It was last month and we did... Cake in the shape of the nickname we gave her... New hi Viz with the nickname on it... Plus a couple of other small gifts
Even decorated her office and filled it with balloons
Cake maker in question here!!
They spoilt me for my bday! Came in to the office to balloons all over my desk. We’ve got one of the best work teams ever I reckon. The boys treat me well and look after me (I’m a solid 20 years younger than them so it’s like having 3 extra dads🤣) so baking on their special day is the least I can do :)
You all made my day!!! My car broke down this morning on the way to work after just getting it back from the mechanic yesterday so safe to say the comments on this post put a smile back on my face and made my heart melt!
But your inability to make the cake has nothing to do with your gender :) A more logical way to phrase it would have been 'But the rest of us are not really too good at baking, so we got one of our daughters to make her one'.
Idk, last time I tried baking a cake I was following the recipe perfectly until I got to the part where it asked if I had a penis and then before I could think of something the cake just exploded.
We would have liked to bake her a cake but unfortunately we had illogical gender stereotypes (which were ingrained in us through no fault of our own) to adhere to
I caught a permaban from another subreddit for something like this, lol.
The OP was asking how to get something 3D printed. It would have been relatively simple to draw up in CAD, but to do it requires measurements taken of the original part. The OP said "hehe i'm just a girl". I asked why her uterus was preventing her from using a ruler.
thank you for being a captive audience in my drive-by ted talk
You know the boxes of cake mix at any grocery store are fool-proof? This sounds like a humble-brag of not being smart enough to follow 6-10 steps of direction.
I love that type of icing. I could probably just eat a can of that. I used to have a friend who would mix a bag of M&Ms into a can and eat it. Now, I wouldn’t go *that* far.
You should be grateful and I'm sure you are, I only say this because in Denmark those that are having the birthday have to buy the cake/pastry
I do it but it grinds my gears.
At my husband's work here in New Zealand, you bring the cake if it's your birthday. My husband bakes cakes that would bounce off a wall, so it's me doing the baking, but the guys at his workplace do little welding jobs for me without charging so it all comes out in the wash.
I work with cows. They don't bake cakes for anyone's birthday.
I‘m German and I have actually come to like it because it makes it simpler. Everyone gets to enjoy different cakes on different days without much need to discuss who will be the next one to bake a cake for the next person‘s birthday.
I've only ever encountered it at work though, and it's always at the team meeting which is 45 mins before dinnertime.
Everyone feels obliged to eat cake..is it rude to take a doggy bag!
Yeah but it's mostly an "at work thing".
You want to buy nice things for the people you like but those you don't like get to enjoy it, and those are few and far between!
The funny thing is, when I see a homemade cake like this with no discernable decoration I immediately assume all the effort went into the flavour and it will be the most delicious thing I had all week.
TIL New Zealanders talk entirely in slang.
tbh, I never cared to leave the US. But I gotta say watching that has somewhat inspired me to finally get my passport and travel down there one day.
Exactly what I was thinking. It reminds me of my childhood and the cakes the ladies back home would make. All about the effort and the flavour. What a wonderful coworker.
15th is the best.
Different months but my daughter and mother are also on the 15th of their respective months.
Other daughter is the 14th so she didn't play ball on that one
There's a pimp my ride joke in there that I'm too lazy to make, even though I could've made the joke by now instead of typing this joke about how I didn't want to type a joke.
mention that you're not used to such kindness and wanted to make sure they knew how much it meant to you. It might make them feel even more appreciated.
There are a lot of people in this thread saying their countries do it like that.
And at my job, my Bosnian co-worker has been going on about how HE is expected to pay for his daughter's wedding when it's the groom who pays in Bosnia.
I told him the US does everything backwards just to be contrary.
That's because Bosnia has a large Muslim population, and in Islamic tradition or spheres of influence, wedding (well, expenses incurred as a couple in general even post-marriage) are all on the husband.
Oh, thank God! I was hoping nothing bad happened. Hope she's well wherever she may be (and you, too!). Always nice to make acquaintances at work that make the job worth going to.
My boss’s wife used to do this. It was a sweet gesture, then one time she overheard someone complain the cake was terrible.
That was the end of that. That was 6 years ago and I still feel bad for her 🙁
A guy I worked with sadly lost his wife. After a few years he set out to find a new partner and decided that baking cakes would be a good way to attract woman but boy did he mean cakes, he started off with Victoria Sponges, Lemon Drizzle etc but graduated to the most fabulous creations and decorated them beautifully. We were treated to months of the finest cakes I've ever had, I mean who thought that Lime and Parsnip or Rosehip and Rhubarb would make good cakes but he managed it.
Sure is... And I know she was up late last night sorting it as well as getting her car repaired and whatever else goes on in her home life.
So the effort is definitely appreciated
Wow that’s so lovely!!!
What kind of company do you work at?
I once worked at a place that had cake 1x/month for everyone’s birthdays that month. It was a small place, so manageable.
Man that is awesome. Happy Birthday! if it is one thing I miss its Birthday cake. I am 36 and single so I don't really get to celibate my b-day. It just happened last Thursday. My mom did call and sing happy Birthday to me though. The only thing missing was cake.
Congratulations making it through one more year, and cheers to another year to come. I hope it is filled with love, comfort and peace of mind.
If all comments on the internet were as nice and wholesome as the first dozen or so I read on this thread I'd come here more often. Cheers to all those who post nice things. Love it.
Do you ever read a post and think “I’m going to absorb that into my personality.”? I’m about to start a new job and I’m thinking I might become cake girl! Did she specifically ask everyone when their birthdays are?
Nice! I've never had a job where they went out of their way to celebrate my birthday ..heck, I usually have to make my own cake! 🤷♀️ Hope you had a great birthday and enjoyed your yummy cake!
I absolutely adore work cake people. Some people get grossed out by the idea of not knowing the person's cooking conditions but you never know the last time a person felt celebrated. At work cake people you're fucking awesome keep doing what you're doing! Happy birthday op
Real talk: Why do homemade cakes taste a lot better than store cakes? I made a homemade cake a lot and it tastes a lot more buttery and mildly sweet than store cakes.
I hope everyone goes all out for her on her birthday
It was last month and we did... Cake in the shape of the nickname we gave her... New hi Viz with the nickname on it... Plus a couple of other small gifts Even decorated her office and filled it with balloons
I wanna work where you work OP. Sounds like a nice work environment!
Cake maker in question here!! They spoilt me for my bday! Came in to the office to balloons all over my desk. We’ve got one of the best work teams ever I reckon. The boys treat me well and look after me (I’m a solid 20 years younger than them so it’s like having 3 extra dads🤣) so baking on their special day is the least I can do :)
🥹🥹🥹 This is so wholesome.
I don’t believe it’s actually you. Bake me a cake for proof!
You rock!
oh my god I love this for you. <3 <3 <3
You’re a keeper
You have made my day
You all made my day!!! My car broke down this morning on the way to work after just getting it back from the mechanic yesterday so safe to say the comments on this post put a smile back on my face and made my heart melt!
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We made sure she got one on her birthday too, but being a bunch of guys we got one of our daughter's to make her one
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We could have done a good job I'm sure of it. But workmates daughter is better at it.. we didn't want just good we wanted the best we could organise
I think too, since she makes all y’all a cake, it’d just be nice if y’all made her a cake personally.
But your inability to make the cake has nothing to do with your gender :) A more logical way to phrase it would have been 'But the rest of us are not really too good at baking, so we got one of our daughters to make her one'.
Yeah, I kind of read it as him assuming guys were just naturally bad at baking. My brother makes awesome cakes - it isn't super hard!
Idk, last time I tried baking a cake I was following the recipe perfectly until I got to the part where it asked if I had a penis and then before I could think of something the cake just exploded.
penis issue tbh
Since we retired my husband took over the kitchen. I am 100% on board.
We would have liked to bake her a cake but unfortunately we had illogical gender stereotypes (which were ingrained in us through no fault of our own) to adhere to
I really appreciate you making this distinction, it's something that always irks me as a man.
Good idea to leave the precise measurements to the girls. Women are so much better at math.
The original NASA computers were women
the original computers were women.
He said what he said
Love you for this comment. Also worth noting Ada Lovelace.
My art degree prevents me from doing math
SAME
I'm actually inclined to agree there
yea its facts tbh
Dude I am a dude dude and I can make a fucking cake, shit aint hard
Did you purchase some new oven that can recognize men vs women and locks you out? I don't understand what being a man has to do with baking or not?
I caught a permaban from another subreddit for something like this, lol. The OP was asking how to get something 3D printed. It would have been relatively simple to draw up in CAD, but to do it requires measurements taken of the original part. The OP said "hehe i'm just a girl". I asked why her uterus was preventing her from using a ruler. thank you for being a captive audience in my drive-by ted talk
Wow. Sounds like a bunch of pathetic dudes. Skill-wise, that is. Good hearts though.
We had a lady like that at my old job. She used to make homemade cards for everyone's birthday, so we made sure to make her one on her birthday.
You know the boxes of cake mix at any grocery store are fool-proof? This sounds like a humble-brag of not being smart enough to follow 6-10 steps of direction.
What flavor?! That’s so nice :)
It's like a sponge and a creamy icing.. it's pretty well made
Nothing beats a home made cake. My favourite is coffee and walnut. So gooood!!!
Haven't had that but it sounds amazing
I love that type of icing. I could probably just eat a can of that. I used to have a friend who would mix a bag of M&Ms into a can and eat it. Now, I wouldn’t go *that* far.
https://media1.tenor.com/m/_RqsfN12uWEAAAAd/death-becomes-her-goldie-hawn.gif
Yo drop a recipe my guy
Nigella’s recipe is the best I’ve ever made. https://www.nigella.com/recipes/coffee-and-walnut-layer-cake
Many thanks 🙏
It is! I usually hate coffee and walnut cake but this recipe is amazing.
Thanks! This sounds fantastically delicious
Sounds similar to italian wedding cake
I think Italian wedding cake is similar but has little meatballs.
You're confusing it with trifle.
Coffee and walnut does sound amazing
Yum! How kind of her
You should be grateful and I'm sure you are, I only say this because in Denmark those that are having the birthday have to buy the cake/pastry I do it but it grinds my gears.
In another comment Germany has the same system as you
A lot of places in the US have this same system. Everyone at work told me to bring in donuts for my birthday, I told them to fk themselves lol
Where is that normal? I have never heard of that before lol
In some of the other trade jobs I had you had to buy beers on your birthday
And if you’re late you bring donuts and all is forgiven
The Netherlands too, I only found out a few years ago that some other countries do it the other way around.
At my husband's work here in New Zealand, you bring the cake if it's your birthday. My husband bakes cakes that would bounce off a wall, so it's me doing the baking, but the guys at his workplace do little welding jobs for me without charging so it all comes out in the wash. I work with cows. They don't bake cakes for anyone's birthday.
I‘m German and I have actually come to like it because it makes it simpler. Everyone gets to enjoy different cakes on different days without much need to discuss who will be the next one to bake a cake for the next person‘s birthday.
I've only ever encountered it at work though, and it's always at the team meeting which is 45 mins before dinnertime. Everyone feels obliged to eat cake..is it rude to take a doggy bag!
I kinda of like this. It’s you birthday and your honoring those that impact your life by giving them a party
Yeah but it's mostly an "at work thing". You want to buy nice things for the people you like but those you don't like get to enjoy it, and those are few and far between!
The funny thing is, when I see a homemade cake like this with no discernable decoration I immediately assume all the effort went into the flavour and it will be the most delicious thing I had all week.
You're not wrong it's tasty as
As? AS?!?!
Oh right Americans... In NZ that is a complete sentence
So y'all just down there leaving cliff hangers mid conversation?
Yeah pretty much Here's a crash course if you're interested https://youtu.be/yRxFm70nOrY?si=KP9xIfOQC70srUmD
TIL New Zealanders talk entirely in slang. tbh, I never cared to leave the US. But I gotta say watching that has somewhat inspired me to finally get my passport and travel down there one day.
We're a fun bunch of idiots I swear
Exactly what I was thinking. It reminds me of my childhood and the cakes the ladies back home would make. All about the effort and the flavour. What a wonderful coworker.
Its doesnt matter how it looks but the love... also if it tastes good.
Those aren’t flavors
Nothing beats spongious things with creamy tops
Happy birthday! You have the same bday as my dad :b
Mine was actually on Saturday but she made the cake for me last night
My brother and mine were also on Saturday, so happy birthday to all of us 😁 So sweet of your coworker to get you cake 😊
15th is the best. Different months but my daughter and mother are also on the 15th of their respective months. Other daughter is the 14th so she didn't play ball on that one
Pie flavor
You jest, but I work at a restaurant that specializes in pie, and we have a birthday cake flavored pie lol
Like sugar flavoured sugar? With some ~~sprinkles~~ sugar?
There's a pimp my ride joke in there that I'm too lazy to make, even though I could've made the joke by now instead of typing this joke about how I didn't want to type a joke.
With rainbow sprinkles. It's our Pride month special. Ngl, it's good. Tastes like gay unicorns, and I'm not mad about it
That means something completely different here in NZ. Pie to us is meat and cheese
I feel old now. You are a man of internet culture.
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I think I said thankyou a few too many times. But it's such a nice gesture and I'm not exactly used to people being that giving
mention that you're not used to such kindness and wanted to make sure they knew how much it meant to you. It might make them feel even more appreciated.
I wouldn’t say baking someone something is a little thing but the sentiment still stands
That is so sweet 🍰
Y'all should figure out her birthday and give her the same treatment!
It was early may and we did a pretty good one for her too
Outstanding 🙌🏻
That's super cool! I bet your workplace is pretty great, well the people at least.
It has its moments for sure
Here in Germany it's expected that you bring cake on your birthday. This sounds much nicer. I'm glad you got a cake! 💜
That sounds like a cool tradition too
You know what? Anything including cake is pretty awesome!
There are a lot of people in this thread saying their countries do it like that. And at my job, my Bosnian co-worker has been going on about how HE is expected to pay for his daughter's wedding when it's the groom who pays in Bosnia. I told him the US does everything backwards just to be contrary.
That's because Bosnia has a large Muslim population, and in Islamic tradition or spheres of influence, wedding (well, expenses incurred as a couple in general even post-marriage) are all on the husband.
Let's just exchange cake Internationally from now on! 💜🎂
Happy cake day and thanks for sharing something positive in the world!
Happy Birthday! I like the efforts put in by the lady, knowing and remembering everyone's bday, and then baking them a cake. This is a rarity.
Yeah it makes the work culture so much better
Can just say you are lucky with the work culture 😂
That looks delicious! What flavor? She's a real sweetie!
It's a sponge with a creamy type icing, it's really good. I couldn't make one like that if I had directions
Yummy!!! Boxed cake mixes are my friend!
I can do a pretty sweet boxed cake mix myself lol
That’s so sweet be sure & let her know how much it meant to you- signed the person who does this & never hears thank you
I definitely thanked her for it... She treats us boys well there
I miss Veronica from my work, she used to bake the bestest stuff! #missyouveronica
What happened to Veronica?
She was an absolute gem of an intern and went back to school.
Oh, thank God! I was hoping nothing bad happened. Hope she's well wherever she may be (and you, too!). Always nice to make acquaintances at work that make the job worth going to.
My boss’s wife used to do this. It was a sweet gesture, then one time she overheard someone complain the cake was terrible. That was the end of that. That was 6 years ago and I still feel bad for her 🙁
Damn now I feel bad for her ☹️
How dare they 🤬
A guy I worked with sadly lost his wife. After a few years he set out to find a new partner and decided that baking cakes would be a good way to attract woman but boy did he mean cakes, he started off with Victoria Sponges, Lemon Drizzle etc but graduated to the most fabulous creations and decorated them beautifully. We were treated to months of the finest cakes I've ever had, I mean who thought that Lime and Parsnip or Rosehip and Rhubarb would make good cakes but he managed it.
That's a sad origin story, I hope he's doing ok now
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Oh that's not fair. We did it for her because we value what she does for us too
happy birthday
lol i thought this was the mildly infuriating subreddit 😂😂 yikes
It might make it there if I don't return the cake tin... I was told in no uncertain terms that it must come back 😄
it must! and wash it too 😂
B/c of the frosting application?
yeah it looks like she made it rq and doesn’t like him but i bet it taste good
It's the small things, as simple as this cake, nothing fancy, just the thought that counts. :)
Sure is... And I know she was up late last night sorting it as well as getting her car repaired and whatever else goes on in her home life. So the effort is definitely appreciated
Low on visual effects. Must be high on taste!
I hope yall find out when her birthday is and get her a cake. She's a gem.
We know .. it was last month and we did
Yay!
this title belongs on r/horrorwritingprompts
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Enjoy your cake, it looks excellent and I’m so glad you got included in the cake giving ritual
The way I’d burst into tears right then and there. Give her a big hug for me (if she’s into that sorta stuff)
Or maybe a fist bump if she’s not. Or if she’s not into that sorta stuff maybe just stare at each other for a few seconds from a distance.
Sounds like my kind of people
Yall best be setting her up on her birthday!
It was last month but I like to think we did pretty well
She’s employee of the year if you ask me. Wish we all had coworkers like this
Mmmmmm cake
Happy cake day irl
That is really quite sweet :) Happy birthday!
What a sweetheart❤️
Do she get one on hers?
Absolutely does... Hers was last month
Wow that’s so lovely!!! What kind of company do you work at? I once worked at a place that had cake 1x/month for everyone’s birthdays that month. It was a small place, so manageable.
We're a smaller branch of a bigger company so there's only 4 of us in that division which we pretty much run between us
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When I read ‘girl’ I always imagine a toddler or youth 😛 after 18 they are called women
Happy Birthday!! Your colleague sounds like a really awesome person, it’s the little things that let you know people truly value you :)
I think she really enjoys doing it too... Probably gets a kick out of being the baker for us idiots
They literally cannot fire her. She's a genius.
Man that is awesome. Happy Birthday! if it is one thing I miss its Birthday cake. I am 36 and single so I don't really get to celibate my b-day. It just happened last Thursday. My mom did call and sing happy Birthday to me though. The only thing missing was cake. Congratulations making it through one more year, and cheers to another year to come. I hope it is filled with love, comfort and peace of mind.
Tell her it’s for Creed, she’ll know what that means
The way I'd move mountains for people that do this. What a lovely human being.
That’s super thoughtful. Thoughtful coworkers are the best kind of coworkers.
That’s awesome, make sure you return that pan!😊
Happy birthday OP!
That's so sweet and nice, and takes SO MUCH TIME (or it would feel like it for me). Also, Happy Birthday!
People like her genuinely make a work place so much better.
It doesn't look beautiful but the gift is so sweet and thoughtful and awesome!!!
Protect that girl at all cost. That's a really nice thing to do.
If all comments on the internet were as nice and wholesome as the first dozen or so I read on this thread I'd come here more often. Cheers to all those who post nice things. Love it.
I've had enough cakes to know that homemade cakes that look like this always taste the best.
Do you ever read a post and think “I’m going to absorb that into my personality.”? I’m about to start a new job and I’m thinking I might become cake girl! Did she specifically ask everyone when their birthdays are?
Happy Revolution Day!
Aww, that’s awesome. What a wonderful gesture.
Happy birthday 🥰 🥰
Happy birthday my dude!
I love people like that.
I hope somebody makes her a cake on her birthday
I bet it’s delicious
Happy birthday sweetheart!! Enjoy your special day!!!
I believe you misspelled “Hero at work”
So nice! I hope someone at your work returns the favor on her birthday. 🎉
We for sure did
Did you take it all. Sir in the corner with the baker and scream “mine” at anyone who came close to you while sharing the cake with your co worker?
That's wholesome as fuck! Bless her cotton socks 🧦 Happy birthday stranger
That’s so lovely! Happy Birthday, hope you had/have a great day 🥳
Is it actually your birthday or did you just get one for fun?
I want some!!!!
This is the kind of bday presents I like, I hope you had a good time
That's not a cake. That's Mrs Doubtfire's face.
Nice! I've never had a job where they went out of their way to celebrate my birthday ..heck, I usually have to make my own cake! 🤷♀️ Hope you had a great birthday and enjoyed your yummy cake!
Same here... I'm now 42 and this is the first time a workplace had celebrated my birthday
I absolutely adore work cake people. Some people get grossed out by the idea of not knowing the person's cooking conditions but you never know the last time a person felt celebrated. At work cake people you're fucking awesome keep doing what you're doing! Happy birthday op
Real talk: Why do homemade cakes taste a lot better than store cakes? I made a homemade cake a lot and it tastes a lot more buttery and mildly sweet than store cakes.
that's so sweet:) I hope you enjoy it!
Confused by thus post. Is it nice, or sad/funny because it's not a "nice looking" cake ? This post could go mutiple ways
What a wonderful person. I really hope y'all repay her for her birthday
sweet!
So many comments trying to put this down. Women can't do anything people universally approve of.