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Anyone else dread turning on their oven?

post #1 of 24
7/2/12 at 7:45pm
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It was at least 100 here today - I don't think our air ever shut off and it still couldn't get the house cool. I absolutely dread turning on the oven to start a cake for Saturday. And then the event (graduation party) will be outside - at least it should only be 90 that day. icon_confused.gif (have plans to have the cake at a friends house nearby so I can run and get it out of their fridge when it's cake time)
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post #2 of 24
7/2/12 at 8:23pm
I just bit the bullet today. I volunteered to make a cake for the 4th and put it off as long as I could. It is a 3 layer (red, white & blue) and I only have 2 pans so I had to double the time the oven was on. It's not quite as hot today and I had the air conditioner running the whole time. I was happy when I finished so I could turn the oven off. I'm thankful for the air at least, would hate to bake without it. I have another cake for next weekend and hopefully it'll be a bit cooler by then. I hope your cake (and you) turned out good. Mine is 6+ inches tall and I have 15 cupcakes (had to do something with the extra batter). Happy baking thumbs_up.gif
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post #3 of 24
7/2/12 at 8:27pm
It is the middle of winter here and I am considering baking a cake just so the house is a little warmer.
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post #4 of 24
7/3/12 at 4:16am
When the weather turns very hot, I bake during the night when it's the coolest.
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post #5 of 24
7/3/12 at 7:44am
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Ugh. It didn't feel like it cooled down here much last night and the next few days will be worse. I think I'm just going to have to sweat.
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post #6 of 24
7/3/12 at 7:55am
i juuust said a couple weeks ago "now i know why bakers bake at NIGHT" LOL. I live in WI right on the lake and it's dreadful even being near the lake...no cooler like the weather men always say :p
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post #7 of 24
7/3/12 at 8:10am
Yeah, I bake at night and stick those suckers in the freezer (wrapped of course) as soon as possible.
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post #8 of 24
7/3/12 at 8:20am
Yep, record breaking heat here in Colorado Springs the past couple of weeks, plus we're on fire (well, pretty contained now, bless the firefighters). I had a cake last weekend and one this weekend and baked in the very early morning, started at around 5:30 am. the one for this weekend is in the freezer now. It's actually for my own party and I'm worried about the temp on
Saturday. Luckily, the only thing I need to do in my (non-air-conditioned) kitchen is the actual baking. Everything else is done in my air-conditioned cake room.
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post #9 of 24
7/3/12 at 8:40am
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Originally Posted by Chellescakes

It is the middle of winter here and I am considering baking a cake just so the house is a little warmer.



Show off. Just wait until Christmas.........
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post #10 of 24
7/3/12 at 11:32am
I just leave the kitchen and go into a cool room when I have to turn the oven on, I set a timer and return when it's done.

But I don't mind the heat in general as much as I mind the cold.
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post #11 of 24
7/5/12 at 7:55am
if i turned on the oven today...I would combust into flames! today it will be a high of 106 in WI! wow! glad my husband decided not to work outside in this...people can easily die with that high of a temp and all this humidity!
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WI State Representative for Icing Smiles...start 'Baking a Difference" today!
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post #12 of 24
7/5/12 at 12:00pm
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Eeek! I'm in WI - are they saying 106 now?! Just crazy. I'm surprised though - my kitchen isn't as bad as I thought it would be.
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post #13 of 24
7/5/12 at 3:52pm
In Arizona and California we have all sorts of T-shirts with images like this one. We are giant weenies and whine a lot if it gets even a tiny bit humid.
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post #14 of 24
7/5/12 at 4:19pm
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Originally Posted by Apti

In Arizona and California we have all sorts of T-shirts with images like this one. We are giant weenies and whine a lot if it gets even a tiny bit humid.



omg! i know this so well! I lived out in San Diego and also visited Las Vegas and Palm Springs...if humidity came we would cry about it all day long. can't WAIT to get back out there icon_wink.gif
It's not "just" cake...it's my life!
WI State Representative for Icing Smiles...start 'Baking a Difference" today!
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It's not "just" cake...it's my life!
WI State Representative for Icing Smiles...start 'Baking a Difference" today!
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post #15 of 24
7/5/12 at 7:18pm
I also live in WI and its way hot here! Went to the cake store today and bought some goodies to play with....but hubby said dont you dare turn that oven on aww man bummer
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