Recipe Fail

Have you ever found one of those recipes (or ideas) that just sounded too good to be true?  But you tried it anyway, and sure enough, it was a big disaster.  That happened to me this weekend.  I found a recipe for Buttermilk Strawberry Bundt Cake.  It sounded amazing, but from the start, it was an epic disaster.  The batter was super sweet but it didn't taste like strawberry.  After baking, it came out splotchy brown and pink instead of beautiful candy pink and tasted like a biscuit.  We won't even talk about the ganache that was supposed to be drizzled on top. 

My ugly cake disaster...the cake was supposed to match the color of the frosting!

 

Truth be told,  I have a love-hate relationship with bundt cakes.  They are hard!  They have to bake at just the right temperature, for just the right amount of time, and then you have to cool them just right.  They are next to impossible to get out of the pan and stay pretty.  They just don't like me, even though I love the look and taste of them.

In the trash can...where it deserved to be!

 

I don't know what happened, but I want everyone to know that these days happen to all bakers.  Sometimes, it just doesn't work.  Don't give up though!  The next recipe is sure to be amazing.  I'm going to get back up on the bundt cake horse and try again next week with Lemon-Lime Bundt Cake...stay tuned!