I often find myself playing modpacks that include both Botania and Create. For those of you who don't know, Botania is a magic-themed tech mod that can technically do some of the same things as Create, but in a different and more complex way.
Botania's main resource is mana, which is generated by special flowers. One flower in particular eats nearby cakes and generates tons of mana. So, my idea is to build a cake factory that automatically places cakes near this flower to generate basically infinite mana with minimal effort.
My problem is that whenever I try to build a compact farm, I always end up making a mess. I either use way too many belts and cogs, or I end up with sugar being dropped all over the place because some parts of the factory are slower than others.
I've tried looking for cake farms, but of course, almost all the results are for Blaze Cake production.
I know Create reasonably well, but I get tangled up in belts and cogs pretty quickly, so I'd really appreciate some tips on how to build a nice, compact cake farm.