My Distraught Pumpkin Bread Disaster

Not all baking things turn out well. I try to make the best of the situation; but this kept me worried on a Saturday night.

The story:
I was baking pumpkin bread from a family recipe. One that I have used in the past; it's a really good one. I put it in the oven and baked it. I tested it with a toothpick and I swore that it came out clean. SWORE! So I went out for a bit and came back to this:

IT HAD SUNK!

The toothpick trick failed. It wasn't done. The middle was all gooey. I had made 2 loaves and they had both sunk. It had been over an hour so I couldn't put it back in the oven. It wouldn't cook all the way. I racked my brain what do I do..what do I do. I took the chocolate chip loaf and cut it. Uncooked bread oozed out. I was a mortified baker. How could something like this happen! I tested it. 

So...I tried to come up with solutions. Pumpkin Bread what? more than half the entire bread was ruined; how could I salvage such a lovely representation of fall?! Bread Pudding. 

I took a knife to the chocolate chip pumpkin bread and discovered the damage. In a new loaf pan I threw the salvageable chunks. Whipped up an egg, milk, and pumpkin spice coffee creamer and poured it over. Added a few pats of butter to the top, baked it and TA-DA. A scrumptious ugly treat.

I had eaten some of it before I got the camera out. Man it's ugly..but your stomach has no idea that it's ugly..it doesn't taste that way at all.

I will attempt to make more pumpkin things later on..but I feel defeated by pumpkin bread. So it'll be a while until I fully recover the scars. 

Hi..I'm addicted to Pinterest

I have been baking and cooking like crazy lately. It's because of my new lovely addiction to Pinterest. It's simply marvelous. I have over 180 pins..and counting on my "Things to Indulge" Board. I intend to make them all....eventually...when I have time.

So far; I've been lucky enough to create quite a few recipes. Note my "Been There, Done That" board only has 23 pins...but it's a work in progress. 

There is something beautiful about a picture of food. I'm not a food obsessed weirdo now; it's just that something stirs inside me and says...YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT. You could make that look better, wouldn't that taste better with a hint of cinnamon and vanilla, and other thoughts such as those. I try my hardest but we all end up somewhere. 

I spend most of my free time on Pinterest; living vicariously through it...taking vacations, baking decadent cakes, redesigning my house, organizing my closet and shopping. If only my life were that grand. I'm sadly stuck though in a sucky reality where I'm not sure what being an adult means. I have to pay bills, rent, insurance; but where does the fun kick in. Everything costs money..but Pinterest is free! It's more acceptable now to spend all my time on Pinterest instead of Facebook. Being at the awkward age of 25 when you are 5 years from those who just entered their 20's and 5 years from those who are in their 30's. It's a limbo..living life in a constant what do I do now...do people actually see me as a grown up? Or do I just put on a front and say that I'm still trying to figure things out. 

Let's face it. Getting old sucks! There are just more things you have to do, more obligations you have to fulfill, and more things that you have to worry about. In college; all you have to worry about is if you have clean clothes, who said the coolest thing on Facebook and deal with all the changes the site made, and whether or not to study for the test or complete the homework you were supposed to do or not. 

Not to mention the decline in the social life; while everyone was in the same block plans were easily made which made procrastination so much more fun! Now..I have friends scattered across the world, 2 on different continents and many in different states. Getting together takes a bit more planning now than..Hey! want to go to Starbucks? Now you have to find the time in your busy work week; life doings and other boring adult things.

Thought there are plenty of plus sides...I do what I want, when I want, how I want...(I just have to suffer the consequences or reap in the gains). My introverted self chooses to bake and do things with the people that matter most to me.

Oh..for my fellow Pinterest addicts
Been there, Done that Board: http://pinterest.com/knee634/been-there-done-that/
Things to Indulge Board: http://pinterest.com/knee634/things-to-indulge/