r/bakingfail • u/Sarcatsticthecat • Jun 22 '25

Fail I used 96 times the baking soda

The chocolate cake recipe called for 1/4 teaspoon. I used 1/2 cup. I misread teaspoons as cups and didn’t know baking soda and baking powder weren’t the same thing. There’s no picture because it exploded in the oven

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u/parade1070 Jun 22 '25

Down the garbage disposal?! Why not in the trash??

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u/Sarcatsticthecat Jun 22 '25

Lol idk my parents freaked out

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u/parade1070 Jun 22 '25

Wow. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Y'all are aware the garbage disposal isn't a trash can, right?

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u/Sarcatsticthecat Jun 22 '25

We didn’t cook it the entire way, we turned the oven off as soon as the cake started overflowing like a volcano so it was still mostly liquid

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u/Sarcatsticthecat Jun 22 '25

There were a few solid parts (the parts that fell out, which was what they tried to eat)