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Pretending that I did it ...

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Glitterzzz · 23/02/2019 20:00

So.. I am no chef but I can bake.. my OH asked me for a carrot cake sometime soon.. usually I would be happy to run round the supermarket get the ingredients and stand in the kitchen to turn out a half decent baked delight some hours later

But

I’m tired. It’s half term. I’m run crazy with two children with additional needs, no school or nursery breaks and trying to keep the house and I’m on a diet myself ... so I cheated.

I contacted a cake maker ordered the cake and was gutted to see how professional it looked when I collected it today considering how much u paid for it... in the need to make it seem I baked it lovingly for him I brought it home and have roughed it up a little... ( smudges in the Cream cheese frosting, a dent here a dent there and whizzed up some pecans and walnuts and whacked them on top...

Unfortunately the real baker had gone to the effort of making little sugar paste carrot decorations which she seems to have apples with a orange substance so I removed them and will just say I attempted a decoration that failed...

Does this cake look home made but not too fancy/ professional? Why do I even care ? 😂😂 I guess I love him and wanted to give him something he wanted and of course all the thanks of how lovely it is and how hard I must have worked

Pretending that I did it ...
OP posts:
Redwinestillfine · 23/02/2019 21:51

I would be amazed if a professional chef doesn't clock this right away

MiddleClassProblem · 23/02/2019 21:52

Maybe this is how OP discovers he was lying about being a chef 😂

DotForShort · 23/02/2019 21:54

Buying a cake instead of baking it is a perfectly reasonable thing to do. But lying about it and going to such lengths to conceal the original lie? Very odd.

Won’t you feel like a complete fraud when he raves about the cake?

sausagerollsses · 23/02/2019 21:55

This thread is so strange

Serin · 23/02/2019 21:55

My friend has a cake shop and is always being asked to make cakes for people to pass off as home made. One woman has cupcakes made every week for her staff and passes them off as her own.
I dont think you are alone OP.
Cake looks great!

whataremyoption · 23/02/2019 21:55

I think you're batshit OP but very sweet. You might be my kind of people Grin

TheNoodlesIncident · 23/02/2019 21:56

Won't he notice when he gets home and the house doesn't have that baking smell..?

MyKingdomForBrie · 23/02/2019 21:58

I'd be too paranoid!! What if he asks you to re make it for his mum or something while they're there?!

It looks like a good home cook could have made it.

micromanager1 · 23/02/2019 22:00

This is absolutely hilarious, love it.

Even better when you tell the truth in a few years time and all laugh about it together.

Kahlua4me · 23/02/2019 22:00

I think it’s a lovely thing for you to do for your dh. Hope he enjoys it tomorrow.

ASnowballsChance · 23/02/2019 22:00

I can't believe anyone would actually do this. Crazy.

Jezebel101 · 23/02/2019 22:01

I don't know what is pettier, lying about baking a cake and faking washing up....or declaring the OP can't be trusted and is ruining her relationship over a pretty stupid stunt.

I lie about my boobs whenever I wear a push-up bra. We all tell lies of some sort.

Mind you, I've never lied about baking (unless you count lying about there being four hot cross buns in a pack, not six. Definitely not six).

PaddingtonBearHardStare · 23/02/2019 22:02

YABU to have your DH saved as baby bear 🐻

RaffertyFair · 23/02/2019 22:02

I'm another one who doesn't understand this at all.

If you were doing it to shut someone up who is unnecessarily critical or shows off, I would understand and might think was funny.

But it just makes no sense when it's for your hard working DH whose back is busted, a workaholic and feeling down and asks for so little.

You couldn't be arsed to bake a cake but you want him to be impressed ... Confused

Ontheboardwalk · 23/02/2019 22:02

£20 for that cake - bargain! I want one

Only thing is, the sugar carrots are the best bit, what have you done with them??

safariboot · 23/02/2019 22:03

If you've made him carrot cake before, surely he'll notice it's not your usual recipe.

Also agree it's weird to lie. And if he finds out, what if he then assumes that all your cake was a lie?

CaptainBrickbeard · 23/02/2019 22:04

I also don’t get why it wouldn’t be just as nice a gesture to say you ordered the cake? Really baffled by the weird pretence - and that pretty much the same amount of time and energy has gone into faking the cake than making one anyway? And won’t the children give it away? Did they come with you to collect the cake?

Ordering a cake = a lovely thing to do for someone.

Pretending you made it = odd and will seem like a big deal if you’re found out.

CoiledLocks · 23/02/2019 22:06

"He'll probably rumble you but not tell you he's cottoned on and have you faking making it forever."

Grin

She doesn't know he knows Grin

LaBelleSausage · 23/02/2019 22:06

I’d have probably said I’d bought the sugar carrots from a supermarket, I’m sure I’ve seen some in Morrisons!

IHateUncleJamie · 23/02/2019 22:07

*Ffs, I wanted to impress him because he is a very hard working man who works 70 hours a week. After 4 years and children I still love him and want to make him happy and impress him...

If that’s weird then maybe your weird.*

I’ve been very happily married to an incredibly hardworking man for 20 years and of course I like to make him happy, as he does me.

Not by lying and taking credit for someone else’s work though. I’m not weird, I’m honest.

ralphfromlordoftheflies · 23/02/2019 22:07

If my DP made a request for a home made carrot cake I would tell him to fuck off or make one himself. I couldn't care less about impressing him. I think paying the bills and child duties and house work duties are suitably impressive. Would you ask him to do something like this for you? Or is he the only one who is deserving of favours like this?

longestlurkerever · 23/02/2019 22:07

I still find this weird, sorry OP. You obviously enjoy his praise, but it's all false, I don't understand how that makes you feel good. It's probably harmless but it just feels weird to say it's funny or sweet, as it comes across as kind of sad. Don't you think he's proud of you as you are?

Badtasteflump · 23/02/2019 22:08

I just don’t get it Confused

How are you impressing him by telling him a load of bull and hoping he’ll believe it - which he won’t anyway if he’s a chef.

And I have a real issue with lying.

But what’s the point? Digging a hole for yourself over a cake? I don’t even get what’s funny about it - sorry.

CoiledLocks · 23/02/2019 22:09

Won't he notice when he gets home and the house doesn't have that baking smell?

Quick op scoop out a bit of the sponge from underneath and put it on a low heat in the oven for an "authentic" home baked smell Grin

porridgeface · 23/02/2019 22:10

Ha ha, this is something I would do!!
I think it's sweet you're being completely bonkers just because you know it will make him happy! Hope he likes it x