Am I the only one who NEVER baked before they had children?

[Gingerbear]

I have morphed into my grandmother. My mum was a terrible cook, so I never showed any inclination to learn such skills as cake making, fairy cakes and what not. My Grandmother on the other hand was a school cook and a fabulous baker. I can still recall the wonderful aromas that came from her house.

I have been baking buns and cakes all afternoon with DD. We have had great fun, but I am now standing back, thinking 'How did life come to this?'

Jeez, I will be cross-stiching and scrapping before I know it

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never baked before kids and only for a short time when they were about 8ish.

I decided that it wasn't good for us - me especially

I could bake and sew before I had kids - and did so ,far more often than I do now

I try and give away the goods - I know what you mean joolstoo.

I rarely baked anything before I had children but when I was pregnant with my first I was mad on it - cakes, bread, pastry etc. I was convinced I would carry on being super-mumsy, but guess what - I've rarely baked anything since no.2 came along! I think it was the hormones tbh.

yes - i haven't baked for years, and now that i have a dd i seem to have changed into a stepford wife! just had friends round and baked scones with jam & cream. ate 5. ohmigod must waddle off and make supper...

Nope. I never baked and never had the inclination either.
Now you have to throw me out of the kitchen and my ds (3) loves baking too!

i would like to bake one day, im one of those who look at ingredients and get put off!!

I blame Marslady and her lemon drizzle cake, oh and suzywong's chocolate brownies.

I have always baked - cakes, bread, biscuits, you name it. Also make jam, marmalade and chutney.

But sewing I cannot do!

I love baking I always have - it's about 50 times more stressful with the DSs "helping" though

Sorry, have always baked. My mum has a phobia of lightning and determined not to pass it on so whenever there was a storm it was "let's make cakes kids!" She saw adults who couldn't cook (and therefore look after themselves I guess) as a mark of failure on the part of their mothers.
I saw an exBF recently who remembers popping round once for a cuppa and within half an hour I'd pulled out a tray of cookies. He hadn't even noticed I'd been mixing while I'd been chatting. Can't believe I wasted half an hour not shagging

I';ve just bought some red gingham to make kitchen curtains a la Tenalady Just fancy having a Goldilocks kitchen, don't care how camp it looks.