Seriously, it only happens on T.V. - nobody ever actually puts something in a mixer and has it spray all over their kitchen right? Wrong. It happened to me. I wish I had taken pictures, you have to believe what a huge mess it was.
I was making frosting for Sarah's birthday cake on Saturday morning. All the ingredients were in, the Crisco, margarine, powdered sugar, etc... all the stuff that makes it good and sticky. If you are not familiar with frosting it has to beat for a while to become firm and if you have an antique mixer like I do it takes a loooong while. So I thought I would be proactive and do some dishes while it was beating. Now, I was not neglecting the frosting, I was less than 2 foot away and I was glancing at it every 5 seconds or so. It was fine and then all of a sudden I felt like my pants were being pelted with something. Because they were. Frosting.
I quickly shut it off, yelled shit and stood there, looking around at what appeared to a snow covered kitchen. Very gingerbread house like. Really, this only happens on T.V. or so I thought. Sarah came out quickly, hearing my expletive and promptly stepped in some. We started cleaning and had to wash everything. The rugs, the stove, the canisters, the clean dishes, dishes in the cupboard, the potatoes, everything. The frosting had managed to get on everything except the cake. Not one dollop had landed on either layer of the cake. I mean seriously!
So we cleaned and used every rag and towel, then I had to wash my clothes which ended up coming out stained because of the oil in the Crisco - another alumni sweatshirt down the drain :-( then I had to mop the floor which I had already done and shower because yep- the frosting was in my hair :-)
Looking back on it it was incredibly funny and I didn't cry so it couldn't have been that bad right! We even ended up with enough to frost the cake even if it was a little thinner than usual.
Let's just say that if anyone wants to know what I am asking Santa for it is money to buy a new mixer, mine has warn out it's welcome. I need a splatter shield pronto!
3 comments:
Funny stuff!
Linens N Things is getting out of business, do they sell mixers?
Even with less icing, the cake was delicious. (No matter how old it was.)
I'm still laughing - 3 word solution: Betty Crocker Frosting - already made and guaranteed not to spray across the kitchen. I'm beginning to think the egg dying incident really wasn't my fault. D
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