Name: Cinnamon Swirl Quick Bread
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 cups sugar, divided; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 cup buttermilk; 1 egg; 1/4 cup canola oil; 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1/4 cup confectioner's sugar; 1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons milk

Cinnamon Swirl Quick Bread

Be a food blogger, they said. It'll be fun, they said. Now I want to say this up front, this is not a complaint post, I enjoy cooking and sharing what I make with all of you. It's more that I want to put out into the universe that no one is immune to cooking fails. No one.

In this case, I'd procrastinated making a recipe that I needed for a post until way beyond what would be considered last minute. I crammed making the recipe in between several other things I needed to be doing without ever thinking about what would happen if it didn't turn out perfectly.

I pulled the first loaf out of the oven and the middle was completely sunken in. I didn't have time to process, I needed to get a loaf baked, cooled, glazed and photographed, so I put together a second batch of batter. Well, that one sank in the middle too.

I went ahead and glazed them anyway, and took some photos. The guys were milling about, because regardless of what the loaves looked like, they smelled absolutely amazing. All I can say is both loaves were gone within 3 days.

I've determined my issue was mostly likely a combination of overmixing and my baking soda being past its prime. Definitely some sort of user error. I pulled out the recipe to give it another try and decided I wanted to share the first attempt even though it's not picture perfect, blogworthy photography-wise.

What's your biggest kitchen fail?

Cinnamon Swirl Quick Bread

Author: Jolene's Recipe Journal

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups sugar, divided
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 egg
1/4 cup canola oil
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Glaze

1/4 cup confectioner's sugar
1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons milk

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine flour, 1 cup sugar, baking soda and salt. Combine buttermilk, egg and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. In a small bowl, combine cinnamon and remaining sugar.
Grease the bottom only of a 9x5-in. loaf pan. Pour half of the batter into pan; sprinkle with half the cinnamon-sugar. Carefully spread with remaining batter and sprinkle with remaining cinnamon-sugar; cut through batter with a knife to swirl.
Bake 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Combine confectioners' sugar and enough milk to reach desired consistency; drizzle over loaf.