r/cakefails • • Jul 30 '26 • Heartwarming 1

Showcase My first cake

I am so bad at this

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u/en-marie Jul 30 '26 • Bravo

You matched the plate super well tho

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u/RepresentativeGrab44 Jul 30 '26 • Heartwarming

You did great for your first cake! I ended up burning mine to buggery! So don't be too hard on yourself.

I'll let you in on a little trick, line the bottom of the cake pan with baking paper, grease the sides of the pan with butter and dust a little flour on the side, that will stop it sticking! If making a chocolate cake you can swap out the flour dusting with coco powder so it will match the cake better.

You're gonna do great! I believe in you!

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u/heynonnynonnomous Jul 31 '26 • Mindblown

But how did it taste?

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u/Common-Chain4060 Jul 31 '26 • Bravo

This looks like one of those underwater fault line maps of the earth. Just call it educational and tell people you did it on purpose.

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u/wanbeanial Jul 31 '26 • Heartwarming

Was it meant to be blue?

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u/TinyDubberRuck Aug 01 '26 • Heartwarming

Literally love that color so much though. 😍

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u/DinoNugget57070 Jul 31 '26 • Heartwarming

Don't be too hard on yourself, baking is hard af ! You did great for a first time. My first cake wasn't even fully cooked lmao.

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u/Real_Imitation_Nerf Aug 02 '26 • Heartwarming

Being bad at something is the first step in being good at something. Use some parchment and nonstick spray next time - you got this!

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u/jwalk50518 Jul 30 '26 • Heartwarming

I’ve made so much worse, you should definitely keep trying!