This past Saturday I made a cake for my nephew's birthday party. When I made the batter I had a little left over so I poured it in a 4inch pan for a little family snack. My oven is very small so I decided to wait until the other cakes came out before I baked my little one. I had just pulled the big cakes out and put the little one in when my husband asked me to run an errand with him. I figured no big deal, the little cake can wait another 20 minutes. I turned off the oven and we went out the door. We came back 2 HOURS later and my big cakes were cool and ready to decorate. I decorated the cake, did the dishes, made dinner for the family, watched Family Guy and went to bed. I totally forgot about the little pan of batter in the oven. 
I just remembered it this morning! Needless to say I trashed the batter.
Better to have forgotten to bake it, than to forget to turn the oven off before you left the house!!
I do this sort of thing all the time...I set a timer for everything. Sometimes when I open the oven to rotate the pans I put the convection fan on for a minute or two to get the hot air circluated after closing the oven door. If I don't set a timer, I forget to shut it off...and have burned more than one cake that way. I forget everything.
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