Any Home Bakers Here?

[BoundlessLove]

They don't freeze solid. Try it.

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We did the traditional “freeze a piece of wedding cake to eat on your one year anniversary”.
My mom kept it and sealed it for us.
Went straight into the freezer.
It was still semi soft and tasted okay on our one year anniversary.

 

[jnicholes]

I don’t understand it. This is the third time I’ve tried making this recipe this week, and every time I make it, the bread splits. It just doesn’t look good, to me at least.

I’m going to open up a little bit. I may get emotional, so don’t be too hard on me.

In my mind, if it doesn’t look good to the eye, it won’t taste as good to the mouth. My grandfather taught me this, rather harshly, when I tried to cook for him once.

He criticize me so badly and so harshly it took me several years to be able to cook again, because it was so traumatic when I put so much work into a dish (in this case, it was clam chowder,) and my grandpa completely rejected it and told me everything I did wrong. He did this very harshly. He wouldn’t even eat it, even though I made it with love and it took me two hours to make.

This is why I seek perfection and making meals look good. I don’t want people to snap at me again for my mistakes.

Its completely trauma related.

Anyway, what can I do to make sure my bread doesn’t split again? I need to do better.

 

[Cebarmlds]

It looks good to me, bread always does this doesn't it? when it rises it opens or cracks a bit. ask @ronott1 he knows bread...

I know crabby people like that! don't let them get to you too much.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Heck Bakers life is too short to get yelled at.

 

[azurbanclucker]

They don't freeze solid. Try it.

I tried it. Not a fan. Much better nuked for 30 sec.

 

[Rambling Iris]

My Mama used to say if a dish, especially cake, was ugly it tasted better, sweeter. Because all the love you put into baking it was trying to come out. The bread looks good to me! Good job, Jarod

 

[azurbanclucker]

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I don’t understand it. This is the third time I’ve tried making this recipe this week, and every time I make it, the bread splits. It just doesn’t look good, to me at least.

I’m going to open up a little bit. I may get emotional, so don’t be too hard on me.

In my mind, if it doesn’t look good to the eye, it won’t taste as good to the mouth. My grandfather taught me this, rather harshly, when I tried to cook for him once.

He criticize me so badly and so harshly it took me several years to be able to cook again, because it was so traumatic when I put so much work into a dish (in this case, it was clam chowder,) and my grandpa completely rejected it and told me everything I did wrong. He did this very harshly. He wouldn’t even eat it, even though I made it with love and it took me two hours to make.

This is why I seek perfection and making meals look good. I don’t want people to snap at me again for my mistakes.

Its completely trauma related.

Anyway, what can I do to make sure my bread doesn’t split again? I need to do better.

the heck with what it looks like. if it tastes awesome you did a good job.

 

[Rambling Iris]

No baking for me today, life is getting in the way. Hope to bake more cookies for the freezer tomorrow.

 

[fuzzi]

My food isn't pretty, tastes good.

My maternal grandmother had lots of sayings, some obscure, some I've heard since. Regarding your grandfather she would have probably said "Consider the source". If a jerk says something to me, I'd consider that it was coming from a jerk, and put it behind me.

More on topic: I opened up a can of corned beef, crumbled and warmed it up in a skillet, then made four "wells" in the mixture, and added eggs. They poach nicely surrounded by meat. I had some for supper, put the rest in the refrigerator for tomorrow, or Wednesday.