What to do....?

[MrsM2017]

I know this might seem like a really trivial thing in the grand scheme of things but just wanted a bit of advice?

I'm currently 9 weeks pregnant and before getting pregnant I was a keen cook and baker - making celebration cakes for family and friends. However at the moment (and since about week 7) I cannot stand any sort of cooking - even the smell of my kitchen turns my stomach and the last week or so the morning sickness and nausea has ramped up.

Now the problem is my best friend is expecting me to make a birthday cake for her son (my godson) in 2 weeks, as I promised to back in October - and to be fair I've made his cake each year since he was born. But I really don't think I'm going to be able to - I'm so ill and any cooking/kitchen smells make me so much worse. The trouble is I'm not sure what to tell her?

Being so early on, hubby and I really didn't want to tell anyone til after the 12 week scan. And she knows I'm around as we are going to his birthday party. I don't want to come across as a bad friend?

I know this is such a small thing, but just looking for a bit of advice as can't ask anyone else as no one knows about me being pregnant.

TIA 💕

Tricky, as you already gave your word that you’d sort it.

I’d maybe fake some oven trouble and pay for a baker to make one instead - a good cake from our local baker would be ~£40

You need to tell her as soon as possible, 2 weeks is very short notice to find another baker.

How good of a friend is she?

Fake it! I'd promised to make my friend's wedding cake earlier this year but I was just too ill and exhausted at a similar stage of pregnancy. I bought a cake and decorated it.

There's a ton of sugar craft companies online who'll supply good-quality, not-dry plain, uniced vanilla or chocolate sponges you could fill and ice to personalise it a bit, if you can manage that. Or you can buy filled ones iced in white fondant – if you can manage to stick some decorations on top to make it look like "yours", voila! So it ends up more your style than paying a baker.

Alternatively, could you buy undecorated cakes from the supermarket and then just do the decoration yourself?

(Assuming the decorating is the least smelly part!)

I would buy something and pass it off as your own... would that be possible?
Congrats on the pregnancy! I'm also 9 weeks and cannot bear to cook (same as last pregnancy and it lasted until at least 25 weeks then, if not longer!).

Thank you everyone 😘

I'm meeting up with her tomorrow so will sort it then - luckily she's a really really good friend so I don't think it will be too much of an issue 🤞🏻

What she originally wanted would cost a small fortune from a proper baker (I'm just a home amateur!) so I'm thinking I'll offer to buy one from bakery or supermarket (depending on what she'd prefer) unless she's happy to sort something else.

Was also talking to hubby and (after all that) I think I'm just going to tell her exactly why - I hate lying (and am really bad at it!) so if I said there was something wrong with my over I'm sure she'd offer me the use of hers 😂

Congrats to you too @Whiskers10439 😊hoping my cooking aversion doesn't last that long! Poor hubby if so!