9-Year-Old Thinks She’ll Never Be A Baker Now Since She Failed Once But The Internet Posts Many Examples Of Their Failures
Baking is hard, especially if you’re trying out a new recipe. Bestselling author Shannon Hale shared how her 9-year-old daughter started crying when she tried baking something new and messed up. The girl thought that this meant that she can no longer be a baker.
So Shannon turned to Twitter and asked bakers to share the times that they messed up to make her daughter feel better. The response was massive!
Shannon’s thread got over 10.9k likes. And one of the people who answered was none other than scientist and father of the Xbox Seamus Blackley who had previously baked a loaf of bread with 4.5k-year-old yeast. He admitted that he screws up continuously.
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Bestselling author Shannon Hale said that her daughter was in tears after messing up trying to bake something new
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Bakers from all corners of Twitter told stories about all the times that they failed in the kitchen
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The writer has published more than 25 books for kids, teenagers, and adults. She’s a New York Times bestselling author who lives near Salt Lake City in Utah with her husband, 4 children, and 2 pet cats (Misty Knight and Mike Hat).
Shannon has won the Newbery Honor award for her Princess Academy book, created the popular Ever After High series, and the Real Friends graphic novel memoir. Three of her books are for adults, including Austenland which got a movie adaptation in 2013 starring Keri Russell.
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The author also sometimes works together with her husband Dean. Together, they co-wrote the Eisner-nominated graphic novel Rapunzel’s Revenge, created The Princess in Black series, and even created 2 novels about Marvel’s superhero Squirrel Girl.
Shannon is a huge supporter of gender equality and is widely known for her public speaking. Her books have been translated into more than 20 languages which just goes to show how many people relate to her work. Shannon started writing books when she was just 10 years old and eventually became a professional writer, so it’s safe to say that her 9-year-old daughter can become a master baker if she wants to.
Twitter users had some great advice for the writer’s daughter
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It doesn’t matter what field you are in, how old you are or how long you have been doing it, everyone makes mistakes. Sometimes the mistakes are small, sometimes they are huge, but just remember this, civilization is built on failures. How else do we learn to succeed?
I'll always remember my Mum making avocado mousse for a fancy dinner party (it was the 80s!). She miss-read teaspoon of gelatine as a tablespoon and we ended up with avocado jelly! Oh, and she's a food tech teacher!
My sister made gravy once but didn't realise that tsp is a teaspoon and not a tablespoon. Chuck of gravy anyone?
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I can't bake worth a darn. Every cookie I make comes out flat. Every biscuit I make doesn't rise. The only time I can bake anything decent is if it comes in mix form and I just have to add one or two ingredients for it to work. Otherwise...I'm useless at baking. One fail does not ruin your career as a baker. My mother is a wonderful cook. I asked her how she got so good. She said "Your father ate a lot of mistakes before I got it right." And my dad nodded. Everything takes practice. You'll get there. Hopefully I will too one day. Good Luck!!
Those pre-mix packets are a lifesaver and thw only thing that works for me. I also connot bake but my Mom and her sister and really good. Embarassing.
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5 yo me: likes vinegar on kale, sees that the popovers have spinach in them, remembers spinach is like kale, puts (2 cups) vinegar in popover batter. 3 years later, making pancakes, almost puts cat laxative in instead of sugar, realizes just in time, (accidentally) puts salt in instead of sugar. 5 years later, (13) I am making a cake, and it blows up after I take it out, we still don't know what happened
I make the most SCRUMPTIOUS Black Forest Cake you have ever tasted, but it is ugly as sin bcoz I am hopeless at decorating. I've been making it for 20yrs and still can't get it to look pretty but so far no one who's dared to try it has ever complained (in fact they usually ask for the recipe)
Sweet heart we learn for our mistakes, Don't give up trust me you'll get the hang of it, my first cake was brick, my grand dad used it to sharpen his knives for years, yes it was that bad, my mom frist pie crust was used for a dog dish for years, she pasted in 2013I think she said she was ten, at the time, I'm 55 and I still make mistakes, bbut what the cats and dogs won't eat put it in the shollow grave in the backyard, keep trying you'll be the best soon.
I’m impressed she’s 9 and already in the kitchen. You’re going to make mistakes that’s how you learn to get better. She’ll be a master chef in 20 years if she keeps on.
I made muffins once and grabbed the wrong measuring cup for the oil. I put in something like a cup and a half of oil instead a few tbps. The batter was beautiful. So smooth. I Didn't realize there mistake until i flipped the no pan onto a cooking rack and they flowed right through it.
I was in my 30s before i really have baking a chance. Turns out I'm pretty good at it as long as I'm paying attention.
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I don't think I could put salt in anything instead of sugar when I'm baking as I'm constantly nibbling the dough/tasting the icing! >u<
lol last week I burnt the cinnamon rolls in the oven...turned black! So I decided to make regular biscuits instead and burnt those black too, lol. It was not a good morning
Might be time to replace the thermocouple on your oven. 20 minutes and a screwdriver to replace a $20-30 part. Just make sure to flip the breaker for the stove first
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I once tried to make a mirror glaze cake for my mom for her birthday when i was like 16 and, well, one of the steps is to melt chocolate, gelatin, condensed milk, and water in a pot on the stove. SInce it was like 3 am, I decided that using a bowl would work just as well, and not even five seconds after I put the GLASS bowl on the stove, it exploded and smeared a gooey concoction of sticky milk and glass all across me and the stove. Some of it got into the oven, and not long after, the oven mysteriously stopped working. The fact that I BROKE THE OVEN melting mirror glaze at age 16 has haunted me ever since.
Four pieces of advice:- 1. Those who can- cook. Those who can't- write cook books. 2. Avoid recipes that insist you use the exact amount of ingredients. They often say "1-egg". Now is that 1 small 45gm egg, or an oversize 80gm egg? The writer is a nin-com-poop. 3. Check you have all the ingredients before starting. Leaving a nearly finished cake mix sitting on the bench while taking 3/4 hour to go to the shops to get icing sugar will never end well. On the other hand good icing will hide a multitude of sins. 4. Never, serve soft cheesecake on a flat glass plate with the cake itself still sitting on a metal baking plate. The friction is zero, the cake will slide and perform a 180° turn and land upside down on your shag-pile carpet. Do not then lift it up using a sheet of thin perspex, attempt a mid-air 180° to turn it the right way up, and pat the cake into some semblance of shape. Lastly, do not forget to shave off the remaining shag-pile fur before serving it to your in-laws.
I am so hungry for anyone's cooking besides my own after 5 weeks of lockdown, I would devour anything posted here... The choc. cake without baking powder is just an extra large cookie! Enjoy!
I have made exploding cupcakes, burnt things, omitted key ingredients, made a sunken treasure cake instead of a floating candy cake... Baking is meant to be about mistakes. I think part of the issue is that we don't teach our kids failing is ok.
My mom was so bad when she started cooking, she could burn water. That bad.
I tried to make unleavened bread over Resurrection Sunday. Put in 2 tablespoons of salt instead of teaspoons. Needless to say, didn't turn out so well. LOL p.s. I'm 35 years old. We all make mistakes, try try again :)
I once forgot to put sugar in my bread pudding... At the first Thanksgiving after my mother died...
If being good were a prerequisite to being a baker, half the mom and pop bakeries in the US wouldn't exist, and companies like Jones Brothers wouldn't be winning awards.
It doesn’t matter what field you are in, how old you are or how long you have been doing it, everyone makes mistakes. Sometimes the mistakes are small, sometimes they are huge, but just remember this, civilization is built on failures. How else do we learn to succeed?
I'll always remember my Mum making avocado mousse for a fancy dinner party (it was the 80s!). She miss-read teaspoon of gelatine as a tablespoon and we ended up with avocado jelly! Oh, and she's a food tech teacher!
My sister made gravy once but didn't realise that tsp is a teaspoon and not a tablespoon. Chuck of gravy anyone?
Load More Replies... I can't bake worth a darn. Every cookie I make comes out flat. Every biscuit I make doesn't rise. The only time I can bake anything decent is if it comes in mix form and I just have to add one or two ingredients for it to work. Otherwise...I'm useless at baking. One fail does not ruin your career as a baker. My mother is a wonderful cook. I asked her how she got so good. She said "Your father ate a lot of mistakes before I got it right." And my dad nodded. Everything takes practice. You'll get there. Hopefully I will too one day. Good Luck!!
Those pre-mix packets are a lifesaver and thw only thing that works for me. I also connot bake but my Mom and her sister and really good. Embarassing.
Load More Replies... 5 yo me: likes vinegar on kale, sees that the popovers have spinach in them, remembers spinach is like kale, puts (2 cups) vinegar in popover batter. 3 years later, making pancakes, almost puts cat laxative in instead of sugar, realizes just in time, (accidentally) puts salt in instead of sugar. 5 years later, (13) I am making a cake, and it blows up after I take it out, we still don't know what happened
I make the most SCRUMPTIOUS Black Forest Cake you have ever tasted, but it is ugly as sin bcoz I am hopeless at decorating. I've been making it for 20yrs and still can't get it to look pretty but so far no one who's dared to try it has ever complained (in fact they usually ask for the recipe)
Sweet heart we learn for our mistakes, Don't give up trust me you'll get the hang of it, my first cake was brick, my grand dad used it to sharpen his knives for years, yes it was that bad, my mom frist pie crust was used for a dog dish for years, she pasted in 2013I think she said she was ten, at the time, I'm 55 and I still make mistakes, bbut what the cats and dogs won't eat put it in the shollow grave in the backyard, keep trying you'll be the best soon.
I’m impressed she’s 9 and already in the kitchen. You’re going to make mistakes that’s how you learn to get better. She’ll be a master chef in 20 years if she keeps on.
I made muffins once and grabbed the wrong measuring cup for the oil. I put in something like a cup and a half of oil instead a few tbps. The batter was beautiful. So smooth. I Didn't realize there mistake until i flipped the no pan onto a cooking rack and they flowed right through it.
I was in my 30s before i really have baking a chance. Turns out I'm pretty good at it as long as I'm paying attention.
Load More Replies... I don't think I could put salt in anything instead of sugar when I'm baking as I'm constantly nibbling the dough/tasting the icing! >u<
lol last week I burnt the cinnamon rolls in the oven...turned black! So I decided to make regular biscuits instead and burnt those black too, lol. It was not a good morning
Might be time to replace the thermocouple on your oven. 20 minutes and a screwdriver to replace a $20-30 part. Just make sure to flip the breaker for the stove first
Load More Replies... I once tried to make a mirror glaze cake for my mom for her birthday when i was like 16 and, well, one of the steps is to melt chocolate, gelatin, condensed milk, and water in a pot on the stove. SInce it was like 3 am, I decided that using a bowl would work just as well, and not even five seconds after I put the GLASS bowl on the stove, it exploded and smeared a gooey concoction of sticky milk and glass all across me and the stove. Some of it got into the oven, and not long after, the oven mysteriously stopped working. The fact that I BROKE THE OVEN melting mirror glaze at age 16 has haunted me ever since.
Four pieces of advice:- 1. Those who can- cook. Those who can't- write cook books. 2. Avoid recipes that insist you use the exact amount of ingredients. They often say "1-egg". Now is that 1 small 45gm egg, or an oversize 80gm egg? The writer is a nin-com-poop. 3. Check you have all the ingredients before starting. Leaving a nearly finished cake mix sitting on the bench while taking 3/4 hour to go to the shops to get icing sugar will never end well. On the other hand good icing will hide a multitude of sins. 4. Never, serve soft cheesecake on a flat glass plate with the cake itself still sitting on a metal baking plate. The friction is zero, the cake will slide and perform a 180° turn and land upside down on your shag-pile carpet. Do not then lift it up using a sheet of thin perspex, attempt a mid-air 180° to turn it the right way up, and pat the cake into some semblance of shape. Lastly, do not forget to shave off the remaining shag-pile fur before serving it to your in-laws.
I am so hungry for anyone's cooking besides my own after 5 weeks of lockdown, I would devour anything posted here... The choc. cake without baking powder is just an extra large cookie! Enjoy!
I have made exploding cupcakes, burnt things, omitted key ingredients, made a sunken treasure cake instead of a floating candy cake... Baking is meant to be about mistakes. I think part of the issue is that we don't teach our kids failing is ok.
My mom was so bad when she started cooking, she could burn water. That bad.
I tried to make unleavened bread over Resurrection Sunday. Put in 2 tablespoons of salt instead of teaspoons. Needless to say, didn't turn out so well. LOL p.s. I'm 35 years old. We all make mistakes, try try again :)
I once forgot to put sugar in my bread pudding... At the first Thanksgiving after my mother died...
If being good were a prerequisite to being a baker, half the mom and pop bakeries in the US wouldn't exist, and companies like Jones Brothers wouldn't be winning awards.
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