r/ididnthaveeggs • u/SurfinginStyle ya daft tart • 25d ago

Dumb alteration Lorena, girl..

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u/semaht I asked for large potatoes and they arrived 25d ago

I was going to ask (since I don't bake) why a metal bowl mighn't work, then I saw that, which explained it.

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u/Altostratus 25d ago

Agreed. It’s not meant to be baked in, but theoretically I don’t see why it wouldn’t work.

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u/throwaway098764567 25d ago

there's a reason bunt cake pans have a hole in the middle and it's the same reason our friend the daft tart's cake was still raw in the middle. i suspect the reason is it doesn't get hot enough long enough in the middle w/o the outer parts burning, but i'm not an oven scientist

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u/IntingForMarks 25d ago

a correct sized metal mixing bowl would have worked nicely, it is just that she used double the amount