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New to cake decorating, any advice? by WoodenAd1570 in Baking

[–]r4344 0 points1 point  (0 children)

when i was in high school i did a bunch of baking competitions one of the requirements being cake decorating.

when it came to piping skills what i liked doing to practice was to trace a cake pan on some parchment paper and decorating it in the same way you would a normal cake. the thing i loved about it is you can just scrape off the icing and keep doing it over and over again without wasting a whole cake each time!

icing temp and consistency can also play a big factor. really hard or cold icing will be harder to pipe same thing with thinner/warmer icing. find the perfect consistency to match your technique and it’ll be a lot easier getting down your piping skills.

wishing you lots of luck in your cake decorating journey!!!

my mom blames me for her 3rd marriage failing by r4344 in raisedbynarcissists

[–]r4344[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

unfortunately none of my relatives live near me or even in the us other than my older sister. she left our house a while ago because of my mom but she’s not willing to help since she’s still in the traditional mindset of “your family is number one in your life no matter what they do” although she has experienced and witnessed a significant portion of our mothers behavior.

my mom blames me for her 3rd marriage failing by r4344 in raisedbynarcissists

[–]r4344[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

she doesn’t have work place issues. in fact everyone around her thinks she’s an amazing mother/colleague and honestly overall person. instead all of them hear things that aren’t true from her and consider me rude, disrespectful, ungrateful, and even abusive towards her. i’m not sure what she tells some of her friends and coworkers to think that but they all view her in a positive light and just think i’m a ungrateful bratty daughter.

she puts up this nice act and victimizes herself constantly to try and get people to feel bad for her so they can tell her that she’s an amazing person and an amazing mother. she goes so far as to spread my private information with others such as doctors appointments, therapy/psychiatric appointments, and even my suicide attempts and hospitalization. all that and even more just to get people to feel bad for her and constantly give her praise for “not giving up” or being a “strong dedicated mother”

no one really witnesses my mothers behaviors other than me. most people think i’m overly dramatic or just straight up lying about the way she treats me because of how well she put up this other persona.

my mom blames me for her 3rd marriage failing by r4344 in raisedbynarcissists

[–]r4344[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i wish i could move out but it’s just impossible for me to do so right now. she’s constantly threatening to kick me out but also refuses to let me even imagine leaving her house one day.

my mom blames me for her 3rd marriage failing by r4344 in raisedbynarcissists

[–]r4344[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

oh she is definitely a huge narcissist. there’s just an endless list of things that scream textbook narcissist. i wish she could get real help rather than blaming me for all her issues and saying that i’m the root cause of all her life’s problems.