Losing a loved one is a heartbreaking moment for anyone. At times like these, we often fall back on the little memories that person left behind. For example, many families pass on traditional recipes left by their deceased family members so that their legacy lives on forever. However, u/Character-Form-3248, a father of two whose wife died three years ago, wanted to take over his wife’s cake recipes in a bakery. His decision was not welcomed with the same enthusiasm by his family and children.
The father noted that his children were in their late 20s when his wife passed away three years ago. “It was a tough few years, but now that I’m on my own it’s even tougher,” he said. But what soothed him was a memento his wife left behind: a chocolate cherry cake recipe that he loved dearly. “She made a lovely dark chocolate cherry cake. It was my favourite thing she would make, and I would always request it for Father’s Day,” he said. But he wasn’t a very good baker, so it wasn’t easy for him to recreate the cake his wife made.
“The notes are not clear and it doesn’t always work. It’s disheartening when you spend time and it doesn’t work,” added the concerned father. So he gave the recipe to his children and asked them to recreate it. Unfortunately, the children refused, as they don’t have the “time and energy,” as he said in a comment. “They told me to stop asking anymore because the children wouldn’t be able to figure out the recipe,” added the father. In the end, having no other choice, the father decided to give the recipe to the bakery. But the bakery he contacted had one condition. “They agreed if I allowed them to sell the cake in their store. They figured it out quickly and it’s almost identical to my wife’s cake,” the father said.
Excited to be able to eat his wife’s chocolate cherry cake again, the father showed it to his children. “My kids were happy when I bought them a cake for Father’s Day, but they were even happier when I told them a bakery made it,” the father wrote. Eventually, the kids were furious that their dad had sold their mother’s recipe to the bakery. They began accusing him of doing so, even though he had no other way of knowing the recipe. “We just wanted to eat her cake again,” the father added. He turned to the Internet, asking if he was wrong to sell the recipe, and received a huge response.
“I believe this is your wife’s way of living through the things she made to bring happiness to others, not for the money,” reassured u/Only-Ingenuity7889. “Your kids have no right to complain. It was fine when they enjoyed the cake, right? They didn’t want to challenge the recipe. The baker did. We can all have cake again,” said u/lihzee. “Recipes aren’t magic. Someone will eventually figure out the exact measurements and ingredients to make the food. If it helps you remember her more, so be it,” added u/corona22extra.
