I've always wanted to open my own bakery.
Nothing fancy, just breads and cakes and pies and things that taste nice and bring back happy memories of being little and surrounded by your grandmother's baking (provided your gran could bake, that is). Somewhere you could sit with a hot cup of tea and a slice of cake and just relax. The idea of making people happy via food appeals to me; so many people get caught up in trendy eating and forget the pleasures of simple-but-delicious foods.
I have a line of vegan baked goods I make that, in the words of a vegan friend, 'taste like food, not like misery'. I'd like the opportunity to provide little kids with dairy allergies a proper birthday cake like a kid should have instead of them having to watch other kids eat cake they can't eat or being given something that bears a striking resemblance to an iced paving stone. I make plenty of non-vegan things that are also delicious, but I feel sorry for people who don't eat eggs/dairy and who get presented nasty baked goods by people who expect them to be grateful for that crap.
I don't want to be on any of those TV shows where they compete to see who can make the most impressive tower of (likely dry, tasteless) cake covered in all manner of fondant ridiculousness or who can create the most ridiculous cupcake flavour combination or present the most minimalist version of bread; nothing like that. Just classic, traditional things that taste even better than you remember.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Thu 14 Oct 2010, 16:36, 6 replies)

Hmm
I'm liking your plan.
(Master_Slob UK minister for cultural appropriation., Thu 14 Oct 2010, 16:38, closed)

How much
for a Victoria sponge?
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Thu 14 Oct 2010, 16:51, closed)

Classic, traditional, baked goods
tend to contain butter or lard, so you might as well give up now.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 14 Oct 2010, 19:41, closed)

Ah, but I have secret weapons and much knowledge
And also, not everything I make is vegan. Just some of it.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Fri 15 Oct 2010, 19:46, closed)

Hi,
I've recently been diagnosed with a gluten and lactose intolerance and haven't had any decent cake for about a year now... I miss cake.

How much would I have to pay you to make me a nice cake?! :( I made cup-cakes with my nephew with gluten free flour and lots of red food dye and my sister found one 3 months later and it still looked ok, still bright red anyway but it was rock hard! :( I can help with the bakery though. I've been told I make good cake and I have a sheep and a rabbit cake tins! :)
(WeeJen, Fri 15 Oct 2010, 20:54, closed)

My gran
can burn a salad.

I'm sure she's the only person in the world who can burn something and have it still be frozen inside, bless her :)
(Fleximus Rex briefly gave up lurking on, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 4:00, closed)

Wow
If you pull this off, I'm first in line.
(TDub Nunc id vides, nunc ne vides on, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 5:46, closed)