Birthday cake at the office

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We do a collection for everyone’s birthday in the office and get them a present and a card and the birthday boy/girl brings in some cakes and sweets. Great, right?
Well today it’s my birthday, I baked two cakes last night and brought them in.

A few people made a comment that bringing a homemade cake is being cheap. All others so far have brought in Tesco cakes….

Seriously?? What world do we live in? I do enjoy baking and I thought people would appreciate a homemade cake… AIBU?

Of course YANBU. Homemade cake is always much nicer than shop bought.

Silly people.

Happy birthday to you! & homemade, of course

Id make some murmurings about shop bought cakes being lazy
But then I'm a cow if someone deserves it.
Happy birthday, send us a bit of your cake please!!

When I worked I longed for the day it was certain people's birthdays as they baked beautiful cakes.

As to cheap - poppycock. Probably cost you more.

Idiots.

Wow. You must work with some really rude people to express that.

Aside from the fact they should be gracious about anything offered, a homemade cake is head and shoulders above a shop bought one and actually probably costs more in total.

Yanbu!
It can cost more to buy all the ingredients, it cost me £20 for everything I needed last week when I made a cake!

YANBU. I honestly don't think it matters whether the cake is shop bought or homemade but I would never consider someone cheap whichever option they went for as I would be too busy happily scoffing.

Happy Birthday. Hope you enjoy the rest of your day.

I'd expect home made cake to be more expensive. Rude!

Wow, just wow. You work in the wrong office. Enjoy your cake and next time keep your home made creations and bring in some value brand cupcakes!

Home made is generally not cheaper for a start as the home baker isn't buying ingredients in bulk and is often using better quality ingredients.

come and work with me! I live a homemade cake!

^ love, not 'live'

YANBU

Homemade cakes are far, far better than bought ones. Cheeky, ungrateful gits!

Happy Birthday!

Away with them all, ignorant plebs!

Send the cake my way!

Yanbu. They are really cheeky and wrong.

But I can't agree with this

Homemade cake is always much nicer than shop bought.

I have tasted some shocking home made cakes in my time.

I am outraged on your behalf ! And always see homemade as better quality as you get to choose say free range eggs etc

Er, what is going on?

I CANNOT believe that no-one has asked what type of cake?! and disgust at you lot.

Come on OP, what was it? Chocolate? Carrot? Or, dum dum dum, (whispers) lemon drizzle?

Shop bought cakes! And they prefer them?
No taste, literally.

While I honestly prefer a real cake I probably wouldn't eat yours unless if seen your kitchen. Under no circumstances would I comment, though, apart from to say it looked lovely, which I bet it does.

oldlaundbooth One cake is lemon drizzle and the other one is chocolate with cream and black cherries.

Once a MNetter, always a MNetter!

Choc black cherries sound divine..

Take them both home with you, don't share with the ungrateful fuckers!

Do not give those rude commentators any cake at all. You'd be silly to do so. Rude fuckers.

Happy birthday!

Weird, my lot love a homemade cake and I get nagged to bake for our Friday team meeting since I mentioned that I enjoy it. Very rarely does anyone turn it down and I've never had any left past mid-afternoon!

No one would dare do a lemon drizzle for a birthday cake surely?

Have a lovely birthday and ignore the idiots who prefer dry tasteless shop brought cakes. unless you work near a great bakers