Sheep(ish) Cupcakes
Apr 16
Laura at VanDerLinden Life writes: My daughter and I tried to replicate these cute sheep cupcakes. My husband went to the store and didn’t buy the right gel frosting. We were using a fork to dab the frosting on for eyes. It just didn’t quite look the same. I’m pretty sure we nailed...
Pinterest Fail: Potato Crash Site
Apr 13
Shannin found a link to Crash Potatoes on Pinterest. “I thought it would be an easy new way to cook potatoes. Not so.” “First of all if the potatoes are too big, they don’t cook as fast as the small ones when you boil them.” “Then, the the skin started to peel off when I tried to mash them and they went flying around the pan. After the masher started to bend...
Revenge of the Robot Cake
Apr 11
Kate thought this Betty Crocker Robot cake would be a snap, but didn’t count on the amount of icing needed, and candy that was determined to slip and slide around. Sure did taste good though! The best thing about edible craft fails is you get to eat the evidence! Editor’s Note: I think this cake is adorable – and he looks happier than the inspiration...
The Ugliest Gingerbread House of All
Apr 02
From: Katy We had a gingerbread house making party one December a few years back. We started with kits but I bought all sorts of fun candy and made extra frosting. I of course, being competitive, wanted to build the most beautiful, delicious-looking gingerbread house of them all. I used the box and the internet for inspiration on how I was going to build my masterpiece. Unfortunately, the weight...
The Battle of Donut Hole (Donut Hole Snowman FAIL)
Mar 28
From: Michelle P Subject: The Battle of Donut Hole (Donut Hole Snowman FAIL) Found this donut hole snowman recipe idea in “Parents” magazine. Thought this would be a fun project for my 4-year-old and I, since we would be hosting Christmas morning breakfast at our house. Wouldn’t it be adorable to have donut hole snowmen with our coffee!? How this failed: Icing wouldn’t...
Trainwreck Cake
Mar 26
From: Michelle B. Subject: Train Cake? More like train wreck! One of my best friends told me that she had always wanted to get a train cake for her birthday when she was younger, but she never had. I thought it’d be great if I could make her dream come true still, so when her birthday rolled around, I recruited my boyfriend to help me make this Betty Crocker train cake recipe that I...
