PJ, thanks for this annual post! This year, I bought shiny new cake pans which were surprisingly slippery. As I was flipping a still-hot pan onto a cooling rack, it slid off, and the cake layer landed a foot away broken beyond repair. I also made a mistake when making hamantaschen cookies, causing the filling to spill out and over the sides. Breached hamantaschen are U-G-L-Y.

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