Thursday, October 14, 2010

Friday Fails ~ Pound Cake

The lovely Myra at My Blessed Life always hosts Friday Fails.  I love a woman that can publicly admit her fails!  I KNOW you know I have fails...regularly.  I just don't always think about blogging them (and I host CHOCOLATE Fridays so my mind is usually on that - I have priorities you know)!

This one was just too good to pass up and I even thought to take a pic.  I was making some desserts that a friend had requested and decided to add a pound cake for her as a surprise.  Of course I should have baked it the night before since I had a hair appointment scheduled in the morning and the pound cake takes an hour and a half to bake.  But I didn't.  So I got up early - not early enough of course - and hurried to get the cake in the oven to finish before my appointment.

It finished up and I took it out of the oven.  I was now running late for my hair appointment as I took too long making the cake!  I was going to be gone quite a while so I wanted to get the cake out of the pan before I left.  It started coming out...and then...disaster!

The cake broke into 4 - yes FOUR pieces, some tumbling onto the table and some burning my arm.  And I had to leave - right then.  *sigh*  I put the pieces onto the rack and left.  Here they are:

Didn't exactly fit my vision of presenting my friend with a nice big pound cake!  Well, I needed a little consolation for this fail:

That helped - LOL!!  I did rescue the fail by slicing off the damaged ends and cutting several slices which I took to my friend!  My family actually liked my fail as it left several pound cake scraps for us to eat and I even froze a chunk to be a nice little bit of dessert some other time.

So I guess it doesn't pay to do things last-minute or to rush.  Maybe I'll grow up someday and learn that.  :)

Doesn't that make you feel better?  If you like to hear other fails (so you know you're not alone - LOL), then stop by My Blessed Life for Friday Fails!

Have a fail-free day friends!

7 comments:

  1. Oh, can I relate to that! It's always the time you're baking for someone else or for a special occasion, too!

    Glad that you were able to salvage some pieces for your friend and your family!

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  2. Oh Lisa, that is funny! I have MANY fails, I am prone to them I think, lol. Wish I had more photos of them though. :)

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  3. I feel better. I really really do!! LOL!

    Big if you have to make a mistake at least make one you can eat size hugs to you!!

    Love you girlie!

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  4. Oh that makes me feel so much better! I'm always failing in the kitchen. Glad to know it happens to others too ;)

    Take care my friend!
    Hope you have a great weekend!

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  5. I have many a food fail (in fact that's my friday fail this week) - not giving myself enough time is often the culprit.

    Your "fail" looks yummy tho!

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  6. I would definitely do the same...so sure that I could fit it in, and then make some mistake. When will we learn? :)
    Thanks for stopping by my blog. Nice to see new people!
    I'll definitely be adding you to my Reader; I always need more chocolate recipes.
    I'm making a chocolate chip cheesecake today. I'll try to remember to link up next Friday!

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