Puester wrote:
>
> Ugh. I just put a banana bread in the oven (a James Beard recipe that
> we like) about 15 minutes ago and suddenly I can smell burning, all
> the way up here on the second floor. The dang thing has overflowed
> and is charring on the floor of the oven.
>
> My bad. The recipe called for a 9x5 inch bread pan and I poured the
> batter into a longer, narrower bread pan, maybe 11x4.
>
> Tomorrow morning I'll scrape out the oven and do a major cleaning.
> That'll teach me. Meanwhile it does smell something awful.
>
> gloria p
Ah, reminds me of the time when I made gingerbread using a recipe that
called for baking powder - unfortunately I used self-raising flour
instead of plain. It erupted like a volcano .

Christine