Not everyone was born to be a baker. The truth is that when it comes to cakes, cookies, and all forms of dessert, there are two types of people: bakers and eaters. A chosen few may fall into both categories, but we should all be honest with ourselves and our relationships to dessert. Personally speaking, I am an eater. In fact, my sweet tooth has been the source of many an unfortunate evening involving late-night calls to fast-food restaurants and bakeries that I'd like to pretend never happene…

How hard could it be to write “Happy Birthday” on a cake? It's not as easy as it seems, and that's why we often pay professional bakeries the big bucks to handle that task for us. It's easy to look at a cake design and feel confident that you can do it yourself. But once you start frosting that cake, you realize that you're totally out of your league! Up next,

These birthday celebrators didn't get exactly what they wanted from the bakery … Even when you go to the most expensive bakery in town, you still might wind up with a weird cake. Sometimes the flowers look a little strange, or the writing on the cake is so cursive-y that it can barely be read. Just ask the people below, who shared their funniest and worst cake mistakes with the internet. Up next, this lawyer was told by the law partners at their firm to prioritize “quantity over quality,” but t…

How are there people who still think that acting selfishly and entitled will get them further than acting kind and patient? All it takes is a minimum understanding of human interaction to realize that people would react much better to others being nice to them instead of being mean. When it comes to interaction with someone who is supposed to provide you with a service of some kind, these statements go a long way. Take this Reddit story as an example–These two local bakers had to deal with a Ka…

This baker is really trying to help out a new coffee shop owner , but she just won't listen. Who doesn't love a good baked good or two? If you're craving cake or cupcakes, it's all too easy to buy a box mix and whip something up at home. But when you're out, getting a sweet treat made by a professional baker can leave you dreaming about the dessert for a long time afterwards. Making a cake from scratch like the pros do takes a ton of time and effort. U/TioBaldicia knows all about that, since in…

How often do you accidentally ruin your meals? No matter how skilled you are as a chef or baker, there are going to be times that you totally mess up your recipe. For example, one person here forgot to label their flour and powdered sugar (although they taste and smell very different!). Their recipe got completely sabotaged because of this… and they aren't the only ones! Up next, these bosses had some utterly ridiculous requests for their employees, like one manager who “asked me if he could bo…

The dynamics in this family are a big mess. U/F54tughi556 can tell you all about it, because they had an interesting question for r/AmItheA******. The tale revolves around a birthday cake . Some people don't care at all about their birthday cake, and just bring out a package of cupcakes from the grocery store. But to others, especially those who love to share their lives online, having a pretty cake is a major part of a birthday celebration . It's a nice way to remember your special day. This p…

One business owner is getting fleeced, and she doesn't even realize it. Local coffee shops are a great place to get some work done on your laptop, meet up with friends to talk, or grab a quick bite to eat. While some locations only carry coffee and tea , a lot of them carry food products---and they aren't afraid to mark up prices quite a bit. The new owner of one coffee shop is still trying to figure out her profit margins. The owner of the baked goods shop she's buying from noticed that she's…

Have you ever wanted to bake a carrot cake , but you don't have any carrots on hand? One person replied to a carrot cake recipe writing that she'd given kale a try instead. Do you want to guess the results? I'll tell you: it did not taste good. Recipe substitutions are understandable. Sometimes you're halfway through the dish, and you realize that eggs or olive oil aren't in your house. You went to the store, and the ingredients just slipped your mind. And now, you're covered in flour and the o…

Certified Baker Boy

We don't want customers to ingest sadness now, do we?

So much yum.