Why I Love to Bake

 I'm incredibly passionate about baking. The sense of achievement that comes from baking a sweet treat at home is very different from anything I've experienced before. It's not like acing a test or submitting a great report where I have done my best work. 

My cupcakes or donuts are not better than the store-bought kind. 9 times out of 10, they will either be comparable to or less tasty than my local bakery's food. Yet, it is an activity I deeply relish. 

I've realized, I don't need to be great at something to enjoy it. Just the catharsis I experience while whisking flour or sprinkling chocolate chips on a freshly baked cake is reason enough to bake my heart out. There's something about homemade delicacies from the heart that bring delight to everyone. 

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My motivation to keep baking stems from that joy that my creations sprout. The triumphant feeling that I discover on successfully recreating a pastry my friends pointed out to me at dinner is one I cannot find elsewhere. When I scroll through my social media and find a delicious recipe, I immediately wonder, could I prepare that? What great fun it would be to do that! 

I primarily learn more about baking from outings with my loved ones and youtube videos. Occasionally, I scroll through recipes published by chefs I look up to, but most of the time, I revel in the wacky flavor combinations I come up with. That is why baking, for me, is not only about coming up with something that tastes delicious but also everything I do to get there.