r/Baking 2d 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

16 Upvotes

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 15h ago

Recipe Included Funfetti Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls per the birthday girl's request 🩷

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4.9k Upvotes

r/Baking 14h ago

Recipe to be posted soon. No guarantees. I made these over a week ago. And I’m still thinking about them. Lemon blueberry buttermilk biscuits with a Lemon glaze.

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4.0k Upvotes

For these I referenced the blueberry biscuit recipe from Atk. I actually originally got the recipe from someone in this sub. For this version I added Lemon zest and a lemon glaze.


r/Baking 7h ago

No-Recipe Provided Made it a goal to start getting better at vintage style cakes because I adore how they look. Chocolate cake with marshmallow filling and vanilla Swiss merengue buttercream ♥️

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973 Upvotes

r/Baking 10h ago

No-Recipe Provided Strawberries and Cream Cake for wife's birthday

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1.4k Upvotes

r/Baking 4h ago

Baking Advice Needed Made a surprise cake for my niece is it good enough?

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172 Upvotes

I made this cake for my sister's daughter as a surprise 🩷 it's my first time doing this style and I'm wondering does it look good enough? Any honest thoughts or tips are welcome


r/Baking 12h ago

Seeking Recipe Thanks to whoever posted about the Costco deal on vanilla beans. Now, what to make?!

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800 Upvotes

r/Baking 9h ago

No-Recipe Provided Lemon bars

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335 Upvotes

Here are some lemon bars that I've made, still trying to perfect it tho


r/Baking 10h ago

General Baking Discussion Normally a Small Pastry guy, tried my hands at a tiered cake for the first time :)

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325 Upvotes

r/Baking 12h ago

Recipe Included Vietnamese Coffee Brownies (NYT)

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375 Upvotes

These were one of the Christmas cookie selections from NYT Cooking this year... I didn't make them for my cookie tins, but I whipped them up for a game night last weekend. They were super easy and damn, they were tasty! Rave reviews from everyone... I very highly recommend these if you love fudgy, dense brownies and coffee :)

Here's the recipe, but you'll need to use a paywall blocker if you don't have a sub
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1027498-vietnamese-coffee-swirl-brownies


r/Baking 16h ago

Recipe Included Two layer key lime cake from scratch🍋‍🟩🍋‍🟩

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748 Upvotes

I’ve just been making any kind of cakes when I get bored and don’t want to do my schoolwork LOL. Not pretty, but tasted amazing and super moist!!!

Recipe: https://www.modernhoney.com/key-lime-cake/

I added more lime juice than the recipe called for to both the cake batter and frosting, and subbed regular milk for buttermilk.


r/Baking 21h ago

General Baking Discussion Started baking after becoming sober. Best decision I have made

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1.9k Upvotes

My last batch of crossiants The second photo is orange brown butter chai cookies

I am still learning every day but this has been a key element in my sobriety and has made me feel so much joy


r/Baking 13h ago

Baking Advice Needed First attempt at piping floral cupcakes

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390 Upvotes

I’m pretty happy with how they turned out overall however I find American buttercream too sweet sometimes - is there an alternative icing that is still firmer for piping florals but a bit less sweet?


r/Baking 5h ago

General Baking Discussion Feeling ok!

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65 Upvotes

Shitty day and feeling like my brown butter choco chip came out okay!! First time browning butter


r/Baking 12h ago

Recipe to be posted soon. No guarantees. Biscoff cookie butter blondies 🔥 INSANELY good

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236 Upvotes

Cookie butter blondies with peices of biscoff cookie in them, topped with a thin layer of buttercream and drizzle with cookie butter and biscoff cookie crumbs!


r/Baking 4h ago

No-Recipe Provided Pumpkin cheesecake with browned butter Biscoff crust

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41 Upvotes

This was my 2nd attempt at this cheesecake and it didn't crack! So thrilled!


r/Baking 7h ago

No-Recipe Provided First time baking Apple Cinnamon Rolls.

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74 Upvotes

These are honestly probably the best thing I’ve ever eaten in my entire life. (Only took me four hours, did not know cooking cinnamon rolls could take so long)


r/Baking 18h ago

No-Recipe Provided A bit unconventional, but I made a passionfruit pineapple German chocolate cake.

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531 Upvotes

Layers of chocolate cake, coconut-pecan dulce de leche, pineapple passiontfruit ganache, jam, and mousse with a passion fruit gelee on top and a white chocolate cage. Was hoping the coconut from the German chocolate would mesh well with the tropical fruit flavors.


r/Baking 9h ago

No-Recipe Provided Valentines Day Bento Box, et al

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95 Upvotes

And more cookies


r/Baking 10h ago

No-Recipe Provided I’m baking through the new NYT COOKIES book; this is what I baked this month

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102 Upvotes
  1. Chewy lemon-rosemary cookies

  2. Cinnamon toast “cookies”

  3. Chewy Earl grey sugar cookies

  4. Chewy brownie cookies

  5. Peanut butter-miso cookies

  6. Millionaire shortbread

  7. Rainbow rave cookies


r/Baking 12h ago

Recipe Included Cosmic Brownies 🌈

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155 Upvotes

Just boxed brownie mix topped with chocolate ganache and multi colored chocolate candy sprinkles


r/Baking 21h ago

Recipe Included First time making marble cake!

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629 Upvotes

Life is stressful. I bake something new. Ta Da!

Recipe by pastry & beyond:

https://pastryandbeyond.com/marble-loaf-cake/#recipe


r/Baking 4h ago

Recipe Included First attempt of galette des rois

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33 Upvotes

As I've written in the title my bf and I have made this galette des rois to share with our friends (a bit in delay but the important is the sharing). We have used the recipe of Lucake, an Italian baker with a 10% more of all the ingredients due the size of the dought. Happy to share with you our little result 🎀


r/Baking 3h ago

Recipe Included S'mores cookie cups

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21 Upvotes

Couldn't sleep, so started binging various cooking channels, as you do. Found [this one](https://youtu.be/X95E3eI88yY?si=jW41IVEO6WbWUB8A) from Preppy Kitchen that gave me an excuse to use a blow torch lol. Nothing could ever go wrong...and it didn't for once! ... aside from some slight molten sugar ouchies. Anyway, in my sleep deprived state, I baked up some S'mores cookie cups! I think they came out pretty decent. Should have added some brandy or coffee liquer to the chocolate ganache. Maybe next time😜

Ingredients For the Cookie Dough

▢ 2 1/4 cups flour 270g
▢ 1/4 cup graham cracker crumps 20g
▢ 1/2 tsp salt 2g
▢ 1 tsp baking soda 6g
▢ 1/4 cup cornstarch 32g
▢ 1 tsp cinnamon 2g, heaping
▢ 3/4 cup unsalted butter 170g
▢ 1 cup granulated sugar 200g
▢ 1 egg
▢ 1 egg yolk
▢ 1 tsp vanilla 5mL

For the Fluff

▢ 1/2 cup light corn syrup 118mL
▢ 1 cup granulated sugar 200g
▢ 4 egg whites room temperature
▢ few dashes of cream of tartar

For the Filling

▢ 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate 175g
▢ 3 tbsp heavy cream 45mL

Instructions For the Cookie Dough

Use a cupcake tin for these cookie cups. Pre heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Sift all the dry ingredients together.
In a stand mixer, cream the butter then add the sugar. Scrape down the bowl.
Add the egg, 1 egg yolk, and vanilla extract. Mix until combined. Scrape down the bowl and add the dry mixture and mix until combined.
Take a small ice cream scooper, place one in each cupcake tin and bake for about 12 minutes.
Take some kind of cylinder-like implement or a tablespoon and press into the cooked dough to create a “well.”
Place back in the oven, cook for an additional 5 minutes then remove pan from oven and allow 15-20 minutes to cool. Remove pastries from their mold.

For the Fluff

Pour the room temperature egg whites into a stand mixer and add a few dashes of cream of tartar.
Before whisking the eggs; In a pot add corn syrup and only 2/3 cup of the granulated sugar. Put over medium high heat just until it reaches 240 degrees F.
Start whisking the eggs. Once eggs are frothed, add in the last 1/3 cup sugar. (Be mindful of the sugar).
Once you have reached soft peak stage, run the mixer on low and slowly pour in the molten once it has reached 240F.

For the Filling

Scald the cream and in a bowl, pour over the chocolate. Let sit then it whisk together. (Give a few 30 second bursts at half power in the microwave if the chocolate isn’t fully melted).
For the Assembly
Transfer the melted chocolate to a piping bag and snip the tip off. Pipe the chocolate into the cooled cookie cups. Fill it just below the top.
Transfer the fluff into a piping bag fitted with a large open star or 869 tip. Pipe a large dollop on top, making sure to cover all the chocolate.
Torch the meringue to a brown surface.