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

natalia
Yes, some of them wouldn't eat out in restaurants either.**
Some obsessively checked the food hygiene score before going and will only eat in places with 5*

It was massively eye opening.** I had no idea so many people had so many issues, but had also normalised them - loads of people justifying why it was completely fine to live like that, and avoid food at other people's house, school fairs, charity sales etc

I would just take the cake in, I have zero patience for those that "don't like this that and the other". Fine, don't have any.
Their choice, your choice to go to the effort to do a nice thing.
Fuck em!

I have OCD so don’t eat homemade often but I know that’s my own issue and wouldn’t ever make a fuss or make someone feel bad about it, especially on their own birthday when they bring a cake they like!

It ddepends though. Are you clean and hygienic yourself? There's a woman at my work with black teeth, smells sort of musty, her car has food, mud and dog hair everywhere. She lets mugs go mouldy on her desk and has tupperwares with food in moulding in the kitchen. I do not eat her cake when she brings it in. If that makes me a weirdo so be it.

Much nicer to have homemade cake.

I would not eat a shop cake, full of additives.

I won’t eat or drink anything in other peoples houses. If someone bought a homemade cake in I wouldn’t make a scene, would comment how lovely it looks and just not have a piece. Equally I wouldn’t eat shop bought cake either.

This is my own issue and I don’t expect anyone to pander to me. There are only certain places I will eat when out, not specific chains but places I deem ‘safe’. The same goes for take always. I know my reasons for it and am trying to be more relaxed with food but it’s taken me 30 odd years to be like this, it’s not a quick fix.

I can’t stand cake, shop bought or home made. Whenever someone brings in cakes for birthday they usually try and find something I would like (flapjacks, Krispie cake, fruit etc) and I keep saying not to. It is not up to them to try and work round my dislikes, it is their birthday and they should bring what they like.

When it is my birthday, I take in cakes or donuts and something I like. I even bake my own cakes at home, I just don’t eat them. My son and OH love this arrangement.

Why on earth is there so much cake eating at work? - once a year is not 'so much'

I used to help out in school with the 'birthday cake' for birthday assembly. I'd choose 2 children to help me bake it, then 2 to help me chuck sprinkles on it/ice it. These 4 kids would then 'help' the children with birthdays that week to eat it at the assembly.

It was Put A Stop To, due to Jamie Olivers Healthy Eating in schools. I think a slice, once a year - or twice if you are the 'helper', is a good thing. Homemade is certainly better than going to Greggs after school for a doughnut

Don't pander to the fussy one. It's her choice and she can go without which she is probably quite aware of.
Homemade cakes trump bought ones anyday Make your cake and enjoy it!

It’s only one person. Make her go without.

Take the homemade cake.
You are doing something nice by bringing a cake.
It’s up to her to choose if she wants some or not. You are not obliged to bring 2 or 3 (or 10) different things to cater for every taste/dislikes.
I wouod expect her to say no wo making a fuss too.

Don't pander to her nonsense. Ignore her and bring in your homemade cake.

I’ve never heard of people not eating homemade cake before (unless they have an allergy of course). Yes go for it. If they had an allergy though I would buy a little something they could eat.

It ddepends though. Are you clean and hygienic yourself?

And heres the big issue I have with people saying ‘I would never have a homemade cake’.
They are basically saying that their first assumption is that you will be unhygienic and can’t be relied on to bring something that will not make them sick. Nice....

I know one guy at work who refuses to eat any home made cake, no-one makes any special allowances for him.
When I've baked, I'll always get some shop bought stuff too, but mostly because I can't be bothered to make two different cakes, and not everyone might like the first one. Also, one cake is not enough for our entire office.
I won't eat buns that young children have made though, unless I'm certain they've washed their hands. Kids are terrible for that.

I also think the people who refuse homemade cake are extremely poorly educated about what actually constitutes a food poisoning risk.

If you were bringing in chicken and prawn salad and leaving it lying around the office in July, I'd probably pass. But cake is exceptionally low-risk.

YANBU. My best guess is that none of the eeew brigade have ever seen how grim commercial kitchens and factories can be.

dont pander to it! Take in the cake you want to make. Offer her a slice. She is able to eat it, just doesn't want to. Which is fine, she can't expect other people to fit round her fussiness.

I have just declined a homemade cake from DMIL, it was one of seven (7!) leftover from her last year's Christmas baking. I have no idea why she made so many tbh and it felt like accepting it would just encourage her to make even more
Anyway DH likes to make his own, there is a fruit cake mountain in the making here I don't even like fruit cake

Thier loss. More for you.
I certainly wouldn't buy shop bought stuff just for one awkward person when i can make nicer cake myself.

Just take it in. Their choice, their loss... And your birthday!!

Just take in a cake, don't buy extra. Fuck that.

Nobody's making them eat it !! I l would like some please😋

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?

Huh?

I don't understand, where are these people who don't eat home-made cake? In my office, home made cake gets eaten first, because it's nicer than shop-bought!