r/bakingfail
76k members
r/bakingfail is a subreddit with 76k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses fail, baking, bread, cake, and sugar, 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
Solution Requests
: "how do i troubleshoot my cookie dough wherein the butter is separating?"
14 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Tips to improve"
3 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "This was supposed to be a dino cake"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/bakingfail
#1
Fail
3 posts
#2
Baking
2 posts
#3
Bread
2 posts
#4
Cake
2 posts
#5
Sugar
1 post
#6
Icing
1 post
#7
Genoise
1 post
#8
Oven
1 post
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
: "Aurora pie fail"
27 posts
#2
Help
: "First time failed croissants"
13 posts
#3
Meta
: "Make sure to feed the floor too sometimes"
4 posts
#4
Question
: "Dad's birthday today and I messed up his cake because I forgot to grease the pan. Still edible but he won't give it the time of day."
3 posts
Member Growth in r/bakingfail
Yearly
+21k members(37.3%)
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Last updated: October 15, 2026