I am an avid baker. I can’t cook to save my life but baking is a big passion of mine. I have just not five minutes ago finished making homemade fudge for the first time and I am honestly a teeny bit proud of myself. I really thought it’d fail because I had a fudgy caramel slop for AGES before mixing but it worked!!! It worked! I currently have a full tray of soft, gorgeously crumbly fudge that is about a million calories per square (seriously, I know it sounds dull but I never realised how much SUGAR goes into fudge!) - I’ve made it for Christmas presents for some family members but omg it is taking all of my willpower not to eat the entire tray now.
A fail though... cookies. I ’made’ chocolate orange cookies once. My sister made them last year and they were gorgeous - soft, gooey, melted chocolate orange in the middle, little chocolate orange on top... beautiful. Ohhhh I thought, easy. I’d made chocolate chip cookies before and they were fine... I had High Hopes! The mixture was made, the house smelled like an orchard and/or as If I was living inside a chocolate orange....
...they came out flat, as If they had melted into the tray, and what was salvageable was hard/crispy. I cried. To this day I have no idea what i did wrong because I hadn’t changed the recipe or method any. The Baking Gods must’ve been pissed off!
So! Bakers of tattle, what have been your greats and your not so greats? Recipes welcome
(This is mostly a shameless boast about my fudge and I am not sorry.
Imade it by scratch with unicorn tears, obviously used this recipe!
A fail though... cookies. I ’made’ chocolate orange cookies once. My sister made them last year and they were gorgeous - soft, gooey, melted chocolate orange in the middle, little chocolate orange on top... beautiful. Ohhhh I thought, easy. I’d made chocolate chip cookies before and they were fine... I had High Hopes! The mixture was made, the house smelled like an orchard and/or as If I was living inside a chocolate orange....
...they came out flat, as If they had melted into the tray, and what was salvageable was hard/crispy. I cried. To this day I have no idea what i did wrong because I hadn’t changed the recipe or method any. The Baking Gods must’ve been pissed off!
So! Bakers of tattle, what have been your greats and your not so greats? Recipes welcome
(This is mostly a shameless boast about my fudge and I am not sorry.
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