oh, c'mon now, you all can do better than that! reach waaaay back into that closet and bring out those skeletons!

okay, here's mine.

when i'm finished with a tip, i take it off the pastry bag and suck all the frosting out of it.

I buy too much equipment, but I refuse to bake for $$ (I like to do what I want, not what a customer might want).

Also, my poor husband only gets scraps, flops, and extras .

I don't do cakes very often because of the cleanup.

It takes me 3-7 days to finish cleaning up from a cake. The dishes and stuff just sit in a pile by my sink.

Once I threw away some tips and bags because they were too disgusting to clean.


I'm a procrastinator, too. Once I was an hour late to my niece's 1st birthday party because I was still working on the cake. Everyone waited for me--they didn't even start eating dinner until I got there.

Wow, what a great topic.

i think it's all been said...but i'll repeat it anyway

1: I HATE CLEANING
2: I HATE THE LOOK MY 3 YEAR OLD GIVES ME WHEN I TELL HER NO SHE CAN'T HELP WITH THIS CAKE (breaks my heart)
3: I HATE MIXING COLORS...no matter how hard i try not to, i always end up with rainbow brite fingernails
4: I HATE MAKING MMF...although i love the taste and working with it.
5: I'M NOT CREATIVE AT ALL, i have to look at other designs and "expand" from there
6: oh and did i mention I HATE CLEANING

keep'em coming ya'll....this is great

I'm a pie person.. LOOOOVE PIE..but you cant get as creative with a pie decoration as you can with cake...I hate the feeling of anything greasy on my skin, i.e. Melted butter, oil, etc. So I have dry skin. Fondant is disgusting. The only frosting I like is whipped ganache. I do better 'winging-it' then trying to plan something because it always goes opposite of what I thought. When you work that way you most likely will surprise yourself because you never know WHAT to expect and if something halfway decent works its way out then I'm proud. Oh and finally...I LOVE WASHING DISHES!!! I hate using the dishwasher, it takes too long and I think it takes just as much time to rinse your dishes and load them in the dishwasher, then start it. If the dishwasher isnt full you waste electricity and water. I guess I'm weird.

OK...I always feel much more insecure than I let on with clients. I always say "no problem" to any cake they pick out and then start to panic...wondering if I can do it correctly.

I hate cleaning, especially the bags. I should just buy the disposable ones, but they are so expensive!

I buy cake stuff when we sometimes can't pay the bills on time!

I ave very little self esteem and always feellike a big phoney when I sell a cake.

If your kids want to help, bake an extra mini cake and let them go to town! Or make and freeze some NFSC to be used for just the occasion. It can at least buy 20 minutes with out the leeches wrapping themselves around your legs I'm thinking tubes of frosting that you can screw the tips right onto? Less mess to clean up...

I hate cleaning up and dishpan hands (from whatever won't fit in the dishwasher)
I breaks my heart to tell my son I can't play bc I'm working on a cake.
I HATE DECORATING COOKIES!!!! and that's what I've been doing for two days!!!
....nothing EVER comes out like it looks in my head ( I'm with Melvira on that one!!)
...and...I doubt my decorating skills almost everyday,
but I tell myself that ppl keep coming back..so I must be doing something right.

After reading it earlier...I very much enjoy seeing the looks on the childrens faces when they know exactly who it is that I made for them. And hearing the compliments from the adults. I always tell them that it's so easy (which for the most part it is for me- I get to use my artisitc ability) but everyone looks at me like I have 5 heads. I love when they say it's "beautiful."

ooh, I suck on the tips too. It's the easiest way of getting the frosting out for me! And then I of course boil them to sterilize them, but I love the tip frosting!

Like so many others I have these visions of the perfect cake in my head that don't turn out the way I planned. Downright frustrating.
I can't make roses that look like they should so I use other flowers instead.
I haunt the thrift stores and garage sales looking for and buying any cake pans and decorating stuff I find. Have even bought duplicates of things I already have because the price was so cheap. Hubby says I have more pans than I could ever use. He is probably right.
I have downloaded tons of cake pictures and created my idea book and love to sit and look at the pictures. Printer is out of ink again because of it.
I spend way too much time on this web sight.
I love anything sweet especially chocolate.

I hate to clean up ~ there are presently cookie trays and a KA mixer bowl in the sink waiting for me (just did cookies)
I confess that my ideas in my head are better than what I produce.
I confess that I hate my kitchen which is the size of a closet and I use the drawers as counters - pull them out and put a tray on them for more space.
I confess that I eat ALL of my mistakes
I confess that I like the decorating and hate baking.
I confess that I have called off work to stay home and play with my cake stuff....

That's enough for now... I feel like I need to go to church...and pack a lunch....

Great topic!!

Ok, I have to give it up. I hate to clean the tips and couplers. I will keep them in a bag in the Fridge until the bag is full, then I will give in and clean those little buggers out.

this thread is great..cake confessions therapy!!!

I hate it when I'm decorating & my kids pull on my shorts and ask me to play with them. Half the time I feel as if i neglect them.

I hate myself for always asking my husband "how much would you pay for this?". I think he's getting tired of my asking!

I hate myself for thinking tooooo much about a cake design. When a customer gives me a theme...my imagination will run wild!!!! And i'll get all excited, then they say too expensive, cut down on servings etc...

The only part I like is the decorating I hate the clean up I wish all I had to do was jump right into decorating

ok, here's some more confessions from me:
I also feel like a terrible mom because I don't play enough with my kids when I'm decorating.
I have bags, tips, couplers, etc. in the sink soaking. I hate to clean up crisco based icing!!
And I just figured out that I lie. I lie a lot. People ask me, isn't it hard to not eat what you bake? Oh no. After a while you get tired of looking at it. LIAR LIAR , PANTS ON FIRE!!!
I just made roll out cookies for my son to take to school for his valentines party and I've been snacking on the extras all night. Plain, and some with royal icing. (had to try it. never had it before)
Maybe that's how I've put back on the 25 lbs. I lost last year?!!
I do love this thread. A lot cheaper that a shrink!! And alas, I spend WAY too much time on this site, and it's worth it!!

Ok after reading 7 pages of replies to this thread someone PLEASE tell me that I am not the only one who can cuss like a trucker when I'm decorating and things are not going right!!!!!

I too feel like I'm neglecting my family when I'm doing cakes.


I LOVE cake, it's my favorite dessert so I eat it a lot and go back for more. So for those of you who don't like cake and frosting....GIMME GIMME!!! I'll eat your share!!!


KimAZ

Ok, here's a funny one... like so many of you I get tired of cake, so while everyone else is eating it, I stare off into space and think about Johnny Depp.

Saturday I had a bridal tasting and I wanted to make sure what I was giving them was good... I took a bite and it actually made my eyes pop a little. I haven't eaten my cake in so long, I forgot how good it is! Not to sound too proud!! But I looked at my husband and said, "If she doesn't choose me after tasting this, then she's just stupid!"

Great thread!
Okay, I love to cook but I adore baking. I bake when I am disgusted or totally fed up with something. It is my stress reliever.

I hate having anything on my hands...sugar, flour, or butter. I will wash my hands so much that I use an entire roll of paper towels baking one cake. And please don't let me get Crisco on my hands lol

Now, I don't bake for anyone other than family and friends but when I want to bake or try a new recipe, I will make a cake and pretend that someone in my family wanted one. I will ask my DH to please go out and pick up dinner because I have to get this cake finished. Well, really I don't because nobody even knows I am taking it to them LOL. I really do take them the cake IF I I am going to visit in a day or so. If I am not really going to visit then I will tell my DH the next day to just eat the cake because I didn't want to travel. My family lives an hour and a half away so I can get away with this .

I am finishing my master's degree online and often I tell DH that I have school work to do when I am really reading on CC.
Oh gosh, I am a horrible person because of my CAKE ADDICTION!!!!

Alright, so I guess I am the only one.....
My confession, I was already FAT BEFORE I started doing cakes!
(no one else knows that!!!!)
My next confession.... I am STILL FAT!!! I think the clean up after a cake is done by my mouth!!!!


Oh, I also hate to clean tips and couplers so They go in the garbage each time along with the bags.

I only like eating what I bake or cook and it drives me up the wall that I can't get a slice of the cakes I make for other people!

Used to hate cleaning tips and bags till read the tip about the plastic wrap plugs, now clean up a breeze.

I hate living in the boonies and not having acess to good decorating supplies and classes!!!

qtkaylassweets:
WoW!!! I'm jealous! Throw those bad boys in a ziplock bag and mail them out to me! I'll clean them and use them!!!

I get rid of them every single time! I hate the greasy feeling! I hate trying to get the coupler out of the bag and a big glob of frosting comes out with it! GROSS!
(I got a great deal on couplers last year from a closeout store in my area!- 2000 couplers for $5.00!!!)
Also get a great deal on tips! A box of 3 of one kind for $.25!!!
Of course it keeps adding up but.... I guess I am lazy! I just can't handle all of that grease!

My confessions....lets see

Well, I am a sugarholic so everytime I make a cake I always have left over BC. I eat on that BC for literally the rest of the week! If i have a sweet tooth I will open the container and take a little. OMG I feel so ashamed!!!!!!!

I HATE CLEANING!!!!!!!!

I agree w/some of y'all. I don't really care for the baking. I'm not crazy about making icing. And I HATE cleaning up. I just like to decorate.

I've even paid my son to bake the cakes for me, then I go in & decorate. Sometimes my DH ends up cleaning my mess.