Leave it to Santa to bring Charlotte an Easy Bake Oven. Helping her try to make too-small-to-even-be-worth-the-effort cupcakes was a disaster this afternoon. I managed to get the tray stuck inside the thing and had to get Daddy to help fish it out. Not before I slopped cake batter all over the little metal doors inside that have to be closed on both sides to indicate the baked good is cooking. Well thanks to an impossible oven exit strategy Charlotte’s first creation was overcooked. And I misread the frosting mix directions to add one tablespoon of water instead of one teaspoon. It looked like cold pink soup. My mom used to add powdered sugar to thicken up her frosting–I actually retained that one. Of course I poured in too much and a few stirs rendered it somewhere between thick paste and cement. I suck at cooking with real ovens and little kid ones.
Posted under Baby Thomas: Month 54
This post was written by Tara on December 27, 2012
And how did Charlotte react to her mother’s cooking “expertise”? Hope the next baking experience is more positive! I’ll bet it still tasted good!
Might be more productive and easier to teach her how to make cupcakes with a cake mix in your oven, she needs to learn sometime anyway.
I love your posts, Tara!
I never had the oven as a child. My oldest one received one a couple years ago. Over rated!! Wish it wasn’t,but it was. We used it twice and was donated somewhere. I like to bake and so do both the girls. But, baking just means eating more treats. I try to include them more in food prepration for meals. Maybe the girls will be better meal planners than me someday. I would rather bake treats than cook a meal anyday! Enjoy your much earned time off.