I suffered an epic failure in a baking project recently and severely damaged my reputation in the kitchen.
See this puddle of sadness…
It was supposed to be a Nutella Tart! It’s main purpose wasn’t to be food, it was aiming to be my baby’s science project.
The science project was called “The Incredible Edible Cell,” where my 12 year-old was tasked to make a model of a cell using only things that can be eaten.
Since the baby has celiac disease, we decided that her edible cell must be gluten-free.
The Nutella Tart sounded like a winner, because it is the baby’s favorite food. But soon we discovered a flaw. This tart needed to be refrigerated. In just 90 minutes at room temperature, the tart turned into soup and allowed our cell particle representatives and toothpick labels to swim or drown in the liquid.
Last minute, we needed a plan B!!!
I found this in the pantry.
Hmmm…what if I could use the entire package and bake it into one giant round cookie??
Yippee!! It came out of the oven beautifully; completely intact with not even a crack.
I turned the big cookie over to the baby. It was her project, so she got to design and build the edible cell.
She took out the bag of gluten-free candies we bought earlier, along with colorful icings, and set to work.
The kid had a blast!!!
Who wouldn’t? This project was fun.
Best of all, when she brought the project to school, after presenting the project, she got to eat it with her classmates and friends.
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