When you start cooking, you have an idea of how you want your finished dish to look. Everything from the consistency and colors to food fails and imagining the taste is what drives you to follow through with the recipe. These Reddit users also envisioned a perfectly executed dish, but ended up with unsettling food results!
Hedgehog Birthday Cake
Reddit user UnlawfulOranges revealed that this cake was an attempt at a hedgehog birthday cake, but despite looking very strange, it actually tasted very good. She also commented: “Not only most of the comments think this is terrifying. My grandfather refused to look at it until I removed the face.” These food fails can sometimes taste better than they look.
A Strange Species of Rabbit
What you see on the plate is an attempt at a rabbit made of pancakes, bananas, and strawberries. Reddit user maxpaver’s wife explained that it was a rabbit, even though the user didn’t quite see that shape. A reply from user joshragem jokingly expressed: “Has your wife seen a rabbit in her life?” This is one of those food fails where the idea is easier to imagine that the final result.
Failed Mirror Glaze
Reddit user alison09 commented that the cake tasted delicious, even though the glaze had this strange appearance. She also mentioned: “The glaze thickened too much. I was going by temperature as per the recipe book I was using, but I guess the temperature listed was too low. I had seen mirror glazes fail when the glaze was too hot so I was following the temperature carefully.” Despite the unusual appearance, these food fails can still taste delicious.
Crab Boiled In Pepsi Max
The image shows a crab that was boiled, using Pepsi Max as the cooking liquid, for over two hours and finally served in a baguette. A reply from user DrSoaryn expressed: “Is it weird that I legitimately want to know what the inside looks like?”. While user Dappershire mentioned: “First I think it was a unique caramelization technique but when I saw it I was just… nope.” This unusual dish certainly belongs among these food fails.
Wrong Cooking Bag
This dish turned out this way because Reddit user jesseburns mixed up the cooking bag used for the chicken; he mentioned that he bough a brining bag instead of a baking bag. He also commented: “I’ve never cooked with a bag so I guess you cook at a higher temperature and the bag keeps it from drying out.” His food fails experience shows how an unfamiliar cooking method can lead to unexpected results.
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Steve Harvey Cake
The cake was an attempt to resemble Steve Harvey, the famous television host. Reddit user vyn203 was well aware of what he had created, noting: “This is a masterpiece of abomination.” A reply from user c0mptar2000 expressed: “To be fair, the mustache is spot on and the nose has the right general shape.” Among these food fails, this cake at least captured some recognizable features.
Blackberry Bars with Lemon Glaze
Reddit user SugarVibes revealed that their blackberry bars with lemon glaze tasted delicious, even though their appearance looked somewhat questionable. A reply from user The_Chaotic_Bro mentioned: “I used a recipe adding some vanilla and a splash of tequila, but my filling was too much compared to the dough so I’d cut the amount of berries you cook or make more dough.”
Cooking Pasta with a Sports Drink
Reddit user murtaza64 shared a photo from the day he cooked pasta using a hydrating sport drink. The result was that, once cooked, the pasta took on a green hue, looking radioactive rather than edible. A reply from user iluniuhai expressed: “My brother-in-law used to cook like this, but with Pepsi. He says water makes him ‘feel sick’.” This colorful experiment is certainly one of the more unusual food fails.
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Escape-artist Cake
It looked as though this cake was coming to life and trying to escape Reddit user CoconutRubbish667’s oven. The person who baked it explained that he didn’t understand what had gone wrong during the process. A reply from user brainchrist expressed: “I’m thinking maybe you doubled the eggs because it really looks rubbery.” This bizarre cake is another memorable example of food fails.
I Imagined It Being Cuter
Reddit user howierid had the idea of preparing an animal, what appears to be a dog or a sheep, as a glazed dessert. He commented: “If you look closely you can see juice trailing from the strawberry eyes which look kind of like tears.” A reply from user KingslyBoi jokingly expressed: “The strawberry devil horn sticking out of the head ties it all together nicely.” This strange dessert is among the most unusual food fails in the collection.
Lots of Hedgehogs
Reddit user MyOversoul commented that her daughter wanted a depiction of an angry hedgehog for her birthday cake, and the result is what is shown in the image. She revealed that for the teeth she used zombie joke teeth for kids’ parties that she found in the celebrations section of Walmart. A reply from user robbeeboi expressed: “It’s terrifying but I love it.” This terrifying cake is another example of creative food fails.
Banana Bread Looking For Freedom
Reddit user Antipodean247 explained that when making this banana bread, she thought the pan would be big enough for all the batter, but upon taking it out of the oven, she was met with this sight. A response from user FyzzyBongos expressed: “I bet that was the best piece too. Crispy on the outside and light and fluffy on the inside.” This overflowing loaf is one of the more amusing food fails.
Conclusion
None of these unsettling culinary results were meant to turn out that way, almost scaring the people who cooked the dish, but the surprise they must have felt upon taking it out of the oven, from those hedgehog cakes to the Steve Harvey cake was surely incredible. Any cook, experienced or not, can both suffer and enjoy this situation.
