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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Tom Stevens

Shambolic sponges and cupcake calamities: your baking disaster photos

First Birthday Cake Disaster Photograph: Dylan Southern/GuardianWitness

Even the best of cooks can suffer from over confidence in the kitchen, and what should have been a baking triumph could easily turn into a culinary crime scene.

Muffins
Night of the Living Dead Muffins Photograph: mdarcy/GuardianWitness

Whether it’s a soufflé with a mind of its own, charcoaled biscuits even the birds in the garden steer clear of, or icing resembling a surrealist painting, share your disastrous baking creations with us. We’ll feature the best of them on the site.

You can share your baking disasters by clicking on the blue ‘Contribute’ button on this article. You can also use the Guardian app and search for ‘GuardianWitness assignments.’

Never ice a warm cupcake in haste!
Never ice a warm cupcake in haste! Photograph: Alex Crawford/GuardianWitness
  • GuardianWitness is the home of user-generated content on the Guardian. Contribute your video, pictures and stories, and browse news, reviews and creations submitted by others. Posts will be reviewed prior to publication on GuardianWitness, and the best pieces will feature on the Guardian site.
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