I’m sad and upset to report that the avocado pound cake was an epic fail…okay maybe I’m being a little dramatic. Was it a fail? Yes. An epic fail? No. The cake itself tasted DELICIOUS. There was a subtle hint of avocado that I wasn’t expecting. I thought the avocado flavor was going to be more of a in your face flavor, but it wasn’t, and it was beautiful. The batter was delicious too! Once I poured the batter into the loaf pans I couldn’t stop eating the left over batter that was in the bowl. SO GOOD. Now you see, the fail part comes into play when I put them in the oven. I baked them for the recommended baking time of 45 minutes. But when the time went off, and I took them out of the oven they were still jiggley in the middle. I put them back in for another 15 minutes and the middle caved it. It was a horrible mess. They didn’t look pretty, the center was still slightly gooey, and the top was too brown for my liking. FAIL.
I figure since this blog is about my baking adventures that I should post the mess ups. Not that mess ups happen often. This has only happened to me one other time – with a lemon cake. There was lots and lots of champagne involved (Note to reader: Do not drink while baking). It was a REAL mess. But I don’t really want to talk about it.
BUT don’t worry. The pound cake may have won this time, however, I feel a round two coming soon. And I am pretty sure that I am going to own the pound cake.
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perhaps a different size pan would help. Just a thought! Umm sounds like an interesting flavor. Was it moist?
ReplyDeleteHey you did not post the recipe - I think you should even when you count it as a fail. Mom.
ReplyDeleteMom - recipe will go up when I have perfected them.
ReplyDeleteYes they were SO moist. Different size pan sounds awesome. Definitely will try that next time! Thanks!
I agree, post the recipe! I'm glad you still posted this. It makes me feel better that all recipes don't come out perfect 100% of the time. I say try it again!! Don't let the pound cake win!
ReplyDeleteyou and me both had fails today. when you get home you will have notice i made cupcakes, yeah the frosting came out like yogurt not fluffy beautifulness that martha stuart makes look so easy.
ReplyDeleteHi, This is my 1st time here. If I could recall, I used avocado to make a chiffon cake earlier, thinking to replace it with egg yolks, but the cake was failed. Dont give up, you will success in one day. Will drop by more often to check what you baking the next.
ReplyDeleteThis is really sad :( I hope you conquer the avocado pound cake some day.
ReplyDeleteIf the recipe you used had butter in it, try reducing the amount. Avocados are already high in fat content. All of that fat melts in the early stages of baking, and with too much you get liquid cake.
.:Kieran
if it tasted good, (which it soulds like it did!) it's not a fail at all!
ReplyDeletelooking forward to watching you conquer it, though!
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