Great post! My biggest snafu in 2016 wasn't actually that big of a deal, but it was in stark contrast to the success I had just the day before. I was making a Bailey's cake. It's a very simple but delicious cake, that is sorta a variant on a pound cake. I'd made it several times before with great success. This time I actually followed the recipe and used store bought Bailey's instead of making it. The cake rose up way over the pan, and those parts then proceeded to fall off of the cake, directly onto the element, so I had to take it out way early so the oven didn't catch fire. Had to throw the whole thing out. Still haven't figured out what happened. The funny part: the day before I made an Angel Food Cake from scratch. Never done it before, turned out perfectly.

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