Terabith Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 I tried this lemon cake recipe. It involved sifting and zesting and all sorts of crazy stuff, but I figured, "How hard could it be?" Also, due to my previous bad experiences with round cake pans, I decided I would put it into my 9x13 rectangle pan and just watch it closely and adjust cooking time. This was a mistake. It legit exploded. There is cake batter (but lemon zesty!) all over the inside of the oven. Also, part of the remaining batter is brown. The other part is completely liquid. I promise gunpowder wasn't one of the ingredients. Unless, is buttermilk a synonym for gunpowder? 1 20 Quote
maize Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 Wow! Exploding cake takes real talent 😄 I'm impressed you seem to have survived the exploding cake with your humor intact! 7 Quote
Terabith Posted April 16, 2020 Author Posted April 16, 2020 Okay, so I decided to go ahead and finish baking the monstrosity of a cake, even after it exploded. I went "till toothpick comes out clean," which means some parts were black. But then I put frosting on it, because frosting covers a multitude of sins. And...the texture is weird, kind of like lemon bars mixed with lemon cookies, but spongier. But, it tastes GREAT. If a cake can legitimately explode and still turn out pretty darn okay, you know it's a good cake. 9 1 1 Quote
Terabith Posted April 16, 2020 Author Posted April 16, 2020 Also, my husband says, "Oh yeah. The oven temperature is like 20 degrees off, but it fluctuates. A lot." So maybe that's the answer to part of my baking woes? 2 4 Quote
gardenmom5 Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Terabith said: I tried this lemon cake recipe. It involved sifting and zesting and all sorts of crazy stuff, but I figured, "How hard could it be?" Also, due to my previous bad experiences with round cake pans, I decided I would put it into my 9x13 rectangle pan and just watch it closely and adjust cooking time. This was a mistake. It legit exploded. There is cake batter (but lemon zesty!) all over the inside of the oven. Also, part of the remaining batter is brown. The other part is completely liquid. I promise gunpowder wasn't one of the ingredients. Unless, is buttermilk a synonym for gunpowder? take heart - that doesn't sound like a squib. That sounds like Seamus Finnegan. He was always unintentionally blowing things up. Edited April 16, 2020 by gardenmom5 2 6 Quote
RootAnn Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 6 hours ago, Terabith said: Also, my husband says, "Oh yeah. The oven temperature is like 20 degrees off, but it fluctuates. A lot." So maybe that's the answer to part of my baking woes? I'd say this is a wand issue. 6 3 Quote
Tanaqui Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 9 hours ago, gardenmom5 said: take heart - that doesn't sound like a squib. That sounds like Seamus Finnegan. He was always unintentionally blowing things up. Wasn't that Neville? And yes, that was at least 50% a wand issue in his case, just like in this one. 1 Quote
gardenmom5 Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Tanaqui said: Wasn't that Neville? And yes, that was at least 50% a wand issue in his case, just like in this one. It was Seamus with the "particular proclivity for pyrotechnics". (re: Professor McGonagall.) eta: - it was Ron with the wand issue leading to disasters. His had been broken, and he tried to mend it with spell-o-tape. Edited April 16, 2020 by gardenmom5 1 Quote
Tanaqui Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, gardenmom5 said: It was Seamus with the "particular proclivity for pyrotechnics". (re: Professor McGonagall.) eta: - it was Ron with the wand issue leading to disasters. His had been broken, and he tried to mend it with spell-o-tape. NEVILLE is the one who blows stuff up in every potions class. He's using his father's wand, and we're told repeatedly throughout the series that using another person's wand - or inheriting one - often isn't as good as using your own wand. Neville's father's wand eventually breaks and then by book 7 he's quite competent in magic, despite his earlier ineptitude in everything but herbology. It's never actually *said* the issue was the wand (and also his general family issues, which are vast) but the facts speak for themselves. (Even in Hogwarts, I don't think the teachers are quite so lax as to give the carelessly explosive student a task to blow things up on purpose, btw. Sounds like they'd blow themselves up too early instead. That's why Neville had to have a buddy.) Edited April 16, 2020 by Tanaqui 2 Quote
gardenmom5 Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 36 minutes ago, Tanaqui said: (Even in Hogwarts, I don't think the teachers are quite so lax as to give the carelessly explosive student a task to blow things up on purpose, btw. Sounds like they'd blow themselves up too early instead. That's why Neville had to have a buddy.) Neville and Seamus were tasked with blowing up the bridge in the 7th movie. 2 Quote
Arcadia Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 13 hours ago, Terabith said: Also, my husband says, "Oh yeah. The oven temperature is like 20 degrees off, but it fluctuates. A lot." So maybe that's the answer to part of my baking woes? Good reason to buy an oven thermometer if you don’t have one. My aunts had those turbo convection oven and baked cakes in them. We (cousins, nephews, nieces and I) always have a fun time filling the “crater” with frosting or ice-cream. Our preferred is ice-cream 🙂 Quote
theelfqueen Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 Replace backing with Gardening and I'm your girl. My mom has a lush and magical backyard oasis and I have a sad basil plant on a windowsill. But it hasn't exploded, at least not yet 2 Quote
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