Do you like making desserts from scratch?

When I did make desserts, I only made them from scratch. Mixes and short-cuts are nasty. Why bother? It’s faster to buy store-bought stuff.

You bet I do.

One time I was so itchy that I was able to make a whole epithelial pie from my scratchin’s! ;-p

@gailcalled “Mixes and short-cuts are nasty. Why bother?”

I’ve never understood why people make those chemical-tasting “goodies” from boxed mixes.

Years ago, I had a co-worker who got tremendous joy from baking a cake for every colleague’s birthday. She used boxed cake mixes, canned frosting, and tubes of CakeMate decorative icing. All of us appreciated her kindness; none of us wanted to eat her creations. They tasted dreadful and were a waste of calories.

I do, but we don’t often have dessert. I’m not comfortable enough to make up recipes like I do for main dishes, appetizers, or soup. Baking is too exacting a process and I don’t know enough.

I’ve been making my own tiramisu lately. Really fast, easy, delicious, and far better than any store-bought crap.

Yes, I have made sugar-free, low-carb cheesecakes and cookies from scratch. They are very good!

I do like making desserts from scratch over boxed mixes. I’m pretty famous (in my family, at least) for making a mean snickerdoodle, and I always make them from scratch! Not only do they taste better, but I think it’s a lot more fun that just mixing a few ingredients together! I am sometimes guilty of using boxed cake mix rather than making a cake from scratch, but in general I do enjoy making things from scratch more!