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I tried to make fairy food for my FH's mother for her birthday and I ended up with a horrible brittle-like candy (for those of you who don't know what fairy food is, it's mostly a northern treat that is supposed to be very light crispy and airy) . I tried twice! I was very disheartened to say the least! I have absolutely no idea what went wrong... followed that recipe to a tee... *grumble grumble*
It might not rise as much, but it might still be good! I think the baking soda and baking powder react together to make breads rise... good luck, let us know how it turns out. :)
P.S. It can't be worse than when Cher baked the tube of cookies in Clueless... "Aw honey, you baked!"
I think it will still be edible, just not the same consistency. Hopefully!
I once made cookies when I was in middle school so I really didn't know what was going on as long as I followed the recipe. Somehow, I skipped an entire step and never put in baking powder... or flour. Nope, no flower. The batter just melted and ran all over the pan; it was almost like a brittle. Tasty but really weird to eat.
This totally sounds like something I would do.
I made brownies the other day. I SWEAR when they went in the oven the pan was completely level, as were the concents of the brownie batter in the pan. When the brownies were done they were completely unlevel! It was like there were little hills in them. Weird! They tasted the same but I swear my kitchen is out to get me.
I did that with a banana bread a few years ago. It was like a brick. I hope yours will be better :(
Once I was making cookies for BF, and realized that I'd mixed all of the dry ingredients together instead of creaming the sugars and butter.
It was a common problem, since I was just learning to make cookies. I've gotten better about it, but only because I make sure to dump the butter and sugar in the same pot while the butter softens.
Once I made a creme de menthe cheesecake, and misread the recipe. I put in for tbsp of creme de menthe, when I should have put in 4 tsp. It was still tasty, and I don't think I'm going to try it with 4 tsp if I ever make it again.
My big problem is always starting a recipe and not making sure I have all of the ingredients! I'm always running out of flour, sugar, something!
Update: The banana bread came out of the oven, and rose surprisingly well!! I haven't eaten any yet though - I'll wait for FI to get home to give it a taste test.
@Helstrong - EVERYTIME I make brownies that happens! They still taste good, but they are all hilly, never flat like the brownie pictures... I wonder why that is?
@Amaryllis - LOL, I had to make french toast for Home Economics in junior high. I forgot the EGG. I just ended up with a soggy piece of bread...wonder why? :P
I promise I am actually a decent baker, my head is just in the clouds today!
I make stupid mistakes all the time on the recipes I have memorized - pancakes, brownies, cookies, etc. So I can make French tarts or Swiss buttercream easily, but I accidentally get the brown to white sugar ratio wrong in simple cookies, haha.
Ate the banana bread - it was a sucess! Guess the baking powder wasn't too important in this case... it was just a bit more dense than usual. But banana bread usually isn't super fluffy anyway, so I don't think it mattered.
I had to comment just because I've done exactly the same thing. Seriously - banana bread, forgot the baking powder, realized it just after it went in the oven. I've actually made the banana bread recipe again since then (with baking powder) and my fiance swears he like it better when I messed up. I guess he liked the dense gooey texture.
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I decided to bake some banana bread as a surprise for my FI. I just popped it in the oven, then had a look at the ingredients list again...whoops, forgot the baking powder. Uggggggh. Here's hoping it will still be edible :( It still has baking soda at least...
Anyone else make a baking snafu lately? Normally I am so on top of this sort of thing!