Okay, This Was Incredibly Stupid, But I Had To Laugh!
Decorating By tobycat Updated 3 Jul 2007 , 1:09pm by yh9080
So I'm making my strawberry cream filling recipe which I've made a lot(it's posted on here), and I'm cruising along -- la la la la -- when I notice that not only is the mixture not thickening up, but it's turned a shade of rusty, maroon, mauve color. Hmmm -- that's odd. 
And, hey, it's still not thickening, so I'll just add a little more to help it out. Hmmm -- now, it's rising a bit, but the strawberries appear to be disintegrating! 
What gives??? It doens't even taste that good. Well, maybe I'll just need to add a bit more baking powder.......hey, wait a second! BAKING POWDER!!!! I'd been adding baking powder instead of CORNSTARCH! 
Yes, I wasted a perfectly good 40 oz bag of strawberries, and yes, I wasted a lot of baking powder, BUT, I figured out why the mixture kept rising, and I learned that baking powder will basically eat/disintigrate strawberries.
Sure glad I didn't plow forward and add it to the cake! I must really have been in la la land on that one!
S.
i won't even mention the time i bough royal icing flowers, and thought i could dye them by soaking them in a solution of watered-down gel color.
the pile of mush sure was a pretty color,though.
i won't even mention the time i bough royal icing flowers, and thought i could dye them by soaking them in a solution of watered-down gel color.
the pile of mush sure was a pretty color,though.
Ah, at least I know I am not the only one who does some mindless things. I once used salt instead of sugar in a batch of cakes. They were both in big bins, and I was rushing. Ooops!
oohh how about this one...I was making triple choclate cranberry OATMEAL cookies...got them in the oven, told my assistant to keep an eye on them while I delivered a cake, got about 5 miles up the road when I realized I forgot to add the oatmeal!! 
I made a couple of batchs of fondant last month using the same recipe I always use and couldn't figure out why it was so soft. I blamed it on the humidity and soldiered on. The next time I made it, I realized that the previous time, I had used 1 cup corn syrup instead of 1/2 cup!
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