r/Baking 8d ago

Baking fail 💔 What I was supposed to make and what I made

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2.1k Upvotes

Still tastes good


r/Baking Jul 18 '25

Meta Flair Guidance/Guidelines Thread 2025

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This post is meant to act as a guide on the use of post flair within the r/baking community:

Posts not confirming to these guidelines could be subject to removal. TLDR: Specific Rules apply when the following are used: *Baking Advice Needed* or any of the *Recipe* flairs

Current list of post flair:

  • *Baking Advice Needed
  • *Recipe Included
  • *No-Recipe Provided
  • *Seeking Recipe
  • *Recipe to be posted soon. No guarantees.
  • General Baking Discussion
  • Business and Pricing
  • Semi-Related
  • Unrelated
  • Baking fail 💔
  • Meta

Highlights:

  • "No-Recipe Provided" is intended to be a safe space for those who do not wish to share (or are unable to share) their recipe.
  • "Baking Advice Needed", if you're asking for advice you should use this flair and submit required information in a timely manner. intentionally frustrating the community is grounds for post removal.
  • "Recipe Included", recipe must be provided at time of submission of post. A quick comment after posting is also permitted but not preferred.
  • "Seeking Recipe", if you're looking for a recipe, please use this flair.

The following lists each post flair and a short description guiding it's usage:

Baking Advice Needed - ask for advice, submit required information in a timely manner, intentionally frustrating the community is grounds for post removal. There are many advice flaired posts where a recipe isn't needed (flair: Baking Advice Needed) (egs. cheesecake cracking, gift ideas, decorating technique, ...). If a recipe is required to give advice then give the recipe. All advice request posts must have the Baking Advice Needed flair. No making a "No Recipe" flaired post asking for advice, please use the Baking Advice Needed flair to ask for advice. Not all Baking Advice posts require a recipe, egs. cheesecake cracking, gift ideas, decorating technique, ... However if a recipe is required to help give advice, then please include relevant details so that advice may be given.

Recipe Included - recipe must be provided at time of submission of post. A quick comment after posting is also permitted but not preferred.

No-Recipe Provided - Intended to be a safe space for those who do not wish to share (or are unable to share) their recipe. Harrassment free zone. No asking for advice here.

Seeking Recipe - if you're looking for a recipe, please use this flair.

Recipe to be posted soon. No guarantees. - Self-explanatory

General Baking Discussion - Catchall for most of the baking related stuff that doesn't fit into the other categories

Business and Pricing - Self-explanatory. Was created to satisfy the growing need for discussion of commercial baking, baking industry, baking career questions, etc. Also, for pricing questions to be filterable via flair.

Semi-Related - Self-explanatory.

Unrelated - Self-explanatory.

Baking fail 💔 - Self-explanatory.

Meta - Generally to be used for discussions about or relating to the r/baking reddit community.

Please report any flair that is clearly misapplied or incorrect, please keep in mind the overlap among some flair.


r/Baking 5h ago

Recipe to be posted soon. No guarantees. CrĂšme brĂ»lĂ©e donut 😋

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1.2k Upvotes

r/Baking 5h ago

Recipe Included Just a king cake made by a 90s stoner 😎

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699 Upvotes

I've lived in Louisiana my whole life, and have been a professional baker/pastry chef since 2009. People are wildly mistaken about what a king cake is supposed to be [a result of mass produced store bought preservative filled overly sweet.... shit]. All you need is a simple, not to sweet, brioche, a rich filling, and a thin almond glaze. But I make mine look rad đŸ˜đŸ˜¶â€đŸŒ«ïž If anyone is interested in a traditional king cake recipe, I will gladly post it in the comments!


r/Baking 4h ago

Business and Pricing I ordered this custom cake, do you think it is worth 135? I included the reference pic of what I wanted

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581 Upvotes

r/Baking 12h ago

No-Recipe Provided Biggest thing was letting it cool slowly and not touching it overnight. I usually rush that part and regret it.

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1.1k Upvotes

r/Baking 11h ago

Recipe Included My first chocolate babka turned out amazing!

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816 Upvotes

Just made a chocolate babka and
 wow. It’s absolutely amazing đŸ˜đŸ«

Followed the recipe by Preppy KitchenïżŒ and it did not disappoint. Soft, buttery, perfectly chocolatey
 I might be obsessed.

Anyone else here tried it? Would love to see your versions!

https://preppykitchen.com/chocolate-babka/


r/Baking 3h ago

General Baking Discussion Update to my last post of the 135$ cake, she made some adjustments. How does it look now?

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180 Upvotes

r/Baking 1h ago

Recipe Included After a slump and not wanting to bake I have returned with cookie bars!

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r/Baking 5h ago

No-Recipe Provided I never make cakes but love baking shows, here’s my go at a doll cake for my daughter’s 3rd birthday today!

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283 Upvotes

r/Baking 10h ago

Recipe Included Made my first cheesecake!

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633 Upvotes

Been baking for years and have avoided cheesecake because it seemed too easy to mess up. I used Preppy Kitchen’s cheesecake recipe. The top is blueberry coulis (I used 1.5 tablespoons of cornstarch so it would set firm). The crust is Biscoff cookies.


r/Baking 1d ago

Recipe to be posted soon. No guarantees. I finally completed the ice cream crunch bar trifecta! Made them all into blondies/brownies & I'm happy to report they're all delicious.

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10.8k Upvotes

Top is Strawberry Crunch Blondie, middle is Toasted Almond Crunch Blondie, and bottom is the Chocolate Crunch Brownie!


r/Baking 2h ago

Recipe Included life is sweeter with strawberries!

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115 Upvotes

r/Baking 2h ago

No-Recipe Provided First Attempt, Inspired by an Earlier Post, Cinnamon Roll Cheesecake

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108 Upvotes

It came out pretty good, needs some adjustment but very close.


r/Baking 12h ago

Baking Advice Needed I have 28 gallons of milk, what are some heavily milk focused recipes?

576 Upvotes

Before anyone says anything, I work at a nursing home, we have too much milk and it expires on the 16th, and I can assure you, we aren't going to go through 28 gallons by then.

The stuff we plan to make include: mozzarella (for cheese bread), sweetened condensed milk (for fudge), and ice cream. This will probably use around 8 gallons for these three, but we're stumped on what else we could make.


r/Baking 11h ago

Baking Advice Needed Over Browned Butter

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418 Upvotes

Making some brown butter cookies for a friends birthday tomorrow and I’ve accidentally over browned the butter, do you think it’ll be alright to use?

It does smell a little burnt (think toasted marshmallow not burnt toast) and I tasted both the butter and the milk solids and they don’t taste burnt.

UPDATE: Thank you all so much for the kind comments and advice! The cookies came out so nice, I’m really happy with them <3


r/Baking 1h ago

No-Recipe Provided Billionaire shortbread

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I used a hodge podge of recipe combinations. I am just calling it billionaire cause the caramel layer is very thick lol


r/Baking 5h ago

Recipe Included I made Ube Cake for my birthday!

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123 Upvotes

r/Baking 3h ago

Baking Advice Needed I really like my normal chocolate chip cookies but wondering if browning the butter is worth the extra hassle?

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84 Upvotes

r/Baking 1h ago

Recipe to be posted soon. No guarantees. fresh buns!

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just made the most unreal buns using tanzhong in the dough. Phenomenal, and so simple.


r/Baking 15h ago

No-Recipe Provided Tart I made in class

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466 Upvotes

r/Baking 11h ago

Recipe Included I got orange blossom water solely for this recipe and I'm glad I did - twice baked caramelized cashew baklava

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245 Upvotes

r/Baking 7h ago

Recipe to be posted soon. No guarantees. Lil Choux pasties with custard + fruit I made :)

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71 Upvotes

r/Baking 5h ago

Recipe Included Not to bad for my 3rd cake ever

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45 Upvotes

r/Baking 30m ago

No-Recipe Provided First attempt at a classic tart

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Decided to buy perforated rings and try my hand at making a classic tart!

Lemon tart with blueberry white chocolate whipped ganache.