So he reason why I bring this up, is my wife decided to bake me a cake for my birthday.
When I bit into it, initially it was ok, but then as the taste settled on my tongue, all I tasted was baking soda.
She asked me to taste it first before she proceeded with the rest of the recipe. I tried being polite, but the longer the stuff seat in my mouth, the more like all I taste was baking soda. I had her taste it , and kinda the same thing happened. At first she thought it was ok, but then the baking soda flavor kicked in and dominated.
***Almost every time she tries a new recipe, she has me read its through first, cause in most cases, I can get a pretty good idea of what it will taste like before going through the hassle of making it. This was kinda of a surprise for my birthday ( it sure was a surprise to my taste buds). so she chose to override the vetting step and just make it.***
Anyway, after our mid recipe taste test, she decided to abandon the recipe and go to the store to pick up a few pints of garlic stuffed olives, put a candle on the olive container, and use that as my ' Birthday Cake'. Usually we get a few quarts of vegetarian hot and sour soup, and putt candles in that, but all the local restaurants that make good veg hot and sour soup no longer exists. Closest one is 50 miles away.
Anyway, I promise I was polite about it, she wasn't insulted, but I wasn't up to eating a cake that taste like a bad pretzel and pretending to like it.
BTW, the recipe called for 1 Tbs + 1 tsp of baking soda.
I dont bake much, so Although it did seam like more than I usually put it ( and it sure tasted like it too), I wasn't sure which is why I wanted to ask what you guys thought.
I also questioned her if she definitely measured correctly. Then I asked her if she did a thorough job mixing all the ingredients together. I did a taste test on several areas of the cake, and she had 2 cakes to layer, so I tasted both, and the baking soda flavor was consistency throughout.
Anyway, no need to make any suggestions on how to change the recipe, we wont be making it again.
( I spared the chicken the calories and disappointment and just threw it out in the trash.)
This falls under " Its the thought that counts" and again, I was very nice about it, I didnt make her feel bad.