MY BAKING ADVENTURE


Today I made a poor attempt to bake a tasty, delicious dessert. I decided to do something very easy, very straightforward: brownies. Simple enough, right?

Of course, only I could have problems baking something as simple as brownies.

For starters, I used too much olive oil while greasing the baking pan. So much that, when I peered into the oven to see how the brownies were baking, all I could make out were little fizzing bubbles of extra virgin olive oil

While making the brownie mix, I spilled hot melted chocolate all over myself, creating large, swelling burns on my fingers. This wasn't pleasant, especially since all the directions after that required me to "stir vigorously".

While pouring the egg yokes into the batter, little bits of egg shell fell in too. I then needed to spend a good 15 minutes fishing out all the little white chips using my pink leopard patterned tweezers.

Ten minutes after I put the brownies into the oven, I realized that I had forgotten to add the sugar into the batter. I then unsuccessfully attempted to mix two cups of granulated sugar into half-baked, hard brownies.

And what were the fruits of my efforts? Crumby, bitter, dry brownies.

Of course, my sister and mom both professed that they absolutely loved them. Personally, I hated them. By the time I had finished baking them, I was so fed up with the baking fiasco that any thought of chocolate made me want to gag.

I'm hoping I'll have more success with cupcakes...