Oh No She Dih-int...

Oh yes I did...I totally messed up yet another baking attempt!
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However, I do have to wonder if this go might possibly fall into the category of being a saved baking bust???
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The recipe is once again from blog friend Bridezilla Bakes. This one was just another of her delicious creations that has stayed on my mind. Initially I was attempting to make it to bring over to my in-laws, but when things went sour, I opted to wait for attempt #2.
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What was I attempting to bake up this time around was...Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake. After all Bridezilla herself posted "MAKE THIS LEMON CAKE! NO, REALLY, DO IT, DON’T PUT IT OFF!"
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This is the lemon sugar for the cake and it is fabulous.

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"...rub the lemon zest into the sugar until all the sugar is moistened and aromatic. At this point, it should smell like lemon heaven." And heaven it is...since my in-laws are lemon crazy folks, I actually doubled the amount of lemon zest from 2 to 4 lemons :o)

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Everything for this recipe was moving along smoothly and the house filled with the most delicious sweet lemon smell. Then my oven did it again. Just when I think I have figured out the correct adjustments to temperature and cooking times, baking failure strikes! A bit preoccupied with skyping with Hubs (skype by the way has got to be the BEST invention ever!), I ran into the kitchen as the timer went off, stuck my cake tester into the loaf, only to have it appear to come out clean and considered it done.

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Once fully cooled I sliced off a piece of the beautiful cake only to find...it was not cooked! This was no case of a being a bit soft. You know how sometimes you can under cook cookies or brownies, only to make them even tastier?!?! Well not this time...nope it was goopy inside, ugh!

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I took a few moments to try and figure out what I was going to do. I wanted to try making another batch, but used all my lemons. Toss it? No, that was not an appealing option at that point. You know what I decided to do?!?! I laid the slices out over a parchment covered baking sheet and put the undercooked cake back into the oven. Sounds crazy right? What else could I do. At worse this could only further ruin my failed attempt.

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Needing to run out to the Mexican Fiesta, I knew I couldn't bring this sad twice baked attempt to my family. No way in heck was this even close to resembling what I originally envisioned and I just didn't have the time or energy to deal with this baking disaster right then.

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So these fully cooked lemon cake slices sat on the counter only to be dealt with Monday morning.
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As I got ready for work, I kept staring at the failed pound cake attempt. I couldn't just let it sit there forever and I didn't want to throw it out...so I sliced up the twice baked cake into smaller bite sized pieces, threw them in a zip-lock bag and headed into the office.

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I did have to taste one, just to see...and honestly it was awesome! I turned lemons into lemonade!!!

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The cake was now a dense, crunchy cookie...and I mean crunchy, kind of like shortbread cookies.

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That huge bag of these Lemon Cream Cheese treats was devoured by the office staff! While I didn't perfectly execute the Bridezilla masterpiece, I did manage salvage the failed attempt :o)

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I will try to make this lemon pound cake again, as the flavors are amazing and I think my in-laws are going to love it.

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Original recipe can be found at: http://bridezillabakes.com/2010/03/lemon-cream-cheese-pound-cake-with-very-berry-coulis/

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Thank you Bethany for another delicious recipe!!