Comments on: fail: spent grain cake

By: Wendee

Wendee — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:07:46 +0000

I’ve never heard of spent grain… and honestly don’t think I would have been brave enough to use it for anything!… kudos to you for giving it a shot… failed or not! .

I just found your site as a link to rainbow cake and I have to say… your pictures are awesome!! and your blog… really!! I haven’t laughed so hard in ages! LOVE your writing style… great sense of humor! I’ll defintely be checking back often .

By: poodlegoose

poodlegoose — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:26:33 +0000

As much as I like your recipes, I must say that I really enjoy your style of writing as well. I assume it’s the way you’re thinking/the way you talk? Anyway, thanks for sparing us, and I’m glad you had a fail day. They happen to us all, right?

By: Cucumber

Cucumber — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:32:54 +0000

You tried, and that’s huge in my book.
I am not familiar with spent.
Living in Los Angeles and don’t brew anything.
You never know with a recipe for baking if you experiment.
I do it all the time, sometimes it works, actually usually it works.
Once in a while though it fails.
Years ago I made two quick breads for a friends party to add to dinner.
One of them was lemon, oh, I winged both of these sans a recipe for either.
Just my knowledge of baking.
That lemon one took your face off in a tart way, in the trash at her house it went, never even hit the dinner buffet.
The other one was pineapple/almond, good, but very dense, like you could use it as a brick to knock out a burgler. Tasted great but heavier than a boulder.
Good idea as the fiber is so important and none of us eats enough of it, you tried to plump it up, good job.

By: lo

lo — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:36:09 +0000

I’m really bummed about the spent grain cake.
We recently found a source for it … figured we’d use it as compost for the garden. But, I’ve also heard that it has some nutritional value.

Think you’ll tweak it and try again??

By: Leilani

Leilani — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:31:32 +0000

Awesome blog!
I am soooooo hungry right now….LOL
Anyway, I found your blog while surfing for recipes.
Glad I took time to “check it out.”
Good job!

By: Pripyet

Pripyet — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:27:11 +0000

I love those old cookbooks! It gives you a glimpse into people’s lives, doesn’t it? The recipes are always an iffy thing though — you dont’ know if the submitter had tricks they didn’t even know they were doing.

I found one cookbook that was all about Jello… mostly what could be put into it. Scar-y.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:21:44 +0000

I can’t believe that it doesn’t taste amazing… It looks so good! At least the oatmeal looks really tasty, right?

By: TimGee3

TimGee3 — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:11:48 +0000

Spent grain is GREAT compost fodder!

By: stephchows

stephchows — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:21:14 +0000

Oh bummer!!!! Beautiful pictures though

By: Annemarie

Annemarie — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:43:08 +0000

That makes me feel so much better about failbread.