I am not a professional cake decorator or baker, so I make a lot of mistakes. Because my professional reputation is not on the line, but mostly because I don’t give a shit, I feel no embarrassment in sharing my fails with people. If you pay attention, you might fuckin’ learn something.
Fail #1: Not paying attention to recommended temperatures.
I thought I had this baking shit down, but not too long ago I burnt a cake while teaching a friend how to bake. It taught her the valuable lesson of not having the temperature a 100 degrees over what’s recommended.
Don’t let recommended temperatures tell you what to do! Unless, you don’t want to burn your cake.
Fail #2: Scraping a wonderfully decorated cake against the side of a pan, like a fuckhead.
The first time I decorated a cake all fancy n’ shit, I scrapped it against the side of the pan, which fucked it up a bit. I should probably be more careful with this shit.
Oh well, your friends probably aren’t professional cake decorators, so those fuckers will never notice, unless you put it up on the Interwebs and circle it in red.
Fail #3: KILL ALL THE FRUIT FLIES!
Trying to bake in an apartment filled with fruit flies is pretty fuckin’ ridiculous. Those flying assholes are attracted to anything sweet, so they will fly right ontowhatever I’m mixing or baking. I’ve lost many good cookies and cakes to fruit flies, or rather pieces of cookies and cakes. I didn’t throw away the whole batch. I’m not fuckin’ wasteful, and, you know, starving kids in Africa and some junk.
Nommy! A fuckin’ smashed fruit fly!
Cat fur in my baked goods is a whole different story, and a more frequent occurrence.
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The Foul-Mouthed Baker 