Four Bad Corners
Posted by Kirsty
April 19, 2008
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Well, I never claimed to be a domestic goddess in the kitchen, but even I am pretty ashamed of this poor, poor show. This is muffins, people – muffins. Banoffee muffins, to be precise. Except it’s just a big blob of mess.
I think the problem is that I used an American cups recipe without actually possessing measuring cups. It seems that Simon’s Tony the Tiger mug is not an adequate substitute. Who’da thunk it? I also place a lot of the blame on my oven; I used to make amazing gingerbread, but since I’ve moved flats each batch has gone spectacularly wrong. Bad oven.
I’m a little bit sad now.
14 comments Categories: adventure, recipes
April 19th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Awww that’s so sad. Happens to everyone sometimes though. Good on you for showing this, rather than perpetuating the myth that all baking turns out perfect.
I hope you found something else indulgent to eat instead.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Do you know, it’s quite a problem with muffins. I’ve ruined many a batch, even with recipes in proper pounds and ounces. Though it might be worth your while popping to Lakeland Plastics for some measuring cups…I keep meaning to, but I can’t trust myself in the place!
April 20th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Uh-oh! I think muffins are tricky, mine are always a tad chewy and don’t rise quite enough. Yeah, US recipes are pretty specific what sort of ‘cup’ they mean. I made banana bread last night but I used a kit so I don’t count it as much of an achievement…
April 20th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Oh no! If it is any consolation, I tried to make muffins tonight and mine didn’t work either (too much goo – think I used too many raspberries and should have defrosted them first).
My jug has cups on it, which made me very happy. :) I didn’t even know until tonight!
April 21st, 2008 at 8:56 am
I’m glad I’m not the only one! I made everyone eat them anyway and was assured that they tasted great, they just looked, well, yeah…
April 21st, 2008 at 9:26 am
I think a post on no-bake snacks is in order. Fridge cake and oat cookie bars, oh my…
April 21st, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Aargh! I had the same problem a couple of weeks ago. Must get some cups.
April 21st, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Please can someone post / tell me what fridge cake is! I feel like it’s some sort of exclusive club I’m not part of cos I have no idea what everyone is talking about….!
April 21st, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Aw, Em! All the corners are very excited about fridge cake, at the moment. It’s basically a cake that you don’t bake – you refrigerate! So, you’d get all your tasty ingredients – oats, nuts, fruit, crushed biscuits, toffee, etc – and mix them all up with an ingredient that goes hard in the fridge (like chocolate). Like grown-up rice krispie cakes. Well, that’s what I’ve decided fridge cake is, anyway – I could have made that up!
April 21st, 2008 at 3:15 pm
And on the subject of fridge cake – Simon has renounced chocolate; what can I make him a delicious fridge cake from instead? He loves toffee, fudge, bananas, strawberries, dried fruit, but not cherries, nuts, other actual fruit.
April 22nd, 2008 at 3:42 pm
http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/lemon-and-lime-refrigerator-cake,849,RC.html
This one doesn’t have chocolate… maybe you could use it for ideas? :)
April 24th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Or caramel!! That is runny then sets, right? yum.
April 24th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Yeah! Si loves caramel.
April 28th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
They exploded!
aaaawwwwwwww! big hugs