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

[Slartybartfast]

for reasons I cannot fathom

Are phobias/neuroses/anxieties of this type universal, or are they are first world problem?

Probably, in the developing world a homemade cake is cheaper and safer, a supermarket packaged cake has probably been pissed on by rats in the warehouse. Of course I doubt that's only a developing world problem, after all there are more snakes in the developing world

I have a nut allergy and I'd trust a homemade cake more than a shop bought one for both cross contamination and hygiene.
I'd even prefer one that kids with snotty colds had made to a shop brought rat pissy factory one.

Thanks for the reminder that I have a cake to make for tomorrow ...

At my old office people would bring in cake for birthdays, either home-made or bought, depending on their own preferences, or maybe
a tin of Celebrations if they'd forgotten and panicked. Anyway a tradition evolved where you also brought in a bag of apples or satsumas or something for those who couldn't/wouldn't eat cake. It was a little in-joke to ensure that everyone was included (including lovely coeliac in Accounts).

Talkin you’re really not getting the point. So you wouldn’t have cake, but yeah there would still be anxiety. General anxiety can manifest itself in all kinds of different ways. I’m sure there is plenty of anxiety in third-world countries, but it may not be diagnosed and might be aimed at other aspects than food. Plus, mental illness like anorexia nervosa has been around before food became abundant.

God I really want cake now and tbh I don't give a shit who's made it

What's wrong with good manners?

If someone brought a home-made cake into work and I suspected their home environment was less than sanitary (or they'd mentioned their toddler with norovirus etc) I would [tinkly little laugh] "That looks lovely, Slarty, but I'm on such a strict diet at the moment..."

Likewise any food preference . Note preference , not proper allergy. An allergy - fine. Likes and dislikes - not fine. Just say, "Oh, I'll have a piece later, if I may" or some such. No one cares and certainly should not have to provide an alternative if someone says they don't eat coconut/chocolate/coffee blah de blah.

What? Home made cakes are the best. They always taste better. Shop bought are the disgusting ones...they all taste artificial

Your birthday, your cake, tell them to fuck off with their eewwwing.

I can’t eat anything with egg in because it -givesmetheshits- upsets my stomach but I wouldn’t mind everyone else eating it.

I actually don't get who would prefer an artificial factory made shop bought cake over a homemade cake (allergies aside!).

As others have said, bacteria are unlikely to survive the oven - how many food poisoning cases have you heard of attributed to cake? The dog hairs, grit etc. getting in in the house of the unhygienic person might not do wonders for the texture, though

I should be as so lucky as to have coworkers who are fussy about cake...more for me!!!
Bring in what ever you please, if someone doesn’t fancy whatever then they just eat something else.

If it's literally that they don't like homemade - in the nicest possible way - sod them!

People are weird,I'd prefer the homemade if generally clean kept house....i recently bought 4 mini cakes from gourmet brand sold on Qvc and there was huge 12 cm long hair baking inside and another 1 of them had smaller hair stuck/baked on the bottom...yucky

Ha ha! I worked in a cake factory as a student and I saw what goes on! Leave them to their ridiculous beliefs and bring your lovely homemade cake in x

I wouldn't eat homemade anything until I had seen the home.

I would be very happy to come and eat your very delicious home made cake. I used to work with someone who made absolutely scrummy cakes; we all looked forward to her birthday.!The cakes were so much nicer than shop bought. Hope you have a great day.

I don't eat chocolate, cake or biscuits, but never feel left out when people bring the stuff in, homemade or shop-bought, they're just being kind, it's not their place to cater to my foibles.

I didn't have any anxieties or phobias about eating homemade /shop bought/factory made before I read this thread. Just shoved it all in. Now you've started me thinking about it............Never occurred to me that those delicious homemade cakes and biscuits brought in could be my death sentence.

lazymum you made spit my wine out then

I regularly make cake at home but work get those trays of doughnuts you can buy for £2. Do you have an amazing desire for it to be homemade? If you do, then just do it and let colleague go without. No one is forcing it down their throats!

I've also worked in a food factory and the food was often dropped on the floor, sometimes even stepped on before being packed. One of my coworkers always had a drippy nose because the factory was cold and you can guess where all that drip went. It was a long time before I could bring myself to eat the food we had made even though I know that factory made food would all be produced with the same low hygiene standards.

You don't have to take in alternatives or options for anybody. You offer a cake, people take a piece or not as they wish. Happy birthday!

I won't eat homemade if I haven't seen your kitchen. There are some dirty bastards out there. I watched one mum and child make a treat to take to the school, it included popcorn. Child sneezed, a disgusting length of thick snot shot out of her nose, her head went forward and when she righted herself there was popcorn attached to the string of snot. A laugh went up, nothing was thrown away, treats went to school, and I decided I was never eating anything there was a chance a child had helped with!

I knew someone else who's cat wandered around the counters while she was cooking, she'd just give it a pat and carry on...

Baker at a place I worked. Spent as much time with his hands down his trousers as he did with them in the dough...

Another woman, really worried about her appearance and her daughters. Would get very upset if they got the tiniest bit of dirt on them. Visited her house. Her kitchen looked like something out of Hoarders...

Worked as a barmaid in a bar/restaurant. Went in on my own time to clean the bar to my standards. Never ate from the kitchen.

In my own kitchen, for my own family, I use a clean spoon every time I taste what I'm cooking.

I used to live nextdoor to someone who was regarded as a great baker. People loved her cakes. Her house was filthy and the kitchen was a stinking mess, I've taken rubbish to the tip and it smelt better. I've never bought cakes at charity things since then and only eat home made if I know the cook well enough to know I wouldn't throw up in her kitchen.