r/bakingfail
66k members
r/bakingfail is a subreddit with 66k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses fail, cake, baking, cookies, and bread, and they frequently recommend/review cookie recipe.
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 Themes in r/bakingfail
#1
Pain & Anger
: "Left my dough to rise for an hour— accidentally cooked it instead"
15 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Can it be somehow saved?"
5 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Tried to make lemon and blueberry cookies... Where did I go so wrong!?"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/bakingfail
#1
Fail
: "One of my first ever Fails.."
183 posts
#2
Cake
: "30th birthday Cake?"
72 posts
#3
Baking
: "My boyfriends attempt at making me cupcakes for my birthday (posted with permission)"
56 posts
#4
Cookies
: "i tried making Cookies from scratch tonight"
56 posts
#5
Bread
: "Goal was cookies, outcome was Bread"
16 posts
#6
Muffins
: "throwback to when i tried to make blueberry Muffins and they just turned out looking like mold Muffins"
15 posts
#7
Macarons
: "French Macarons"
12 posts
#8
Brownies
: "My Brownies have more oil than Saudi Arabia"
11 posts
#9
Chocolate
: "Chocolate chip cookies are always flat no matter what"
10 posts
#10
Pie
: "Tried to Make 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
: "Tried to make my blackberry blondies, made a slab of ground beef with suspicious sauce"
86 posts
#2
Help
: "This vegan matcha cake might taste good but keeps going brown"
16 posts
#3
Question
: "Chocolate Chip Cookies"
6 posts
Member Growth in r/bakingfail
Yearly
+16k members(32.3%)
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Last updated: June 15, 2026