Thursday, June 17, 2010

Oops, guess I was wrong

It's definitely not a silicone baking tray. Apparently it  is  was a silicone ice cube tray from Ikea. Oops.

As I glanced into the hot oven to check the progress of my banana and choc chip muffins I saw that the silicone baking tray was slowly drooping down through the bars of the oven rack in a manner reminiscent of melted cheese. Also, I now realise, in a manner reminiscent of being a silicone ice cube tray.

I immediately had visions of a similar incident and panicked at the thought of having to buy a new oven - mine is only 3 years old and is my second favourite thing in the kitchen (Behind the ducted vacuum kicker and only marginally ahead of my beloved Tupperware collection).

Luckily, my oven escaped unscathed. The baking tray ice cube tray was not so lucky. Next time I'm making Margaritas, can you bring the ice?

16 comments:

  1. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha (hiccup) hahahahahahhahahaahahaha

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  2. I thought of Jodie too, only hers was a big blue melted mess, chopping board wasn't it?? Oh dear!!
    FYI Gypsy, when you do try to bake with the correct (expensive) silicone baking gear, it tends not to like actual chocolate or say chocolate chips touching the edges, so don't try that at home either!! Just stick to the regular vanilla, butter, savory types of cakes, muffins, friands, whatever takes your fancy. Clearly you're a domestic goddess & have such recipes!! Love Posie

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  3. OH NO! good thing it didn't ruin your oven, that would have been awful...

    and they would have been such adorable heart-shaped muffins, i'm sure =-(

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  4. Thank you for trying this and being a warning to me. It's exactly the sort of thing I'm likely to do.

    Phew! Glad your oven didn't suffer.

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  5. oh dear.
    good save.
    bummer about the muffins, they would be nice right about now!

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  6. Ha ha ha... so sorry but I laughed out loud!

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  7. AHAHAHAHA - that is gold Gypsy... GOLD!

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  8. haha this sounds like one of my many baking disasters! thankfully your oven was safe ;)

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  9. Oh lordy, I laughed out loud too! This is so something I would do. Bahahahahahahaha!

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  10. Thanks so much for the laugh! Probably the funniest blog post I've ever seen. Gonna bookmark you :)

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  11. Man, it was worth it for the belly laugh. Mmmm, plasticky.

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  12. It's posts like this that make me love the internet. I just did a search for "baking in ikea ice cube trays", wondering if I can make my toddler some star shaped muffins. Huzzah, you have saved me a lot of trouble. :)

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