I really like baking.
Really I do. I am not that good at it though, but it makes me yell of pure
frustration, throw a lot of things around the kitchen, scare my husband and
then when I see the end product..bliss and sometimes a tantrum. Yup, that’s my order
of baking.
So, my friend is
visiting from Australia and she came to stay with us for 1 night (which would
have been 3 weeks, but due to super allergic reactions to my kitty she could
not-I forgive you my friend-I’m joking with you. It was really super bad..the
allergies)
I wanted to treat her
to some dessert after dinner and I found this lovely 7 minute recipe for
microwave chocolate cake and it was a “Eureka” –moment. Not expensive at all
and easy peasy...IF you follow and read the recipe BEFORE you start baking and
NOT substitute any ingredient.
As I was taught in
school in Home Economics, I collected all the ingredients and grouped them
together and got everything
ready (almost). I did not have coco and white sugar so that’s the two
ingredients I substituted with brown sugar and coffee.
And off I go. Start my
video and I am happy and excited and tongue tied. First mistake, I added
ingredients together that should not have been added together and I am all
chatty and realise this when I actually read the instructions. Embarrassing!!
Well, you just laugh it off. Second mistake, halfway through I realise I did
not add the baking powder. Third mistake, I had a pretty good plan for the bowl
(I did not have), I just created my own, which would have worked if it was
bigger...
So, after I
“corrected” my “little” mistakes, the cake is on its way to the microwave in a
make-shift bowl and ready for the 7 minute heat. In my excitement I watched the
microwave like a hawk and I promise you it did not make it to 3 minutes when I
saw it all going way west.
Half of the batter
boiled over onto the glass and my first reaction is “man, now I have to clean
all of it”and damn, we might not have cake (keeping in my mind that I threw a
little tantrum if you remembered what I told you in the beginning). In a way to
“save” the cake I adjusted the watt of the microwave, but it was too late. I
let the 7 minutes run out and yes, this is what I was left with...
Not to disappoint my
viewers and convince myself that it is not THAT bad, I let it cool, got it out
of the bowl (by the way it broke into pieces) and presented it. It was not a
pretty picture, but I was in such a great mood that I laughed about it and
thought; well this is going to make a great video and blog off course.
I learned a few
lessons:
* Do not substitute
ingredients the first time around and after you understand what the functions
of each are.
*READ, with reading
you will go far in life.
*Laughing is the best
medicine
We had a laugh at my
little mishap, my friend said it did not taste that bad (I knew it did, coffee
is not a good substitute for coco) and we enjoyed our cup of coffee. I made a
promise that I will bake her something marvelous and I will re-bake the cake
(after pay day). So I got some stuff to do and a promise to keep!
Keep smiling, let me
know your thoughts in the comment section
Speak to you soon or
sooner!
exoxo
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