Woman who bothered to learn grandma’s secret cake recipe was called out by family as sold out after commercialization
This story is a little special.
It’s rare to find a story on the internet asking for an opinion on who’s a jerk in a particular situation, but people actually get updates on how it all went down and was resolved.
In other words, tales of that caliber rarely come to an end…any ending.
A Redditor turned to the r/AITA community for some perspective on what it called a sellout, but from there it was all pretty standard. .
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You would expect people to fight over the secret recipe. You probably wouldn’t expect the above conflict to be updated in a year
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So, over a year ago, Redditor u/grandmascakes Approaching r/AITA to decide if she really deserved what her family had made her believe.
The story goes that OP had a wonderful grandmother who loved to bake bread. In fact, she wanted to open a bakery. It was her dream. Sadly, her grandmother got sick. And she decided to share her secret cake recipe with anyone willing to learn.
So it all started with my grandma deciding I should take over her special cake recipe that was feeling sick and shaking my mind left and right
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No one but the OP stepped up. I don’t know why, but I have several bakers in my family, so I’m sure people will be thrilled to learn a recipe that’s been trending around town for decades. After Grandma passed away, OP took over baking and brought the legendary cake to family gatherings.
But the OP wanted to take it further. She first started baking cakes for her family and friends and her reputation went viral. Soon she had to expand, so she asked to use her friend’s kitchen, a professional kitchen she had been using for her catering business.This was her friend’s takeaway venture. helped
Offers were open to anyone, but only one stepped up and now she’s the only one to carry the sacred cake torch
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Business was booming, but trouble was pressing. The OP’s cousin, Jane, learned that her grandma’s cake recipe was a new success, and she started calling the OP. She said she had no right to “sell” the recipe.
Conflict arose because the OP’s modest person didn’t want to spoil what was successful. She did not consider her sister a good confectioner, because she was not accurate, not accurate. wing All her culinary creations.
It wasn’t long before the family realized that Torchbearer had started making cakes for money.
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Moreover, there seemed to be ulterior motives behind Jane’s actions. Because her cake reviews were less than desired and she had lost her job as well. Hence the request that she stop selling it or give her the recipe.
This is the end of the typical AITA story. However, at that time, the national tax was screaming left and right, a year passed, Has been updated.
The story ended there, as most stories of that caliber do, but this one was finally updated a year later and people online felt better
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Needless to say, a lot of positive vibes came out of it. OP opens her own bakery, business is booming, takes in her sister, and Grandma’s cakes are as popular as ever. Oh, everyone forgot about the recipe fight.
She also provided other contextual information. How she is lucky to be the only proper takeout place in the center, how her business caters for everything from sweets to soups to proper meals, all available as takeout I can do it.
Eventually, the two made up and actually teamed up as a confectionery and soup duo who also served other dishes.
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Needless to say, business was booming and everyone was able to forget last year’s conflicts and wanting recipes
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Most importantly, the two have apologized and reconciled their relationship.
Across the two posts, the OP received over 14,000 upvotes (98% upvotes on average) and won several Reddit awards, including gold, silver and seal of approval awards. If you want to see all of this in context, Introduction When here is the ending.
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