OK...my girlfriends at book club were discussing how annoyed they were with their blogs because it made everyone's life look so perfect and joyous. You know, all of the trips, vacations, parties and gatherings. So, I decide to take heed and post about my horrible chocolate zucchini bread disaster....
On a lovely Friday morning I decided to make a few loaves of Chocolate Zucchini Bread. I found what seemed like a great recipe on line and was excited to try it out. I put it all together, filled up my loaf pans and popped them into the oven. As I am checking email and surfing the net I noticed the bread smelled like it was burning so I went over to check the oven. There inside was an OVERFLOWING LAVA TYPE GOO making the BIGGEST mess onto the bottom of my oven! As the oven was extremely hot all I could do was try to scoop some of it up with a spatula and hope the loaves would still be salvageable. I put tin foil down to catch any other "goo." It took the loaves FOREVER to cook and when they were done one was completely destroyed and had to be thrown out, one was completely sunken in at the middle and the other was semi-decent. Well, obviously I had filled the loaf pans up too much, but this recipe was to make 3 loaf pans worth. Now that I know how much it will rise I can clearly get 5 loaf pans out of the recipe.
Well, I decided that I now needed to clean the oven. I scraped out as much as I could and turned on the self cleaning option. Just a couple minutes into the cleaning my fire alarms went off...not just the one in the kitchen, but EVERY SINGLE FIRE ALARM in the house. I immediately let the dog out as he is ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED of the fire alarm. the cats were running around the house trying to find a quiet place to hide...as if that was possible. I ran to the oven and turned it off. Unfortunately the oven goes into an automatic "cool down" mode and does not shut off completely. I had every window and door open and all the fans in my home going. The alarms continued to ring for about 2 or 3 minutes without exaggeration. I sat in the backyard with the dog and 1 cat (the other one took refuge under my bed) and wanted to cry. I was just about to call the firehouse to see if they could make a suggestion when the alarms stopped. (I know you are all thinking, "just take the batteries out," easier said than done. First of all we have like 7 alarms and some of them are on the vaulted ceiling.)
So, long story short, when the recipe calls for 1 1/2 teaspoons each of baking soda and baking powder only fill the pans half way! Let me finish by saying that the recipe is fabulous and tastes great. Danny and I are munching on the mangled loaf.
See, my life isn't perfect pretty pictures. HA! More true life stories to come...
2 comments:
I've always wondered if the "self'cleaning" option on the oven really worked. I've been very skeptical. One of those "sounds too good to be true things." I too have cooked and had the fire alarms go off, and it drives you crazy. Poor pets.
lol! blogging about crazy stuff like that is always the funnest to read. sounds like a cooking experience that would happen at my house. and we would still eat the bread as well. haha.
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