Vanilla Pudding Disaster

 One week later and I'm hanging my head in shame for falling for another bad recipe: Vegan Vanilla Pudding.

It sounded SO GOOD. I wanted to believe.

After the recommended 10 minute cook time on low heat, the mixture is still iced cold. I cooked another 20 minutes--3 times the cook time in the directions--and it's still total liquid. Not thick at all.

I guess I need to stick to stuff that is tested in professional kitchens or something. I guess they vet the ingredients list to be sure it's specific enough for a home cook to get it right. 

Tofu + Cake Mix = Tragedy

So I fell for a bad recipe again. Oof. I am a big fan of tofu and eat it in desserts often, but the taste and texture of this is very unpleasant. 

This recipe promises an easy box mix cake with only 300g of soft tofu, cake mix , 1/4 cup of water and nothing else. It has been published on numerous sites, and once again believed those same 372 people claiming it's great. Are that many people born missing taste buds, or did they happen to have the same sized tofu and cake mix  as the author? We'll never know.

I used a basic "perfectly moist" Duncan Hines box. The recipe just said to use moist cake mix, without mentioning a size.

Also, it was a challenge to get 300g of soft tofu without a scale. Nowhere in my area is tofu sold in that size, so I had to do my best to remove the extra 50g of tofu that comes in the block.

With the 1/4 cup of water the recipe calls for, the batter was too thick. I had to add a full cup of water just to be able to use the mixer, and even then it was super thick, like drop cookies.

I've now baked this for 1.5x as long as the box calls for and it has a raw/tofu taste to it. It did not brown up like normal cakes do. 

Do.Not.Make.This.