Recipes NOT to be repeated!!

thriftlady_2

millionaire_in_training wrote: »

I just made choc chip cookies from a recipe on the recipe board and they are truly awful. It said on the recipe to use a tablespoon of baking powder (which I thought was a lot) and that is all you can taste. Yuk Yuk need to put them in the bin I'm afraid as I feel ill after eating a part of one.

OMG:o I think you must mean this recipe http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=1550357&postcount=322 Aaagh !! I'm truly sorry, I haven't made it for ages (I thought it was a bit heavy to tell the truth) I haven't got the original recipe any more to check but I must have meant 1 tsp of baking powder not 1 tbsp sorry, sorry, sorry. If anyone has a copy of The Dinner Lady cookbook and could check I'd be grateful. If not I'll delete the recipe.

Meanwhile try Twink's Hob Nobs [URL]p://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=5392570&postcount=4[/URL] they are lovely and definitely work

taurusgb

thriftlady wrote: »

OMG:o I think you must mean this recipe http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=1550357&postcount=322 Aaagh !! I'm truly sorry, I haven't made it for ages (I thought it was a bit heavy to tell the truth) I haven't got the original recipe any more to check but I must have meant 1 tsp of baking powder not 1 tbsp sorry, sorry, sorry. If anyone has a copy of The Dinner Lady cookbook and could check I'd be grateful. If not I'll delete the recipe.



I have the book Thriftlady and it says 15g baking powder for the serves 4 portion or 85g (3oz) if you are planning on feeding 96 people (Oh My!!!! - faints at thought of feeding 96 :eek::eek::eek::eek:)

millionaire_in_training

:rotfl: at thrift lady. Dont worry but I tell you they were totally minging. I will try the other ones tomorrow perhaps but just a rubbish day for baking obviously as base of caramel shortbread came out as crumbs too lol tastes fab though so we are just shoving it in a plate and eating it x

thriftlady_2

taurusgb wrote: »

I have the book Thriftlady and it says 15g baking powder for the serves 4 portion or 85g (3oz) if you are planning on feeding 96 people (Oh My!!!! - faints at thought of feeding 96 :eek::eek::eek::eek:)

Well, 15g is a tbsp as I said I don't make them anymore as I've found much better biscuit recipes elsewhere. Anyway, sorry again and please don't judge all my recipes by this one -the chocolate fudge pudding is really good -honest

pigpen

mum2kathryn wrote: »

I made a yoghurt cake for my daughter's first birthday (recipe from an Annabel Karmel book). I filled it with strawberries and cream and it looked great. But when we came to eat it, it was greasy and solid. We ended up scraping the cream and strawberries off and just eating them.

I made one for my sons 4th birthday.. shaped like a space ship and it was also inedible.. BUT I spent the entire day sobbing.. not only had I found out I was pregnant the day before, I was rather hormonal hubby decided he didn't want 3 children and was on about leaving.. all in all the whole day was a disaster.. but the cake recipe was torn to shreds and burnt in another hormonal moment.

taurusgb

thriftlady wrote: »

Anyway, sorry again and please don't judge all my recipes by this one -the chocolate fudge pudding is really good -honest

Personally I wouldn't dream of judging you harshly ever Thriftlady - I find your posts to be full of common sense and am lost in admiration at your abilities:T:T:T.....oooh yes!!!! and we have dined happily on lots of your recipes! :beer:

snoozer

Delia's rice pudding - she puts an egg in it and it makes the texture really weird.

Oh and I can't get scones to rise to save my life.

thriftlady_2

taurusgb wrote: »

Personally I wouldn't dream of judging you harshly ever Thriftlady - I find your posts to be full of common sense and am lost in admiration at your abilities:T:T:T.....oooh yes!!!! and we have dined happily on lots of your recipes! :beer:

Wow, I'm blushing now :A

heather38

Trow wrote: »

Another that doesn't like the clementine cake, and the cabbage galette that was on here a while ago did not go down well with the family either

i made that cabbage thing as well and it didn't go down well here either!
OH made JO rabbit casserole on sunday and i couldn't eat it, i kept singing 'bright eyes'!!!:p it was horrible!

ampersand

moanymoany wrote: »

I
off to Mr. T's for a jar of the stuff - triff mince pies with that and a fraction of the price.

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May we agree there's nothing wrong with using these and pepping them up comme vous voulez?
It's easy to enrich, moneysaver-style, with store cupboard ends of fruit/nuts/spirits/and freshly grated citrus rind -
God's Elder Sister's personal recommendation.
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My own per/+consistent failure is Carrot Cake - now inedibly ghastly for A's anniversaire 3 times.
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OH made JO rabbit casserole on sunday and i couldn't eat it, i kept singing 'bright eyes'!!!:p it was horrible!OH made JO rabbit casserole on sunday and i couldn't eat it, i kept singing 'bright eyes'!!!:p it was horrible!:rotfl: :rotfl:
Sorry, shouldn't laugh.
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Oh, is it permitted to add a long ago childhood memory?
So, come with me to Wellington Zoo, N.Z., having bag of Mummy's fairy cakes grabbed by chimp, who nursed it possessively, extracted one cake, sniffed it, nibbled, then screaming in rage tore off the icing and hurled cake back?
My mother, newly married, was also famed for having made rock-cakes(you sense where we're headed)that two 'chooks' broke their beaks on.....