I'm not a bad cook. I'm not inspired and effortless like my mom and sister, but I can churn out a decent family meal and occasionally the "PTO cookbook worthy" appetizer or salad.
Baking is a different story. Why oh why did I not listen to my mother last night when she responded to my enthusiasm for baking a cake from scratch with the observation that Costco makes excellent red velvet cakes??? Not only does this woman know all things food, she has a pretty good beat on me, having known me for some 42 years!
How bad is it, you might ask. Really Kim, what could possibly go so wrong? Well, it started with red velvet cake. And I mean so red I felt like I was channeling my inner Twilight. Truly, it looked a little scary.
Then against all of my self-knowledge, I started "multitasking" - finishing up the cake while making cookie dough and prepping the cream cheese frosting all the while putting away staples like flour and sugar. Which explains why I emptied the flour bag into the sugar bin. ARGH!
I also should have paid attention to the multiple times my 15 year old dropped into the kitchen and then walked back out shaking her head and giggling.
Thankfully I was nearing the end of what I planned to accomplish when my finger got caught in the mixer. And it's probably testament to my baking induced insanity that my first thought was "I'll be pissed if I'm bleeding in the white cream cheese frosting - why couldn't it be the cake batter.". (FYI - I wasn't bleeding). My remedy was to brew a cup of tea and lick the icing bowl and spatula until my finger stopped throbbing.
Surprisingly, I think the results may actually be more than just edible. In the meantime, that's an entire Monday evening I can never get back.
3 comments:
Hilarious! I feel like that sometimes when I attempt a recipe that I shouldn't. And I also feel the need to multitask in the kitchen and something always goes wrong! Thanks for the laugh. Hope your finger feels better with the frosting cast.
But ask her to make Cheese burger pie, Chilie, or mac and cheese, and we'll forgive any baking.
Cup of Tea? Why not a class of wine?
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