How to make your house smell like burnt toast

Make a double batch of pound cake. Divide evenly in pans. Think to yourself "I hope this turns out ok, I've never made a double batch"

Go to your computer to check your email. In about 10 minutes, notice a horrible smell from the kitchen. Go to the kitchen and see lovely black smoke come from the oven. Really start worrying. Open the oven door and see over half of the batter oozing out of the pans, the other half on the bottom of the oven burning and smoking.

Hope that dinner will turn out better.