May 24th, 2010 
Emily Matt loves his baked goods, so in our first few months of newlywed bliss, I decided to show him my life by baking him a cake. What a nice wife, right? Despite my tiredness, I press on to make this dessert of love.
When I bake, foolishly I often try to do other things at the same time. This time, I’m gathering ingredients, measuring cups and quickly looking over the recipe. As I’m pouring the oil into the bowl, two questions popped in my head, only to be quickly ignored: I wonder why this oil has a twist cap? Why does this oil seem so gloppy?
It’s a good thing that I came to my senses about a minute later, and not while the hubs was eating his first bite. You see, I get my oil from Costco, meaning it’s in a huge container. It’s about the same size as laundry detergent. Yes folks, I put laundry detergent in the cake batter mix instead of oil. Yikes!
I’m just glad that I figured it out before I actually baked it. Reluctantly, I had to throw the ingredients away and start over.
Since this incident, I’ve wisely invested in prep bowls. Thankfully, my husband and family willingly eat what I have baked — now that my detergent’s home is on a shelf above our washer and dryer.
Have you had a kitchen disaster? Please share!
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I was making Raisin Bran muffins once and used dish soap (which was golden and oily looking) instead of vegetable oil. Same thing–I got confused by the large plastic jugs, which looked very similar. The difference is, I didn’t realize what I’d done. I finished mixing, put them in the oven, and the muffins came out 20 minutes later looking beautiful. I was halfway through the first hot muffin when I noticed a strange bitter aftertaste. Uh oh! I checked the jug and realized my error. By then, though, my sister had already eaten three. She freaked out, started crying, and thought she was going to die. She didn’t, but she had really clean intestines.
That’s really funny. I’m glad to know that I’m not alone and that Matt wouldn’t have died!