…to want my cake tin back?!

[GimmeMyCakeTin]

DH made a cake a while ago that he took to his sister’s, in the baking tin 🙄 he left the tin there. I then went to make a cake a few weeks later and couldn’t find the tin anywhere, which was very irritating as I was mid way through baking. Realised what had happened, and that he’d obviously left it at his sister’s. It’s a 20cm cake tin, but a good quality one.

Anyway, he met up with his sister yesterday and she gave him the tin back - but it’s not my one! It’s a cheap poundland one! Just thin aluminium, not my nice thick one.

Is it ridiculously petty to ask for mine back? It’s the same size, so I can imagine it would look petty. But not all cake tins are created equal! Maybe I am being unreasonably irritated about this. What would you do? Would you accept the tin with a smile? Would you say something? Am I being unreasonable?

I'm racking my brains as to what this would have to do with anything?

I am very precious about certain thing especially my kitchen stuff- I buy expensive stuff and would definitely want that back. I have a drawer that I keep ‘cheap’ kitchen stuff for exactly this. Lots of cheaper containers and takeaway ones. I’ve very long time ago shown dh where to take from if he is taking them out of the house. 🤣

I would obviously ask for my cake tin back. Just tell her this one isn’t yours, simple.

yes! for some people it is!! My cake tins cost me a fortune and I would not be happy to lose one.

You are unreasonable on the basis you are getting this worked up over a cake tin.

I assume you/DH don’t have money issues given you are looking down on pound shop bake ware.

just buy a new tin…

I know its the principle but in the grand scheme of things its a cake tin

I don't have money issues but my cake tins (nordic bakeware) cost me 40 to 60 quid each. If one went out of my house I would definitely want it back!

I had simialr many years ago. Made a tart and.took to brother's. Asked for it a while later and they said didnt have/never had?! Me and another family member still laugh about the reply as it was the only place ir had ever been taken.. never take home made items now :)

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Why would anybody take a cake somewhere in the tin it was baked in?

That's what I thought!

I'd have taken the cake out & returned the tin there & then!

You have a DH that makes cakes. ( Misses the point )

I can’t believe people make such drama over something so minor. Just tell her she has given you the wrong tin. If she’s not sure which one is yours go around there and fetch it.

Your DH created this mess, he needs to sort it out. It doesn’t matter whether he ‘understands’ or not, he just needs to do it.

if he can’t get the right one back he buys you another - of your choice.

But taking it in the baking tin is so weird. Wouldn’t it be all sweaty? I thought you meant cake tin as in tin you store cake in.

good idea if he can't recover yours.

I suppose some thing like an apple cake you might transport in the tin it was cooked in because it would be difficult to turn out, but it would be a flan tin or pyrex dish and it's not really a cake in the traditional sense

No :/ why?

I was asked to bring a salad to a friend’s party, I never got my Gran’s old glass bowl back, every time I go to the cupboard the returned (shit cheap rough textured) bowl she sent when I asked for my bowl back, reminds me of the shot to the heart. I should throw it out Grrrr.

There’s another thread on here today about daft things that DHs do. This is one more

I’m so sorry about your Gran’s bowl! Sending empathy. I absolutely understand!

What a bizarre thread. It's an entirely ordinary thing to say you want your cake tin back. Just assume it was a mistake (probably was) and get over it.

And update to all: DH told his sister that it was the wrong tin. She said they all looked the same, so she picked the cleanest (so a HT to whoever said I should go for ‘this is a newer tin than mine’.) Apparently she’ll bring round all of the tins next time, so I can pick my one.

I do get the impression I may be being ridiculed on their immediate family WhatsApp thread, but I’m very happy to be labelled fussy/ precious if it means I get my cookware back 🙌

Oh, I agree! It was a very inelegant way to transport a cake.

Your DH baked a cake and gave away one of your baking tins. Why is it on you with SiL to resolve?

Get DH to fix his mistake.

Because your reply was very much something a bloke would say. 'Madeira says' (using a 'take the piss name') 'reckons' she doesn't reckon, she KNOWS its not hers. 'whoops' 'sis' yeah I knows she's mad, but help me out here. It's so derogatory.