My first solo turkey barely fit in my oven where I lived once. It almost flowed over with the juices the pan was so small. It was that close to being one of these.
hey better than my first cheesecake, my first cheese cake i didnt mix it well enough and after spending 2 days in the fridge it had the consistancy of milkshake... with a biscuity base. it tasted good but uh.. you couldnt exactly slice it lol
one time she excitedly told me that for the first time ever, it came out flawlessly with no cracks on the top. I said that's great! So what did she do differently this time?
And she looked rather sheepish and said she followed the recipe.
My mom liked to experiment when she cooked.
(In this case, she tried using the recommended water bath for the first time)
These are awesome because every single great baker has started right here. lol
My Mom let me start baking in middle school. Layered box cakes only. My cakes kept coming out uneven, or lopsided, because I didn't understand you had to smooth the batter after you pour it into the pan.
The fun part was that I became a chubby kid baking a cake whenever there was mix in the house. lmaoooo
I bake a lot and it's rather overcooked- cheesecake shouldn't have a toasty looking color on top and it should be very smooth, not rippled in the center. But it's probably still going to be good. I personally like them slightly overdone. It takes a while to learn what level of jiggle actually means they've finished baking and I wouldn't expect most first timers to use a water bath so yes- it's still great for a first attempt even if it doesn't meet all the "standards".
Also most of the brownies were messed up because people used an electric mixer. Brownies and things like biscuits should only be hand stirred and it's okay if the batter is still lumpy.
I am also not much of a baker, i can make a serviceable focaccia, in fact, basic breads are kinda easy, its stuff like pastry and cakes where i begin to fail pretty hard.
I don't even like cheesecake and I can tell that's probably gonna be a good one. Also looks like they lined the bottom with tin foil, so they don't have to deal with it sticking to the spring pan at all. Very well done.
Most of them? Like if your foil is ripping up just from it being used you need to get new foil. Even great value foil doesn't tear off into little pieces just from using it. From your description you might as well not use it ever.
Practice makes perfect. Practicing the wrong way every time will get you only so far. Trying and retrying again. That is how you learn and improve. "Thank You Chef." I have learnt.
No mistakes, only happy accidents. "Well Chef, I know you asked for a Chocolate Cherry Boston Cream Pie. So I give you my 'Sweet Chocolate Cherry Boston Cream Pie.' Tastes so Good, make a Grown Man Cry"
Laylah77
The hatchet
TokyoSandblaster101
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SteveTheEgg
Cheesecake is technically overcooked, but FAR from inedible, probably a little dry. The rest 😥🫣
FishieStardust
Some of these hurt my soul and made me want to go lay down for a while. I feel for them
shutupthisisreal
the one dropping the mold on a perfect cake... ;_;
sagejosh0
The cheese cake and last brownie look good. The top getting caramelized (golden brown and harder than the rest) is a feature, not a bug.
sentx
The worst part about making cheese cake is when it cracks while baking so now you have to quickly eat all of it yourself and make a new one.
AmyBethMegJo
Cover it with fruit!
LucilleWhoKnowsNot
I made 3 trays of perfect brownies yesterday. They are cut into servings and in my deep freezer. Now I have brownies for months. I love that
IgnisInvictus
Sourdough lady had the right response. Put it back together and walk away.
TheFastpaws
My first solo turkey barely fit in my oven where I lived once. It almost flowed over with the juices the pan was so small. It was that close to being one of these.
AmyBethMegJo
I pulled a roasted chicken out of our oven and I bobbled it. All the grease spilled into the carpeted (WHY?!) kitchen floor.
B3N15
I feel the sourdough one. I've never been able to bake bread
brandonblk
hey better than my first cheesecake, my first cheese cake i didnt mix it well enough and after spending 2 days in the fridge it had the consistancy of milkshake... with a biscuity base. it tasted good but uh.. you couldnt exactly slice it lol
hotaru251
that croissant is a success in charcoal.
GasBandit
Change your smoke detector battery, lady
KaijuIsekai
But how did it turn out? Who cares about the plate?!
IMustGrowUpReally
I wanted a croissant, but all I got was a carbon copy.
thedill2000
Carbon copy
HighSorcerer
It's supposed to be pain au chocolat not pain au feu.
mithiwithi
Thanks Marie Callender!
LaurenLikesStuff
oldguyexlurker
Underrated comment there. +1
vericon151
I dunno… it’s getting rated pretty good.
oldguyexlurker
Yeah. When I 1st saw it, it was pretty fresh.
Cilvaa
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jtxyz
My.mom used to make cheesecakes fairly regularly.
one time she excitedly told me that for the first time ever, it came out flawlessly with no cracks on the top. I said that's great! So what did she do differently this time?
And she looked rather sheepish and said she followed the recipe.
My mom liked to experiment when she cooked.
(In this case, she tried using the recommended water bath for the first time)
southflhitnrun
These are awesome because every single great baker has started right here. lol
My Mom let me start baking in middle school. Layered box cakes only. My cakes kept coming out uneven, or lopsided, because I didn't understand you had to smooth the batter after you pour it into the pan.
The fun part was that I became a chubby kid baking a cake whenever there was mix in the house. lmaoooo
yourdesiredusernameisnotavailable
Bone ape tit
wd12aadvwaa
Some of those probably set of the smoke detector
RainierAlt
I think that was the beep in the second clip.
ispendtomuchtimehere
the M cookie one really got me
theinternetkeepsmealive
The placement of that chocolate chips was something else
jekath
If my wife had served that, I might start to think she kind of fancies me.
baturro
I'd put it in the "W" column.
Neednoggle
....oOh
Affray
We witnessed an erotic baker being born.
xtav
Affray
Zuegma197777
The single Choco Chip in the bottom... Hilarious.
Predacane35
Eating from the bottom.
spittytrinkles
nom nom nom
pdhackley
One in the stink!
kirby422
So, what you're telling me is marie calendar ruined thanksgiving? /s
SailorPupitar
The texture on the brotein brownies confuses and entices me. Reminds me of space food sticks
thricebakedxyz
Now i want to try the brownies, because of space food sticks comparison.
ImFragileOops
It DOES look like it would be a weirdly good texture, i actually really wanna take at least one bite of it, lol
hotaru251
the impossibly dry look yet is fine when mixes with your saliva?
TheMayorOfTittyCity
Marie Calendar strikes again!
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
secularink
Snooj
hospital
AntaNce
MY LASAGA
RichardPenne
I remember trying to make salmon patties with Bisquick and ending up with salmon biscuits.
wobblecopterrrr
hmmmmm... were they good though?
RichardPenne
Actually they were...
wobblecopterrrr
ShimmerinStrider
The sourdough had a nice stretch. :V
quade
just needs one more stretch-and-fold.
Ionico
New meaning to stuffed crust.
CaptainFubs
Gotta love that gluten pull for the Instagram views
MrFancyPanzer
That cheese cake is looking pretty good though.
acatinbirdsclothing
I bake a lot and it's rather overcooked- cheesecake shouldn't have a toasty looking color on top and it should be very smooth, not rippled in the center. But it's probably still going to be good. I personally like them slightly overdone. It takes a while to learn what level of jiggle actually means they've finished baking and I wouldn't expect most first timers to use a water bath so yes- it's still great for a first attempt even if it doesn't meet all the "standards".
acatinbirdsclothing
Also most of the brownies were messed up because people used an electric mixer. Brownies and things like biscuits should only be hand stirred and it's okay if the batter is still lumpy.
djevelen
If that was her first time? Yeah, thats a damn good one. My first attempt at cheesecake was basically soup, it just wouldnt set at all.
redsmerf
My first attempt came out great. My second... Not as good, but still good.
Which seems to be the way things go for me?
djevelen
I am also not much of a baker, i can make a serviceable focaccia, in fact, basic breads are kinda easy, its stuff like pastry and cakes where i begin to fail pretty hard.
bloodrosee
My first attempt at cheesecake, I doubled everything in the recipe...except the sugar. It actually was so freaking good that way.
Willowofwisp
I had one where there was a massive crack through most of the cheesecake... I piped a pretty design of whipped cream on the top and no one ever knew.
shitheadtookmyname
You just made cheese
Willowofwisp
Yeah, I make cheesecake fairly often and I don't see how that's a fail. Looks beautiful, especially for a first try.
JokenPo0079
I don't even like cheesecake and I can tell that's probably gonna be a good one. Also looks like they lined the bottom with tin foil, so they don't have to deal with it sticking to the spring pan at all. Very well done.
Aranon1183
As someone who can't ever get enough cheesecake, I can't fathom you not liking it. Lol
fartser
That foil is on the outside of the pan. It was most likely used as a barrier to keep water out when they baked it.
FartsSmellBad
I alwys line mine with parchment paper, works great
wabitgirl
Parchment paper (NOT WAX PAPER) is a godsend.
FartsSmellBad
Parchment paper: non-stick cleanliness. wax paper: fire
wabitgirl
I see you have played and lost waxy/parchy before
harmsebamse
That tinfoil is going to be hell to deal with when you eat the cake
It is likely to break up to bits and stick to the cake
FaeVikingPrincess
What damn foil are you using that it easily tears like that?
harmsebamse
My foil don't jiggle jiggle; it tears.
TheDoctorCrankenstein
Bruh, what aluminum foil doesn't rip and tear easily?
FaeVikingPrincess
Most of them? Like if your foil is ripping up just from it being used you need to get new foil. Even great value foil doesn't tear off into little pieces just from using it. From your description you might as well not use it ever.
Astral134
If the foil doesn’t rip and tear, it never gets done!
MrHappySmiles
Pickaxe in the brownies, womp womp..
HillOfBeans
I’ve done that one. It’s remarkable how hard dried brownies can get. I still ate it once I got some shards off.
Affray
I've dipped accidental brick brownies in milk like a cookie to help soften it up, and be delicious.
HillOfBeans
Affray
Teratoid
I got ya, fam. Chocolate Cherry Boston Cream Pie. Ganache failed. The intent was a pourable when warm ganache.
Teratoid
Fixed the ganache.
MultiFacets
[teleports in with a plate, a spoon, and a hopeful expression]
spittytrinkles
You do know that you didn't have to.
That is very impressive. You are very talented.
Teratoid
Not so sure talented is the right term. Determined, perhaps.
spittytrinkles
Practice makes perfect.
Practicing the wrong way every time will get you only so far.
Trying and retrying again. That is how you learn and improve.
"Thank You Chef."
I have learnt.
WaterUnderTheRocketAppliances
I don't know what's supposed to be wrong with that, but I'll take it if you don't want it.
Teratoid
It was too runny and thin. And too warm. Ran right off. Proportion of chocolate ganache to cake was way off. Needed a thicker layer.

I just cooled it, wiped off the plate, and remade the ganache.
This was the filling. Pastry cream and cherries. The cherry filling is sweet cherries, with dried tart cherries that I soaked in cherry liqueur.
Teratoid
Vanilla bean pastry cream.
WaterUnderTheRocketAppliances
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spittytrinkles
No mistakes, only happy accidents.
"Well Chef, I know you asked for a Chocolate Cherry Boston Cream Pie. So I give you my 'Sweet Chocolate Cherry Boston Cream Pie.' Tastes so Good, make a Grown Man Cry"