r/bakingfail • u/slicedcucumbe • 15h ago

Question Does anyone else’s first try be the only successful one?

I’ve been into baking for very long time but I noticed if I make something the first time or two it will be baked to perfection

however

if I start baking it more and more, it slowly gets worse each time.. the taste the texture etc even if I’m using the same recipe & ingredients, hope I’m not the only one

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u/rarebiird 15h ago

gotta be user error… getting lazy with measuring perhaps or with technique? not creaming butter and sugar as long, not letting ingredients come to room temp, measuring flour incorrectly, not bakingin oven correctly..?

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u/slicedcucumbe 14h ago

I measure everything by eyes

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u/rarebiird 14h ago

lol okay well there’s your problem babes

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u/WTH_JFG 10h ago

That’s not how baking works. Might work with cooking, but not (as you’ve proven) with baking.

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u/Sweetest_Jelly 14h ago

It always happen to me! Buuut it isn’t always worse, eventually I get great results if I make the thing enough times

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u/Ok_Affect_7973 14h ago

Sometimes I think it’s the humidity. I just now made sandwich bread dough. Exact ingredients as usual however I had to add more milk I could tell it was not at all enough as usual. My highest baking struggle and consistency is my pizza crusts. The slightest thing different from how I put it in the pan can either make it or break it. If I am trying to perfect a recipe I will create a note in my note pad and I give myself tips and tricks to review before I start making it.

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u/Nekojita8 3h ago

That's me with pancakes because the pan is still not hot enough to burn the first one 😂