I put too much lemon juice in as the mixture was quite wet and sticky, you had to put it in the fridge to go like dough for 2 hours or so and then roll it out and cut biscuits, it was still sticky in places so back in the fridge it goes till later!! If it's any good
You may need to add more flour as even if you get it stiff enough to cut they may spread too much in the oven - good luck xx "
I added some more whilst trying to roll it out, I did roll out, but stuck underneath thanks for you're help, I will add more |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"i once made a wonderful ( it tasted really good) sponge cake 2 cm high. It just didnt rise at all."
Did you use plain flour instead of self raising? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I've had my fair share over the years as I run a cake business part time. I've mastered most of my usuals now but macarons and eclairs used to be my Achilles heel, think I'll give them another go as not tried them in years.
What is it your making? X
The other week was fairy cakes made with coconut flour and I didn't realise you needed less of this flour than normal flour, they were a disaster and even tasted yuk!
Today was lemon butter biscuits, but I lynink I put too much lemon juice in as the mixture was quite wet and sticky, you had to put it in the fridge to go like dough for 2 hours or so and then roll it out and cut biscuits, it was still sticky in places so back in the fridge it goes till later!! If it's any good
You may need to add more flour as even if you get it stiff enough to cut they may spread too much in the oven - good luck xx "
Iv got a (hopefully) lovely tasting homemade lasagna in the oven |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"No!
I thought I'd be kind and make my Dad a Christmas cake last year. I didn't read the oven temp/time right and nearly burnt my flat down! "
I knew you would cheer me up Dirty |
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This happened at school, not to me but we did all find it funny.
In Cookery we were making pineapple upside down cake, as you do. The girl it happened to got hers out of the oven just as it was ready.
She misjudged the clearance needed to remove it safely and caught the edge of the cake tin on the roof of the oven. The cake tin spun out of her hand and the cake itself landed perfectly on the over door.
The teacher had to come over and mark the cake before it was scooped off and thrown away. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"This happened at school, not to me but we did all find it funny.
In Cookery we were making pineapple upside down cake, as you do. The girl it happened to got hers out of the oven just as it was ready.
She misjudged the clearance needed to remove it safely and caught the edge of the cake tin on the roof of the oven. The cake tin spun out of her hand and the cake itself landed perfectly on the over door.
The teacher had to come over and mark the cake before it was scooped off and thrown away."
Awwwww noooooo. Did she see the funny side to it? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"A baking disaster can often be disguised in some way
My cakes the other week couldn't
Ive baked a cake and forgotten the sugar but turned it into a bread 7 butter pudding style dessert."
Your good! I threw mine away |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"You've got me craving a slice now 
I'm going to have to get my pans out tomorrow and pop something in the oven 
Now what should I bake ? "
Can you make me some nice cake please?
I'm fed up of trying  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"You've got me craving a slice now
I'm going to have to get my pans out tomorrow and pop something in the oven
Now what should I bake ?
Can you make me some nice cake please?
I'm fed up of trying "
I'm fancying a bit of chocolate with double cream
But what would you like to nibble ?  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"You've got me craving a slice now
I'm going to have to get my pans out tomorrow and pop something in the oven
Now what should I bake ?
Can you make me some nice cake please?
I'm fed up of trying
I'm fancying a bit of chocolate with double cream
But what would you like to nibble ? "
Coconut cakes please |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"You've got me craving a slice now
I'm going to have to get my pans out tomorrow and pop something in the oven
Now what should I bake ?
Can you make me some nice cake please?
I'm fed up of trying
I'm fancying a bit of chocolate with double cream
But what would you like to nibble ?
Coconut cakes please "
sounds like a challenge 
I'll get my best pinny on and see what I can do |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"You've got me craving a slice now
I'm going to have to get my pans out tomorrow and pop something in the oven
Now what should I bake ?
Can you make me some nice cake please?
I'm fed up of trying
I'm fancying a bit of chocolate with double cream
But what would you like to nibble ?
Coconut cakes please
sounds like a challenge
I'll get my best pinny on and see what I can do "
Maybe you could add some bananas too  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"You've got me craving a slice now
I'm going to have to get my pans out tomorrow and pop something in the oven
Now what should I bake ?
Can you make me some nice cake please?
I'm fed up of trying
I'm fancying a bit of chocolate with double cream
But what would you like to nibble ?
Coconut cakes please
sounds like a challenge
I'll get my best pinny on and see what I can do
Maybe you could add some bananas too "
Do they go with coconut ?
I'll bake some banana bread too, then |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"You've got me craving a slice now
I'm going to have to get my pans out tomorrow and pop something in the oven
Now what should I bake ?
Can you make me some nice cake please?
I'm fed up of trying
I'm fancying a bit of chocolate with double cream
But what would you like to nibble ?
Coconut cakes please
sounds like a challenge
I'll get my best pinny on and see what I can do
Maybe you could add some bananas too
Do they go with coconut ?
I'll bake some banana bread too, then "
That's what I was trying to bake the other week! Banana and coconut muffins! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"You've got me craving a slice now
I'm going to have to get my pans out tomorrow and pop something in the oven
Now what should I bake ?
Can you make me some nice cake please?
I'm fed up of trying
I'm fancying a bit of chocolate with double cream
But what would you like to nibble ?
Coconut cakes please
sounds like a challenge
I'll get my best pinny on and see what I can do
Maybe you could add some bananas too
Do they go with coconut ?
I'll bake some banana bread too, then
That's what I was trying to bake the other week! Banana and coconut muffins! "
I'd better get them right then |
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"This happened at school, not to me but we did all find it funny.
In Cookery we were making pineapple upside down cake, as you do. The girl it happened to got hers out of the oven just as it was ready.
She misjudged the clearance needed to remove it safely and caught the edge of the cake tin on the roof of the oven. The cake tin spun out of her hand and the cake itself landed perfectly on the over door.
The teacher had to come over and mark the cake before it was scooped off and thrown away.
Awwwww noooooo. Did she see the funny side to it? "
Yes thankfully, the room was a mass of giggles |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"This happened at school, not to me but we did all find it funny.
In Cookery we were making pineapple upside down cake, as you do. The girl it happened to got hers out of the oven just as it was ready.
She misjudged the clearance needed to remove it safely and caught the edge of the cake tin on the roof of the oven. The cake tin spun out of her hand and the cake itself landed perfectly on the over door.
The teacher had to come over and mark the cake before it was scooped off and thrown away.
Awwwww noooooo. Did she see the funny side to it?
Yes thankfully, the room was a mass of giggles "
I can imagine |
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I tend to love cooking victoria cake sponge
but i have an unusual habit of throwing other things into the mix as well
ive tried it with red and sometimes black cherries, raspberries, tangerines, strawberries all chopped up fine and mixed into the mix they do taste nice in the sponge cake but I also make buns as well
im the swine that will sit there with the cake mix and a spoon and scrape the bowl |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I have disasters too and I bake Loads! Its part of the creative process- rarely are they completely inedible though?"
I won't know about these biscuits until morning.
The cakes I made other week were completely inedible. Apologies if you were not asking that question. I wasn't sure. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I tend to love cooking victoria cake sponge
but i have an unusual habit of throwing other things into the mix as well
ive tried it with red and sometimes black cherries, raspberries, tangerines, strawberries all chopped up fine and mixed into the mix they do taste nice in the sponge cake but I also make buns as well
im the swine that will sit there with the cake mix and a spoon and scrape the bowl "
That's the best bit! And the only time I eat raw egg!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"This happened at school, not to me but we did all find it funny.
In Cookery we were making pineapple upside down cake, as you do. The girl it happened to got hers out of the oven just as it was ready.
She misjudged the clearance needed to remove it safely and caught the edge of the cake tin on the roof of the oven. The cake tin spun out of her hand and the cake itself landed perfectly on the over door.
The teacher had to come over and mark the cake before it was scooped off and thrown away."
While in all the years I did Home Ec I didn't see something like that a friend misread the amount of baking powder required for cupcakes. She put in a tablespoon instead of a teaspoon. More volcanic eruption than a gentle rise |
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"im the swine that will sit there with the cake mix and a spoon and scrape the bowl
That's the best bit! And the only time I eat raw egg!! "
yeah and its the only problem when you have kids as you have 2 do 2-3 bowls otherwise you dont get chance of the best bit
my own fault for letting them try it as I did as a child as always got asked to bake some more cakes just for the bowl that they wanted each |
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