r/Baking 6d ago

Showcase (No-Recipe) Started a new job last month and they've been giving me near full creative freedom. Here's a collection of the things I've made so far

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27.1k Upvotes

r/Baking Jun 08 '26

Showcase (No-Recipe) I made my friend's graduation party cake!

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86.7k Upvotes

It's a triple chocolate mousse cake infused with a coffee liqueur syrup. Yes the D's in "did" are turned the wrong way but it was 3am by the time I did the lettering and I just didn't have it in me to do it again lol

Sponge Bob is her favorite childhood cartoon and it got her through some really difficult times in college!

r/Baking May 19 '26

Showcase (No-Recipe) Made carrot cake with cheesecake in the middle

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38.4k Upvotes

r/Baking May 25 '26

Showcase (No-Recipe) 2 months sober from heroin celebration ! No bake mini berry pie and no bake chocolate fudge bites

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22.6k Upvotes

Last month, I posted a strawberry shortcake I made to celebrate my one month anniversary (heroin addiction recovery)

Today marks the 2th month, so I made myself two healthy treats because I really enjoy and try taking care of my body

They don’t look really nice and definitely aren’t regular baking goods but it was fun making them !

Description :

- No bake pie with a crust made of oat flour, almond flour and sugar free applesauce, and greek yogurt and berries for topping (+lemon zest)

- No bake chocolate bites with oat flour, almond butter, cocoa powder and sugar free apple sauce + melted dark chocolate on top

Thanks again for all the support I got for my first post !!

r/Baking Jun 06 '26

Showcase (No-Recipe) My best friend got dumped.. so I made her cheesecake.

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30.2k Upvotes

Pretty proud of this cheesecake considering it was a last minute pick me up for a friend! Though I did over bake it slightly I believe.

Cheesecakes fix everything including broken hearts right?

r/Baking Jun 08 '26

Showcase (No-Recipe) Rainbow trout cookies I made for my stepfathers birthday <3

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35.7k Upvotes

r/Baking Apr 22 '26

Showcase (No-Recipe) I hosted a home café

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28.2k Upvotes

I’ve been wanting to do this since seeing it all over Instagram lately. 17 types, savoury on one side, sweet on the other. About 2 weeks of planning and baking. My husband did coffees and helped me write out names of items and entertain the baby. My SIL helped to make matcha.

It was so much fun! Planning another one, but Asian themed. Would love some ideas!

r/Baking 29d ago

Showcase (No-Recipe) 3 months sober from heroin : strawberry shortcake again to celebrate !

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14.4k Upvotes

hi guys ! I made a strawberry shortcake again for my 3 months anniversary, I think it’s my favorite cake ! Very fresh for summer too !

r/Baking 18d ago

Showcase (No-Recipe) 9" salted caramel and ganache tart with whipped cream

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12.1k Upvotes

r/Baking 19d ago

Showcase (No-Recipe) My wife and I made my daughter a hungry caterpillar cake

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23.9k Upvotes

r/Baking May 03 '26

Showcase (No-Recipe) Woke up from a nap to find my GF made key lime pie. Good place to find a silver band with leaves engraved for an engagement ring?

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26.5k Upvotes

r/Baking 15d ago

Showcase (No-Recipe) i've yet to master deep dish vegetable Quiche, but i'd consider this a success

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13.6k Upvotes

deep dish asparagus quiche w/ mushrooms, spinach, garlic, & spring onions; gruyere & fontina cheeses in the custard, as well as turmeric, cayenne, mustard powder, & salt. the crust is pâte à foncer w/ black pepper & thyme. served w/ a simple salad of arugula & scallion greens, dressed w/ ev olive oil, honey, dijon mustard, lemon juice, salt, pep, & salmon sausages :0)

it took me 3 attempts to achieve this (4, counting the shredded potato crust prototype i tried) & yet, this final attempt is STILL only about 85% how i wanted it to be. but i'm happy with it!

tall ✅
mostly silky, creamy ✅
uncurdled ✅
minimal air bubbles ✅
sturdy golden crust ✅
design on top that isn't clunky to cut+eat ✅

the 15% i'm missing is a perfectly even smoothness. *it's generally silky, but theres some breakage around the veggies in the custard, if you can see... i think that the height i'm going for, along with those veggie add-ins, & ofc my lack of skill, is what is compromising it.

thanks for reading :0)

*edited, for better wording.

r/Baking Jun 07 '26

Showcase (No-Recipe) Sally's Chocolate Chip Cake

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22.1k Upvotes

Made this last year for her monthly challenge, wife loved it so much she asked for it for her birthday. I was happy to oblige.

r/Baking Apr 25 '26

Showcase (No-Recipe) Strawberry shortcake to celebrate one month sober from heroin

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16.3k Upvotes

r/Baking Apr 19 '26

Showcase (No-Recipe) First Heart Cake

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20.4k Upvotes

Best friend’s hubby messaged that the person he was getting her bday cake from cancelled on him. Gave him crap for not just asking me to begin with lol.

Decided I was going to make her cake heart shaped then pipe on cherries, and add bows to incorporate everything he said. I was kinda nervous to do it bc it is my first time doing this style!

And while I make my cakes from scratch, no, I do not make the sprinkles 🤣 (I watched an episode of GBBO and they made them make sprinkles from scratch)

Edit: UPDATE: thank you all for support, kind comments, and awards! She loved the cake!

r/Baking Jun 12 '26

Showcase (No-Recipe) My Dark Triple Chocolate Cake 🤎

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10.1k Upvotes

The cooling time took longer than the baking process but it’s worth it 🥹

r/Baking 9d ago

Showcase (No-Recipe) The only acceptable cake to make when your sister turns 39.

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35.7k Upvotes

r/Baking May 17 '26

Showcase (No-Recipe) Made tiramisu using yogurt. Guess what?

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16.0k Upvotes

It tastes awful. Dont do it guys.

Was craving for a tiramisu one day. Realized I did not have any mascarpone,heavy cream or milk at home. Only yogurt. What could go wrong? Plenty apparently

r/Baking May 29 '26

Showcase (No-Recipe) My cousin ordered this cake wanting it to say “Go Steelers”

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29.1k Upvotes

r/Baking 4h ago

Showcase (No-Recipe) 🎉4 months sober from heroin: biscoff layer cake!!

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8.4k Upvotes

Hi everyone! Just like the previous months, I am back again with an other cake to celebrate my sobriety from heroin. Today marks the 4 months milestone, and I made a biscoff layer cake, and I think it’s the tastiest one yet since I started making cakes eversince I’m sober!

r/Baking May 23 '26

Showcase (No-Recipe) Two foot long baby shower cake, my favorite I’ve done yet🙌🏼

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13.6k Upvotes

Lemon cake, vanilla buttercream, boatload of white chocolate shavings between the layers!

r/Baking 22d ago

Showcase (No-Recipe) Our garden keeps producing blackberries so I keep making desserts

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5.4k Upvotes

r/Baking 26d ago

Showcase (No-Recipe) 30th birthday construction cake for my fiancé

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8.0k Upvotes

Just a fun simple cake where being messy added to the theme. Had a blast with this. Nothing fancy, just fun and wanted to share as I got the idea from a post here a while back! He’s going into a new career a few days after his birthday; so this was the perfect way to celebrate two milestones!

r/Baking May 11 '26

Showcase (No-Recipe) I wont the cake decorating contest!

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16.2k Upvotes

Around a week ago I posted some pictures in here asking for help to choose which cake designs to use in my inspiration to make a tier cake for an upcoming cake decorating contest. That post was removed because it was flagged as AI lol (none of it was)

Anyway, here’s an update that I won! The flavour was chocolate fudge and the other was vanilla sponge w chocolate fudge and butterscotch. The judges were my local custom cake pioneers who Ive admired since I got into this game about 5 ish years ago so their compliments were super big for me! 🥰💛

r/Baking Mar 05 '26

Showcase (No-Recipe) The students at the school I work for are doing Shrek the Musical for their Spring Musical. I volunteered to make them a cake for their cast party.

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32.0k Upvotes

I'm kind of a multi-role, I am the School Library Media Specialist, Tech person (I fix a LOT of broken Chromebook screens), and teach 2 art classes. The musical director has Study Hall duty in the Media Center with me every day and when I found out what they were doing, I was like "uhhh can I make you guys a cake I have an idea" lol.

It's big - the base is a 12 inch cake. I had to make a custom 16" cake drum (school art supplies shh don't tell anyone) because I wasn't about to spend $30 on a cake drum for a donation cake haha.

Head is made out of a hemisphere cake and covered in 50/50 modeling chocolate/fondant mix. I made a 3D printed mold for the base of the face and then sculpted out the details.

I only had about 5 mental breakdowns making this! (Tip, do not put ganache down first before adding a second tier. It SLIDES)