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Joy the Baker’s Cutting Room Floor

August 5, 2009 by Joy the Baker 106 Comments

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I think it’s important that you all know something about what comes out of my kitchen:  it ain’t all pretty folks.  Not every creation that comes out of my kitchen is pretty, polished and ready for its blog debut.  The reality is that I have my fair share of flops, dropped eggs, burned butter and dirty dishes… I just don’t usually show those kitchen tidbits with you.  Tricky, right?

Today is your lucky day.  Here’s a peek at the flops, disasters and otherwise icky recipes I’ve tried and trashed.

Cutting Room Floor

Chilled Blueberry Soup.  Ok, seriously.  Who are you trying to fool?  This was just an elaborate recipe for blueberry juice.  You tricked me and I resent you Blueberry Soup.  This won’t be soon forgotten.

Cutting Room Floor

Low Fat Chocolate Mousse with tofu.  I think I over whipped the eggs with this little darling.  It was so thick and tough   just all around noooooooot cute.

Cutting Room Floor

Greek Yogurt Frozen Yogurt.  I wanted to love you, but holy heck you were thick and rich.  Too thick.  Too rich.

Cutting Room Floor

This Nectarine Cobbler overflowed… big time… while I was one the phone.  There was screaming and cursing… mostly because I should have known better.

Cutting Room Floor

You were supposed to be a fresh peach scone.  Instead you decided to be a bland peach cookie… that’s just not good enough.

Cutting Room Floor

Ooooh Cinnamon Rolls.  You didn’t fail me.  I love you.

Cutting Room Floor

Chocolate Chip Potato Chip Cookies.  I must have eaten a cool dozen of these cookies trying to decide if they were good or not.  I knew with each cookie that they were absolute rubbish.  Bleck.

Cutting Room Floor

Apricot Scones. Flat and beige Apricot Scones.  Note to self:  figure out how to make scones.  Seriously, how have you not mastered this yet Joy?

Cutting Room Floor

Avocado Milkshake.  Boooooring picture plus do not like.  The photo and taste gods were not with me on this day.  For this, and for all of these recipes that I tried and failed.. well, I suppose I just have to shrug my shoulders and laugh you off.  Thanks for the lessons… and the memories?

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  1. Jessica

    August 7, 2009 at 10:16 am

    Haha I guess you are a little bit like the rest of us after all!!

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  2. Lauren

    August 7, 2009 at 9:58 am

    this makes feel better, your blog is always so full of great things, i feel like i have many more ‘cutting room floor’ episodes at home than real post-able food, good to see that i’m not the only one :)

    Reply
  3. Dana

    August 7, 2009 at 9:43 am

    I think you are just so adorable. Reading your blog is like chatting with a friend. I am burning with envy about all those people who get to meet you in person and have cupcakes with you.

    By the way, I may have missed it—did you go to your High School Reunion?

    Thanks for a yummy (and human!) blog.

    Reply
  4. vina

    August 7, 2009 at 9:40 am

    i made banana bread today to send to my sister out of the country. i baked it in one of those disposable pans. it looked so nice and pretty when i took it out. the toothpick i inserted in the middle looked clean, but when i cut it it was still mushy in the middle! that’s the second time i’ve done that! not cool!

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  5. DebbieQ

    August 7, 2009 at 6:34 am

    Ah you give the rest of us hope. But….avocado milkshake? Just the thought makes me shiver.

    Reply
  6. Mélanie

    August 7, 2009 at 1:00 am

    Wow, it’s a hard world for cookies and desserts of any kind. The selection to be on your blog looks pretty tough! :)

    Reply
  7. angela

    August 7, 2009 at 12:51 am

    avocado milkshakes are easy!
    its like..one or two avocados
    a couple scoop(s) of vanilla ice cream (or a couple tablespoons of condensed milk..however sweet you want it)
    and milk! (however thick you want it)
    yum :D
    i like mine with condensed milk, and my dad crushes in ice to make it all cold, but you can pop it in the fridge and that’d do the same thing without watering it down later on :)

    Reply
  8. Erika

    August 6, 2009 at 11:38 pm

    Love this post! Avocado milkshake was bad? Or just not your thing? Next time you venture to SF, visit Mitchell’s Ice Cream on San Jose Ave. (not far from Misson/Caesar Chavez area), they have the best avocado ice cream, which makes for a great avocado shake.

    Reply
  9. Madeleine

    August 6, 2009 at 9:06 pm

    I loved this post, and I adore your blog, and I think that you’re just lovely! Thank you for the out-takes. I don’t feel quite so bad about my battle to make madeleine cookies work in my not-so-friendly oven.

    Reply
  10. Ang

    August 6, 2009 at 8:42 pm

    Well, for the scones. I really dislike using a pastry blender to cut in the butter – so I just take the cold butter and using my box grater – grate it into the recipe, then hand mix it in and then add wet ingredients. It works every time, even with rolling it out. The bits of butter melt in the scone. Very yummy. Glad to know that I am not the only one that burns things, makes messes in the oven and have total flops that my husband says, “You don’t have to make this one again.” Thanks for sharing.

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  11. Debbi

    August 6, 2009 at 8:37 pm

    I make scones often, and never heard of ‘rolling’ them! Maybe that’s why yours are flat! As for failures, since I pretty much use recipes I get from YOU, my little muse, I haven’t had one in a while!!! However, there was the gorgeous 3 layer chocolate cake that I made, put in the fridge to ‘set’, and upon opening said fridge 2 hours later, discovered the top 2 layers laying alongside the plate they had slid off!!! How much fun it was cleaning chocolate pudding/frosting off the shelf for over an hour!!! You’re still the best…..outtakes be damned!!!

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  12. Kristen

    August 6, 2009 at 7:51 pm

    Love this post – now we all know that you aren’t perfect. I feel like we can officially hang out now ;)

    Reply
  13. tj

    August 6, 2009 at 7:36 pm

    …Yay! You’re one of us! lol… :o)

    …Thanks for sharing this Joy!

    …Blessings…

    Reply
  14. Katie

    August 6, 2009 at 5:44 pm

    What a great idea for a post! It’s nice to be reminded that for every perfect recipe and picture, there’s one that wasn’t so perfect – we’re all human of course! :D

    Reply
  15. Lucia

    August 6, 2009 at 5:20 pm

    Thank you for sharing. And I made scones that looked just like that. I think it was that the recipe called for self rising flour and I put in all purpose by mistake. : (

    Reply
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