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Over the weekend, Joanna Gaines posted on her Instagram Stories about a baking fail that only makes her more relatable in our book!

Baking fails happen to everyone. As a professional baker, I had a baking fail just the other week. And I've definitely been in those situations where the kitchen is a mess, there's frosting everywhere, and the recipe is not working. It happens! Sometimes you just have to resign yourself to defeat, and then maybe try again later.

And sometimes you can turn a busted cake into something presentable. Odds are that it's still going to taste good no matter the presentation, especially if it's chocolate.

Joanna posted a series of Instagram Stories, and later a Reel , that involved a chocolate layer cake and some very melty buttercrea

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