17 Cooking Attempts That Started as a Recipe and Ended as Pure Comedy
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Sometimes cooking inspiration strikes suddenly — out of boredom or out of the urge to see “what if this is delicious?” However, experiments like this don’t always end with culinary masterpieces. The heroes of this article decided to step beyond traditional recipes and ended up with results that make them slightly regret their bold impulse.
I made a cake out of pasta.
- Who hurt you? © RepresentativeFast59 / Reddit
Frosting sure is hard to do.
- I like it! Bring the spoons! © sophiekittybone / Reddit
Basque cheesecake got way too burnt.
For the first time I decided to make candied lemon peels — and, to put it mildly, the experiment failed.
- I have so many questions... © Unicorn_Sush1 / Reddit
I decided to make pasta Aglio e Olio with squid ink.
- I thought it was fishing bait. © Twitch84 / Reddit
My first attempt at making gyoza
I tried to make a Chantilly cake. Really focus on the word “tried.”
Tried to make Red Velvet cookies. Instead I got cookies like this.
- I actually thought these are slices of rye bread with butter. © TurboKid513 / Reddit
I decided to make cinnamon rolls.
- Did someone sneeze on them? © actualbookwyvern / Reddit
My attempt at making fruit flan
My wife’s attempt to make a mug cake, like in the picture
- Hey, she got the mug part right! © MorraBella / Reddit
Throwback to me trying to make my crush a Zelda themed birthday cake.
I tried to recreate the cake I saw in the store! Well... it tastes pretty good!

If we expect everything to turn out like the picture we would all be single!
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Tried to make a chicken and rice recipe from a slow cooker cookbook.
- Sorry, that looks like nursing home dinner. © Working-Raspberry185 / Reddit
My boyfriend said we need to eat more vegetables — so I decided to try a recipe from social media.
Tried to make a capybara bread for my friend’s birthday. I hope she’s happy with a fat hamster.
Tried to make some cute frogs, it didn’t go as planned...

The last frog that I saw that looked like that, was right before I cut off it's legs and fried them up.
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- They will haunt my dreams. © geetwo_g2 / Reddit
Check out these culinary disasters that would leave chefs clutching their aprons in horror.
Preview photo credit AdBig6833 / Reddit
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