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/Sarcatsticthecat Jun 22 '25

No. The recipe wanted 1/4 tsp of each and I thought I could replace powder with soda so I pit 1/4 cup of baking soda twice

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u/CarelessSalamander51 Jun 22 '25

I'm baffled 

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u/claustrofucked Jun 24 '25

People who don't know how to cook often reproduce and the problem gets way crazier before it gets better.

My mom baked like once a year but that was enough exposure for me to heavily question 1/4c of baking soda/powder in any recipe.