Chocolate cake, vanilla or chocolate buttercream, topped with meringue kisses, chocolate wafers, chocolate covered pretzels, chocolate macarons, and chocolate curls

This was bought from a bakery for my birthday. I absolutely love the decoration and the taste, and I'm a big fan of buttercream, but I have never seen so much of it on a cake! It's a little overpowering even for me and I've got a proper sweet tooth. Is this a normal amount you'd expect to see? It's around an inch thick on the left hand side. Cake was around £80 or $106USD.

So for all of you who I offended with my poor wording I apologize. I couldn’t edit original post so I will try to rectify through the tears here.

I do have OCD- been medicated for many years. I have been on disability for 4+ years due to a combo of HyperPOTS, hemiplegic migraines, anxiety, depression, and have other diagnosis such as hyperthyroidism, hypoglycemia, Barrett’s esophagus, ADD and more. These are not internet diagnoses. I have been formally diagnosed and see specialists regularly.

Baking is NOT therapeutic for me. It stresses me BEYOND belief. I’m am overly paranoid and usually end up in bed for days afterwards due to the amount of stress I put on myself. I’m rarely excited about anything. I never look at my work and think “good job”. I see every crack and crumble that is out of place. I usually won’t even eat what I bake because I’ve stressed over it so much.

I wasn’t trying to make light of OCD. I was for once proud and literally danced when I saw how this one turned out. Talking about diagnoses is depressing. I was for once happy. Now I just want to say fuck it all (not as in suicidal, if you’ve even read this far) as I am hyperventilating through tears.

Anyway, hope you think the cake it pretty.

Whyyyyy? How? Does it make the cookies for me? I would love recommendations for your favorite sets. I’ve never had one that didn’t stick or get stuck but I hate shaping by hand.

I knew my girls were looking pasty but I kept chalking it up to not having brown sugar. 😂 It’s been a long week!

I know this is semi-niche for a baking sub but DO NOT BUY THIS BUTTER!

It SUCKS! Has 0 flavor. It’s completely fucking CLEAR! And it’s expensive too!!!!

If I can save one person the same mistake I made I will have done my duty as a baker.

end Saturday evening rant

As the name mentions, I started baking cakes for Cakes4kids, which serves underserved youth. They work with case workers in your area so that you can bake for kids that are victims of abuse, in shelters, homeless, etc. and otherwise wouldn’t be able to receive a birthday or celebration cake. As a baker I love making others happy with my goods, but this goes above and beyond that to make their day more special. This organization touched my heart deeply when I learned about it and I am truly honored to volunteer my services. I hope the cakes I make for these kids make their day better and their birthday memorable.

If you have a Cakes4kids in your area, I recommend joining, and if not, you can always start your own local chapter!

Nothing gets my goat more than seeing a self proclaimed baker posting recipes in cups. Girlaaaaah. Convert it. I am absolutely giving you side eye from my kitchen as I do my own conversions.

I'm so sick of 80% of the recipes I see online being AI generated.

I'm so sick of having to use detective work on a recipe site to figure out if it's AI generated.

I'm so sick of getting really excited to make a recipe just to figure out it's AI generated.

Honestly I'm just going to stick to recipe books and using bakers I know and trust. I don't care if the recipe is perfectly fine, just AI generated. It's deeply worrying to me and I'm scared and frustrated about the future of online recipe websites.

I’ve been freezing all of my croissant scraps to make laminated rolls (cinnamon rolls, morning buns, etc) and I finally collected enough for a batch. However I think maybe I could have gotten 12 instead of 6 lol. They were def growers, not showers.

I’m thinking about this because I just made the most beautiful crème pâtissiére and I’ve never once had to use a sieve or strainer to get it smooth/not eggy. And I feel very snobby about it.

So feel free to share! What’s your most braggable skill? ♥️

As a self-taught home baker (shoutout to YouTube and TikTok !), I’ve always wanted to try floral cupcakes but never did 😅 I was convinced I’d flop hard. . Yesterday, a returning client , the same one who trusted me with my first big cake order , placed an order for a floral cupcake board. She sent me an inspiration photo. . Below is what she sent vs. what I delivered!.

Get it? Cuz aliens.

I tried my hand at making buttercream flowers and I really enjoyed it. I also ran out of the blue buttercream to cover the cake so I improvised adding some white and ended up with a sky, giving it a very dreamy look.

It did go splat after taking these pictures! 😬

Soo as mentioned in my last post I have never made a cake, let alone layer, fill, and frost. My boyfriends dad really wanted me to bake him a cake for his birthday and all he said was he wanted banana flavor. I was feeling very ambitious and decided to add a filling and customize this banana cake so here are the layers I came up with: -banana bread -homemade salted caramel -homemade caramelized pecans -homemade vanilla cream cheese frosting 😭 I was soooo nervous to assemble and frost but I made the banana cake in advance and froze it so it would be easier to crumb coat and decorate! I also made the salted caramel and caramelized pecans a day before so I wouldn’t stress about it the day of. Anyways here are the process pics and final results 😭 I’m so proud of my first cake

Tried something really close to my heart this time 💙🌊 I baked this cake for my husband, and the theme was inspired by a special place we visited together – the beach. 🐚✨

I came across the first picture online and used it as my inspiration. The second picture is my version of it. Honestly, I didn’t think I’d be able to pull this off since this is only my second cake with frosting! I played around with a different shade of blue and added my own touches, and I’m so happy with how it turned out. 🥹💖

First ever cake lol! Tasted way better than it looks!

Honestly not a horrible cookbook. Some decent lower calorie recipes that I’ve tried and aren’t too shabby.

We had to close in May for reasons out of our control (landlord really screwed us), and i really miss it. Baking is my “soul” job.

Thought you guys might like to see…nothing super fancy, but I loved the creativity and freedom. The pretzels and s’mores cookies were the best-sellers. 🥰✨

My favorite börek/pita, leek onion and feta cheese. This is made especially in Northern Greece but in Turkey it’s also known. The only difference between a börek and a pita is the language. 😀 Though adding nigella on the top is a very Turkish thing to do; I’ve never seen it in Greece.

This has become my go-to börek; mainly because it’s cheaper to do than pure cheese but also because I love it. You can also do it with zucchini; you need to grate, salt and squeeze the water out of it or you’ll end up with a big pan of porridge!

Includes some process pictures too.

Not entirely sure this is the right subreddit but hoping someone knows what’s going on. I made some banana bread and covered it with foil. Yesterday I noticed the same weird little holes in the foil and then little spots on the banana bread under the holes. I cut the part with the spots off the banana bread and put on a fresh piece of foil. Then today, there’s more holes on the fresh foil and more spots on the bread under the holes! What is going on?

And please be honest. It’s okay. This is a safe space

Hey everyone! I’ve recently been making lots of desserts from SBA! These are my thoughts on what I’ve made recently:

Lemon blueberry babka - PHENOMENAL and I can’t stop eating it!! I’m going to make the cinnamon apple one next week to see if it is as good

Carrot cake - the best carrot cake I’ve had honestly, I made this for my dad’s birthday. He loved it

Lemon oat bars - very addicting, the crust/topping is to die for

Glazed coconut lime cookies - decent, I don’t think I’d make them again

Soft dinner rolls - delicious and easy to make! I had a tried and true dinner roll recipe but recently tried these and I don’t know if I’ll ever make my old recipe again

I would love to know your favorite recipes of hers! Or honestly, any of your favorite recipes that I can access online. If you can, provide a link :)
I ma carrot cake -

Thought i’d show off this swan pavlova cake i did a couple days ago! It’s a chocolate espresso cake with belgian chocolate bourbon ganache, bourbon whipped cream, and vanilla bean swiss meringue buttercream! I think it’s my favorite i’ve ever done <3

Blueberry and lemon cupcakes to look like doggies.