Recipe Saved, Disaster Averted
This last weekend I was tasked with making dessert for my families Christmas get together (yes I know it isn't for 2 weeks but this is when we could get together). I decided to do my take on Devil's Food Cake with a white chocolate frosting instead of the typical chocolate frosting. I followed the recipe to the letter and the cake came out fine (if a bit on the dry side, need more butter next time) and the icing was a complete mess.
Obviously the translation between semi-sweet and white chocolate made for the frosting to break down. I got frustrated and decided to give in to premade frosting when I tried a last ditch effort and salvaged the icing, which everyone has told me is the best icing they have had in a long time.
Has anybody had a moment that made them feel proud to bring a recipe from what looked like a disaster to a great dish? It felt like a million bucks to me.
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3 Comments:
I have mentioned this moment before- but I dropped a hazelnut torte on the floor and turned it into hazelnut, chocolate, and raspberry trife. It was heavenly!
Maureen at 1:48PM on 12/15/08
I baked a cake for my daughter's birthday when she was about 2. I was using my mother's oven and didn't know the pan got lifted in the back, creating a very uneven cake. At first I made jokes like, "If she wasn't 2 and she was a skier, I could always make it a ski slope and make a little marzipan girl!" Then I panicked.
I wound up taking the cake, cutting it up and creating many small layer cakes. I put various decorations on each cake and offered them on a platter, like an arrangement of cakes.
therealchiffonade at 3:50PM on 12/15/08
I was making a dish (can't remember what) that called for chicken broth. Thought I had enough, but was about a cup short. Rather than using water, I opened a can of chicken noodle soup and strained out the liquid. Saved the dish from being watered down, and I didn't have to add any more salt, haha! Not a huge disaster, but I was fairly proud for coming up with a reasonable solution on the fly.
erinlovestoeat at 11:06AM on 12/16/08