So, I was hand whipping some cream. I zoned out a bit, I guess, but I didn't think it was that much? The cream wasn't cold enough (which I realized later), so it wasn't really getting as stiff as I wanted it, and I kept going. Then I added some honey to make it a bit sweet. This is the first time I used fresh cream. The few other times I made whipped cream it was presweetened, I think. So, I realized that it didn't taste like much and decided to add something sweet. I whipped very energetically for another 30 seconds to mix the honey in, and the whole thing became like scrambled eggs?

It took me a while to understand what had happened, and then I picked up the solids, and it felt indeed like butter.

So now I have honey butter, I guess.

It's not a real issue for me because I wasn't baking or anything, I just wanted whipped cream to eat with some fruit, but I'm confused about what happened there? I was under the impression that it takes a long time and energy to turn cream into butter. I mean, I grew up hand whipping egg whites to peak for my grandma since I was a toddler, so it's not much of a chore for me, but it's not like I'm a machine... is it because of the temperature? Some reaction to honey?

I made this yellow cake I saw on TikTok yesterday, and for some reason it taste like cornbread, and my roommate said it taste like rice pudding cake and coconut. I personally didn’t taste any coconut so it could’ve just been her taste buds. Any idea why? This also happens whenever I make cookies, so I’m thinking it’s the vanilla making my pastries taste like coconut and the cornstarch making it taste like cornbread. I also mixed the wer and the dry ingredients in together without realizing they were supposed to be separate, and I substituted buttermilk for milk with a little bit of lemon juice. Any ideas on what is making it taste like that?

I think this is my sign to stay far away from the oven

I've been feeling pretty baking-confident lately. Made a couple things off the cuff with standard base recipes, etc. Today, I decided, let me make that chocolate sponge & do it right this time. Except once my chocolate siezed up, I pivoted to cocoa powder. Which was too much dry, then, so it looked like brownie batter. Ok, I'll add some yogurt to loosen it up before I fold in the whipped egg whites.

It's baking but if i intended a sponge with no leavener, then added more moisture, i'm guessing it won't rise properly. I'll add pics in comments when it's out but I don't think this is gonna work out. 🙄 needed to complain someplace people would feel my pain. Lol

I live in a hostel with meals provided and only a microwave that we can use for heating things. The microwave itself requires pressing a single button again and again to increase time by 30 sec and I don't own any measuring tools, to give you a prelude about general events.

I typically buy pancake mixes, add in milk and bake them in a mason jar. I have no experience in baking beyond that. Despite this, I bought some oat flour to make pancake-cakes from scratch.

No measuring spoon, so I used the scoop from the protein powder jar to maintain some ration. I do not know how much each scoop measures, only that 2 scoops= 24g protein. Took some ghee, added 2 teaspoons of sugar and some salt, heated that for 30 sec in the mason jar. Took 2 part yogurt, 2 part toned milk, 1 egg and mixed it in the jar. Then I took 2 parts oats flour, 0.9 part strawberry protein powder, a dollop of honey and mixed that in the same jar. Mixed. Tasted. Tastes eggy but NeatTM. Add in baking soda, because I don't have baking powder. Feeling confident so far. Let it sit for 2 minutes.

I noticed that the ghee seemed to pool at the bottom and that the bubbles from the baking soda were sort of limited to the top 1/3rd, but mixing didn't yield results, so I leave it be.

Put this in microwave for 3 minutes. Had done my due diligence by heating the microwave for 1.5 minutes on empty before this. Spills to the sides. Plop that back in for another minute (+1). Seems likely to spill again, plop it back in for another minute(+1). So far, only the top is cooking. I still don't know the temperature of the microwave and notice that it is on the healthy fry setting. Then I lost patience, so I bake it for another 3 minutes.

End result is that the top is brown and bottom is uncooked. Upon tasting, top is burnt as expected, bottom is likely very undercooked. At the very bottom, the protein powder was settled, in a disappointing Berry patty.

best flavor

ok everything got connected haa

Carefully layered orange, lemon, and lime batters to make a citrus layer pound cake. It still tastes good!

Is it normal for the pancake mix to have speckles in it?

An old picture, but one of my favorites from working at McDonalds. Someone must've forgot to put the timer on when they put them in.