r/bakingfail

74k members
r/bakingfail is a subreddit with 74k members. The community frequently discusses fail, cake, baking, cookies, and bread, and they frequently recommend/review cookie recipe, and the most common flair used is fail, help, question, and meta.
For those times when you see that multilayered crepe cake and think "I can do that" then wonder why you have an oozing alien bubbling from the garbage can.

Popular Topics in r/bakingfail

#1

Fail

183 posts
#2

Cake

72 posts
#3

Baking

56 posts
#4

Cookies

56 posts
#5

Bread

16 posts
#6

Muffins

15 posts
#7

Macarons

12 posts
#8

Brownies

11 posts
#9

Chocolate

10 posts
#10

Pie

9 posts

Products Discussed in r/bakingfail

Cookie Recipe

13 reviews
#1
Personal Recipe
5.0 from 3 reviews
#2
Dessert Person
5.0 from 2 reviews
#3
Nestle
5.0 from 2 reviews

Flair Used in r/bakingfail

#1
Fail
: "An attempt of banana bread"
64 posts
#2
Help
: "how do i troubleshoot my cookie dough wherein the butter is separating?"
22 posts
#3
Question
: "How is it so different from the picture?"
5 posts
#4
Meta
: "Saltine Crust for Pie Fail"
3 posts

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Yearly
+21k members(39.3%)

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Last updated: September 11, 2026