To take a home made cake into work for my birthday knowing at least one person doesnt eat homemade?

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for reasons I cannot fathom

something anything with sugar

You can then ask them if they think you have a filthy kitchen or don't wash your hands.

Shop bought cake is naff. Go for it OP, it’s lovely of you to take the trouble. 🍰

It’s just rude behaving like that, she’s effectively saying that she thinks you’ re dirty.
I would either make up another excuse not to eat, if I felt that way. Or save for later and feed it to the birds, no need to go round offending people.

If she's one of the people who obsesses about hygiene, when you bring out your cake remind her it's time for her hourly shower.

There are people who don't eat homemade food?? I've never heard of this before. How weird.

Nobody has a right to cake! Take your homemade cake in with pride! I don't always like the cake that appears in the staff room (lemon poppy seed - yuk!) but my reaction is usually 'that's a lovely thought and a nice looking cake but I won't have a piece today'.

Goes without saying that if it's an allergy issue then I would definite;y provide an alternative, if somebody is being fussy definitely don't.

There was a thread about people who don't eat homemade food recently

I didn't see this! Presumably they never eat in a cafe or a restaurant either then?

Sorry I don't see the problem.. surely that means more careful you? unhelpful

Cake not careful!

I don't understand this need to accommodate everyone! Yes, faith/allergies etc but if someone brought a cake to work in a flavour that I didn't like I simply wouldn't choose to have any. It's a cake, not the end of the world!
I'm somewhat in the eeeuw camp but mostly for revolting shop bought items. Nevertheless I don't feel a need to broadcast it.
Do exactly as you wish, I'm sure it will be lovely.

And happy birthday!

Wouldn't? Would! The whole sentence is a bit rubbish to be honest. Sorry!

Some people always like to excuse other peoples behaviour with some sort of diagnosis or medical conditon.

Some people are just dicks.

Take in a homemade cake.

If no allergies YANBU. Homemade cakes are always better!

I'm the opposite, won't eat shop bought. I like my cake made with love . Which is ironic because when I make cake for work it's more of a 'OhshitIpromisedtomakeacakeforMacmillianandnowit's9pmandI'venotstartedsothatwillbe3ingredientbrowniesagain' situation.

I would say unless it is her birthday or there are only 3 people in your office then go for homemade...

Go for it, don't pander to her nonsense in anyway.

Who do these people think makes supermarket/shop cakes? Fairies? I've worked in the bakery section of a supermaket and also a restaurant and believe it or not, hygiene is not a given!

YANBU. Shop bought cake isn't a patch on home made in almost all cases. Even expensive stuff from M&S/Waitrose is disappointing compared to home baking.

It's not fair to subject the majority to shit cake because one person has issues. They either need to get over themselves or miss out.

We have a 'Cake Club' at work and it's supposed to be home made cake but one or two people have been copping out with shop bought cake and it hardly gets touched, because people are used to nice cake.

Your birthday, your choice of cake. Take a tub of grapes and maybe some clementines and you will have covered all bases.

I will eat a cake if it looks like it tastes nice.

Make your cake and then take in the, usually, sorry looking shop equivalent. A homemade Victoria Sponge and a Tesco Value version would work well. Everyone else can tuck into your delicious homemade cake while they have a slice of dry, unappealing shop bought!

I'm the person who wouldnt eat the homemade cake.

That is my issue though and not yours.

So I would take in your cake and would not get anything special for your colleague. It's their problem if they dont want to eat the cake.

I wouldn't bother bringing in anything for fusspot who thinks you're dirty. Homemade cakes are the only kind.

Whatever cake you take in, someone may not like it (I don't like coffee and walnut, for example) so they don't eat it.

Up to them.