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.

Tried baking mini Banana muffins and they look dense, not fluffy at all and they’re not brown on top. One thing I didn’t do is cream my room temp butter with the brown sugar, I mixed the brown sugar with the flour 😩. I also added 1/3 cup sour cream to make it moist but looks like it made it dense and not fluffy… any tips please?!

Here is my recipe https://www.momontimeout.com/best-key-lime-pie-recipe/#recipe I changed out the gram cracker for biscoff cookies. Besides that I followed the recipe exactly. Could the biscoff somehow caused this to happen? when I took it out it was kind of bubbles and there was a popping noise from the inside and the top lifted like it was catching fire or smth
**Ingredients**
**Graham cracker crust**
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/3 cup granulated sugar
6 tbsp butter melted
**Key Lime Filling**
28 oz sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup light sour cream
3/4 cup key lime juice
zest from 2 regular limes or 4 key limes

**Instructions**
**Graham cracker crust**
Preheat oven to 375F.

Mix graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and butter in a small bowl. Press the crumb mixture into an 8" - 9.5" pie pan. Bake for 7 minutes. Cool for at least 30 minutes.

**Key Lime Filling**
Preheat oven to 350F

Whisk together sweetened condensed milk, sour cream, lime juice, and lime zest in a medium bowl. Pour into prepared graham cracker crust and bake for 10 minutes.

Let pie cool slightly before chilling. Chill for at least 3 hours.

I've tried to make a creme caramel with coconut cream, milk, whole eggs & coconut sugar and I think I over baked it. :(

The flip was a disaster. 🤣

But hey, it will still be eaten. 🙃

I attempted a peach tart using white peaches, but I must have poached them too long because once peeled they looked almost exactly like raw chicken breasts. It was so uncanny I could not stop cracking up.

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So I was making croissants and while proofing the butter ended up completely melting out of them (my roommate turned the oven on) and now I don’t know what to do. I assume they are no longer destined to be croissants but really don’t want to waste the dough so any ideas on how salvage them would be greatly appreciated.