Baking with friends
Posted by Vivienne on September 30, 2009
Well, all I can say: it wasn’t exactly our fault. The dough was perfect (it was a semi instant dough, add some milk, eggs and butter/oil), the oven is one of those microwave-oven-grill-combinations (which was supposed to work fine!!) and the muffins were supposed to bake for 20 minutes. We did everything like told on the outside of the pack, pre-heated the oven thingy and then added the muffins. After 5 minutes smoke was everywhere, kitchen, bathroom, living room – everywhere!!! and it was really impossible to cut any of them like a normal muffin – they were hard as stones. Killermuffins!!!! The inside looked like this:
The downside was still wet and somewhat creamy, the inside was burning and the top hard as a stone – have you ever seen something similiar?!
We had to get out and buy an anti-smoke candle which helped a bit with the smell but not 100% because if you ‘concentrate’ you can still smell the smoke, despite open windows and doors all day long!
I’m only gonna bake again with a real oven! ![]()







Christine said
My in-laws have one of those dual-action microwaves. They seem like a great thing to have…it cooks and bakes so quickly! Except the temp and time on food packages are usually only for conventional ovens…so it’d probably take a lot of trial and error to master it.
I must be hungry because your muffin looks sort of tasty to me:) Except for the burnt part in the center…but I’d just eat around it!
tina said
oh no, that stinks!! i wonder what happened?! i definetly would stick to a regular oven too! lol i hope the smoke smell is gone now!
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WhiteSockGirl said
I made cupcake once. It almost looked like that. I could not even blame the oven, it was all just me. I am sure I could be the worst cook alive.
Happy SITS Saturday Sharefest!
Vivienne said
For me cooking is fine as long as it can be done within half an hour
we tried to eat around the black centre but with that smell in the nose while eating…. ugh, no thanks
I don’t think I have the nerve to try and get many errors until the combination is safe for me to use. Just a normal good big oven… 
Thank you for all your comments
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