Any bakers out there?

[Miss_Sara]

yay!
I LOOOVE to bake
I have like no idea how to bake a lot of things
but I really like to bake!!!

it sounds like you've been having fun with Holiday baking!
and it sounds yummy and makes me very hungry, so you're in trouble!!

I think when I'm much older and a stay at home mom I would like to work part time in a bakery lol.

[Janet]

I don't mind baking, it's just when I do, I want to eat the stuff. Not good when you're trying to take weight off.

I LOOOOOOVE baking but unfortunately I have to bake gluten free booo.... It's so different and I have to experiment way too much to get things to taste "edible".... I miss my "wheat-cooking" days! Oh I LOVE this time of year too...my parents' and grandparents' houses smell so yummy

[Willow]

I love to bake!!! I bake cookies and cakes for my skin family, and I bake tons of treats for the furkids!!!

Of course, the furkids treats are always gone first...and then I have to bake some more!

[Gina]

I love to bake too, I will start my baking next week. If I bake ahead of time I will have none for Christmas , my family will eat them. I make all sorts of cookies ranging from butter cookies, seven layers and much more. So I try to get my presents brought and wrapped so I can devote the next two weeks to baking.

[Marilyn]

Would like to work part time in a bakery, too, to learn more techniques. Especially cake decorating. However, will have to wait until I retire. Oh, well, we are never too old to learn.

I have a friend who grew up helping her best friend's mom who was a professional caterer. She learned how to make the most beautiful decorated cakes. I can bake well, and ice cakes so that they look nice, but not professionally decorated with all the pretty frills. I did make a Wilton cake once shaped like a girl mouse, where you decorate the cake with icing stars. It was kinda paint by number style, but turned out really pretty. It took all day to make, though. It was for a long ago birthday party.

Janet, I know what you mean about not baking because of the calories. We are all so bad here. If it is sweet and it's in the house, we are going to eat it, quickly!! I don't bake often because of that. Usually when I can take it somewhere. Most of the fruit cakes are to be given away and a few are being sold. I have to bake some around the holidays though. There are just some baked items that are part of holiday memories....and we have to carry on some family traditions.

[DianaB]

I don't do nearly as much baking as what you're doing Marilyn. I've really cut back since my kids have gotten older and even more since my husband found out that he's diabetic. Even my regular recipes have become lower sugar recipes. I'm planning on having a cookie decorating day with my grandchildren and make a few candy recipes for Christmas. My husband will just have to resist the temptation!!! It's not Christmas without fudge!!!!

[Tink]

I'd love to bake more, but I'm diabetic, my kids aren't really into sweets, and hubby is rarely home, so I almost always end up throwing a large portion of it away. I used to bake a lot more than I do now.