#baking shenanigans

[fallinginthefalls]

Request for @twixluigi and @pumpkintuff

Not exactly cupcakes, but I had this idea that Stan likes the smell of cinnamon and Fiddleford accidently getting some of it in his hair somehow. It's a little rough. X3

[spectralgecko]

Well that.... could have gone worse, I suppose-

I think I managed to find the least intuitive, least functional barfi recipe on the internet-

[great-master-airplane]

For the kiss prompts: playful kiss + siglai 👀

Aaaahhh thank you so much!!! I hope you enjoy~

12. Playful Kiss

“Oh, Sigma~! Guess what time it is!”

“No,” Sigma replied immediately, electing to ignore the clown currently spinning around the kitchen like a violent tornado seeking to destroy everything in its immediate path. Sigma just pressed himself up against the counter and continued to focus on the task at hand.

“But Sigma—”

“No. Whatever it is can wait. Can’t you see that I’m busy?”

Sigma didn’t need to look at Nikolai to know that his whole face had twisted into the most overdramatic pout ever. He could hear the exaggerated sniffles, and he refused to give them any attention. He was busy, and Nikolai could wait.

“So you hate me now? Is that it?” Nikolai’s voice wavered, but Sigma didn’t buy the act for even a second.

“Gogol—”

“Ack, not the last name! You do hate me!”

“Stop it, I don’t hate you! I’m just doing something important!” Before some kind of catastrophe could occur, Sigma set aside his handful of baking supplies and turned to the teary-eyed menace currently trying to distract him. He raised an eyebrow at Nikolai’s wobbling lip and had to purse his own to keep from smiling at the unfortunately very cute sight.

“I’m not important?” Nikolai asked, his voice small and teeming with artificial despair.

“It worries me that you have to ask,” Sigma mumbled before he sighed and placed his hands on his hips. He mustered the strength to keep a straight face, but Nikolai’s noisy sniffling nearly ruined his efforts immediately. “Kolya, look around you. In case you hadn’t noticed, I’m in the middle of making cookies.”

Nikolai’s owlish gaze swept the room, his expression blank as he took in the rows of cookies that had just finished cooling. Then he peered around Sigma at the collection of ingredients and the stand mixer still sitting on the counter. “So that’s what you’re doing!”

“That should have been obvious!”

“Really? I was too busy feeling unloved.” Nikolai gave one more fake-ass sniffle before he finally dropped the act. Curiously, he reached over to poke at one of the cookies and frowned at his discovery. “Aren’t the cookies done, though? What do you have left to do?”

“I still need to make the icing and decorate them. It takes concentration to get the icing just right, so if you’ll just—”

“Oh? Why?” Nikolai pressed closer, his eyes gleaming with interest. He loomed his way into Sigma’s personal space, their noses nearly touching as he awaited Sigma’s answer with rapt attention.

“Well—! They’re black and white cookies. My favorite. And they’ll look stupid if I don’t get the colors exactly right,” Sigma explained, his face warming at Nikolai’s unnecessary proximity. This close, he could see the exact moment when Nikolai’s expression brightened. He’d latched onto some tiny piece of information, likely the most inconsequential detail, and Sigma scowled at the sight of Nikolai’s suddenly sharp grin.

“Black and white cookies are your favorite?! Wow, Sigma! That’s so predictable.”

“How the hell is that predictable?”

“Aw, that should be obvious! These cookies clearly remind you of me!” Nikolai explained with such confidence that Sigma might have actually believed him if the reason hadn’t sounded so absurd.

“Why would you even think that?” Sigma muttered as he pushed Nikolai out of his space. He still had icing to make, and if he let Nikolai keep talking, Sigma knew that he’d be kidnapped before he could get his cookies decorated! He would just have to entertain Nikolai and make the icing.

Easier said than done.

“I often wear black and white, so of course they’re you’re favorite! It’s so wonderfully predictable of you to choose your favorite cookie based on the man you adore!” Nikolai prattled on, thankfully ignoring Sigma’s choice to return to his baking. Maybe he’d at least be able to measure out the ingredients while Nikolai was distracted.

Then two long arms slipped around him, and broad hands squeezed his waist. Sigma couldn’t hold in an undignified squeak, and he dug his elbow back, nudging Nikolai’s ribs in a warning that the clown would likely choose to ignore. Frustrated with both Nikolai and himself, Sigma reached for the powdered sugar to begin measuring. “You certainly think highly of yourself! For your information, I liked black and white cookies before I met you.”

“Oh?” Nikolai nestled closer. His fingers twitched, as though he’d just restrained himself from tickling Sigma’s sides, and Sigma hesitated to fill the measuring cup with sugar. “Or maybe you started liking these delightfully-colored cookies even more after you met me?”

Sigma swallowed, his throat too dry and his cheeks too warm for comfort. “That’s ridiculous.”

“You didn’t deny it!” Nikolai sang into his ear as he hugged him tighter. He sounded far too pleased with himself, and Sigma doubted he would’ve been able to change Nikolai’s mind no matter how hard he tried.

But… if he couldn’t convince Nikolai that he and the cookies were unrelated, then why should he bother?

“Maybe you’re right.”

Nikolai’s snickering quieted down. His whole body stilled, and Sigma swore he could hear the hard bob of his throat as he swallowed. “… What?”

“You heard me.” Sigma turned his head, and the sheer surprise he found on Nikolai’s face emboldened him. He leaned up to give Nikolai a slow, teasing kiss, one so sweet that he couldn’t help indulging himself for a few seconds longer. When he pulled away, Nikolai’s eyes had gone comically wide, and Sigma knew it would only take one final blow to secure his hard-earned victory.

“I said, maybe you’re right. Maybe I do like black and white kisses even more now.”

“Oh.” Nikolai blinked at him a few times but said nothing else, apparently too shocked to keep up with his usual taunts.

Satisfied with this unexpected development, Sigma turned back around to measure out the powdered sugar while he waited for Nikolai’s brain to reboot. He probably had time to get the ingredients safely into the bowl before Nikolai retaliated in some way.

Of course, Sigma expected to be tickled. To feel those wriggling fingers dig into his sides at the perfect moment, and then he’d spend the rest of his afternoon cleaning up sugar while Nikolai’s howling laughter lingered in the kitchen like a catchy song stuck on repeat.

What he didn’t expect was for Nikolai’s grip on him to tighten, for the clown’s hat to tumble from his head as he buried his face into Sigma’s shoulder, his chest heaving with a frustrated huff against Sigma’s back.

“I’m helping you decorate your cookies.”

Sigma finished measuring out the sugar with a smile. He dumped it into the mixing bowl before he turned his head, letting Nikolai give him a few flighty kisses. Nikolai’s grin usually gave him cause for concern, but he didn’t hate it so much when he could feel the vicious curve of it so sweetly against his own mouth.

“Sure. You can help.”

“Good!” Nikolai nuzzled their noses together, his eyes sparkling with such familiar mischief that Sigma’s veins filled with dread. “I’ll be sure to make them look really ugly! ”

“Of course you will.”

[micallum]

Hey guys?

I made a cake!

I put it in a box and all! It turned out fine, it’s a dry little cake but I think for my first time baking a full size cake it is pretty good 😊 made everything from scratch and got one of those cake decorating spinning bases. My personal favorite part was folding the dry ingredients into the wets, ngl it was a great arm workout 😅

[algerian-lady]

Okay, it's getting better, maybe we'll make it.

Edit:it came out, tasting amazing 🥺

Prob never gonna try it again tho.

[ellaphnt]

Fun fact: applesauce is a great butter substitute in baking

Unfun fact: it is not a butter substitute if you’re not baking

So anyways I just put applesauce in a lemon glaze and it just tastes like applesauce.

Not even lemon. I can’t stick it into the oven either.

All my friends are disappointed in me

[swampythesweetsketch]

Damien: Alfred, can you order more of those cream croissants for after school?

Dick: Oh no, the brownies with the salted caramel drizzle-

Tim: Nuh uh- the strawberry cookie bites!

Jason: Those things are so small. Get those HUGE wafer cookies with the coconut frosting.

Alfred: ...

The boys: ... Please?

Alfred: I'm so sorry boys, but the baked goods that you've enjoyed for so long were made by Master Y/N. And since they've left, I have not been given their recipes.

Alfred: There will be no more baked goods like y/n's.

The boys: ...

Damien, serious: We're going to starve.

[blondebrainpowered]

Minnesota road sign near 62 East of 35W

Photography by Danger_Zone06

[morallygaymwah]

Day 5 of @ppkm-week : Winter with The Sillies™ and how I imagine their winter dates go

[shalom-iamcominghome]

Can we say a massive "yasher koach!!" to the wonderful lady at shul who cooks and bakes for us for her sufganiyot, please. During the chanukah party, an israeli immigrant was attending and she said those were the best sufganiyot she's ever had, even better than what she had in israel.

She even asked how she made them! They're so good, I hope every one of y'all have a lady like her in your life

[yandere-daydreams]

would demon-form sebastian from black butler count as monsterfucking? or do the heeled boots take too much away from the needed ‘otherness’ vibe?

the demon-form might count, but i'd say sebastian generally is exempted from all monster-fucking shenanigans. it's made pretty clear in the manga that sebastian is probably the most normal phantomhive servant, which ties into his characterization as sort of a tool for ciel to use to sorta fast-pass fetch quests and social interactions. i think the fact that 99% of people in-universe agree that sebastian is a conventionally attractive demon and that he's actually one of the less ostracized characters in the manga tragically exempt him from all monster fucking activities, regardless of the sluttiness of any boots he may or may not be wearing.

[beccawise7]

What Tumblr followers think you do on Friday nights....

What most of us actually do... ;) ~beccawise7💜🖤

[kenrakenokwaho]

Chapter 1: Nerve-Frying Desires

Part three of "The Artistry of the Baker" series is out and rolling. We're taking it slow, baby 😏

Summary: In a new effort to help Liu Qingge open up to him, Shen Yuan takes a page out of his husband's playbook, and ends up with more than he expected. Enter, smitten Luo Binghe, who also gets more than he expected.

Extract: He watches them quietly, and thinks that he wouldn't mind spending the rest of his immortal life with them.

[algerian-lady]

I wanted to redo those chocolate rolls using my cinnamon rolls recipe with the addition of cacao powder, but it's in the oven now and it just doesn't wanna solidify guys, it's liquid literally the definition of soft dough, and I'm scared shitless like this never happened before what do I do 😂😂 I will let it cook longer and see what will happen then 💀

[handless-and-dangerous]

Cookie Time!

Step one: Mix the dough thoroughly. I use a stand mixer because *ahem* hand mixers are quite a uh, challenge...

Step two: Roll 'em out, and put 'em in the oven! (Pro tip: a friend with hands is helpful for the rolling)

Step three: Take 'em out to cool. Ahhhh just look at these beauties 😋🤤

Step four: Enjoy the fruit of your hard work. You deserve it. 👍

-Wing

[volivolition]

OH WAIT TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE HELLO!!

First one was the lie! rapiers are beautifully elegant, but i prefer something a little sturdier!! i love the shape of cutlasses :)

Second was a truth! i love Odore Orchestra!! specifically, this version from pro.ject sekai (my favorite group covers it!), but the original is also stellar :3!! its literally such a fun song, it brings me a lot of joy <3

Third was a truth! vanilla is in fact my favorite scent!! despite it being my sona's symbol, lavender is not a scent i have a strong connection to, i just think their calming symbolism is sweet and i use the flowers to represent my sona <33 but i do bake often, and the smell of vanilla is so warm and comforting to me. cinnamon is a close second place!!