MOAR ADVENTURES IN BAKING
Welcome to Adventures in Baking, aka the ANGRY CHEF. Above is the shit I tried to make tonight, which went kind of well but not really? Who knows. Who am I to judge my own food! Anyway, this is a Smitten Kitchen recipe again, this time for pumpkin muffins. I decided to try and make these because a) I felt like baking, oddly, b) the recipe seemed easy enough not to screw up (ahaha), and c) absurdical's birthday is tomorrow! My thought process went something like: "Birthday! I can make these pumpkin muffins! Bitches love pumpkin." Then, after confirming that absurdical is one of those pumpkin-loving bitches, I headed to the store to get the ingredients.
Now, this time, I actually had flour (FRESH flour, I might add), so that was good. But I needed to buy canned pumpkin and also baking soda and vegetable oil. Apparently these are things you might need when baking? I remain skeptical. But I bought that shit anyway. Above are all of my ingredients, taking up space. Not pictured: eggs. Suck it, eggs.
Behold, the pumpkin! In canned form! That is some nasty shit. I just had a British house guest who couldn't understand the American obsession with pumpkin. Clearly, she should have taken a gander at this drool-worthy, gelatinous mound of orange mush.
Here are all of the ingredients* mixed together, aside from the flour. Appetizing, no?
Once the flour goes in, we get this smoooooth pumpkin soupy soup. Looks pretty good, actually! I was feeling pretty proud of myself and immediately got to pouring the batter into the l'il cupcake cups.
Then, a sprinkling of cinnamon sugar on top (GOD HOW WHIMSICAL AM I)
And into the oven they went! Humming happily to myself, pleased with my accomplishment, I set about cleaning up the ingredients. Oh, yes, the ingredients! Remember how I threw an asterisk (*) next to that word a few captions ago? Yeah, that's because when I went to clean, I realized I had completely forgotten one of said ingredients! HAHAHA. Yeah, that box of baking soda that I went out of my way to buy? I was in the middle of putting it away when I realized that hey! I'd never even opened it.
But, you know, baking soda, what even is that anyway. I know it's supposed to do something important, but honestly, is it really important? I mean, it's not like baking is based on science or anything, right? RIGHT?
Urg. FUCK YOU, BAKING SODA, YOU SLIPPERY FUCK.
To my surprise, the muffins still came out of the oven looking lovely. I thought I had triumphed over science (SCIENCE, HA, SCOFF MUCH) until I went to actually try one. And, uh...yeah. Science is a bitch.
The muffins aren't inedible, but they are a little...pudding-ish in consistency? Not fluffy like they're probably supposed to be. Which I guess is my fault for forgetting the baking soda. But they taste AWESOME, like fall in a little crinkly paper cup, so I'll probably try making them again soon. In the meantime, I'll just force absurdical and our other friends to choke down these ultra-dense muffins. Because that's what friends do. They choke. With love.
STAY TUNED FOR MOAR ADVENTURES IN BAKING AT SOME POINT MAYBE WITH THE ANGRY CHEF!
















