Some people hate baking and making sweets ~ I LOVE it!

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Most of my classmates hate making pastries and baking in general and it really shows especially when we where tasked to make simple breads(pandesal,milk bread, and Ensaymada) and cake on our past kitchen laboratory way back. They say "God it is so intensive,precise,and it lacks creativity because you have to follow a recipe/formula all the time I don't wanna be a slave to a recipe that would torture me I could have just bought some chocolate cake or cookie in the pastryshop." and my response to that "I think baking is relaxing when you get to understand it, you feel comfortable that you will get an exact and predictable result by following a recipe it makes my life easier no tweaking and adjusting and I am absolutely a slave to everything wonderful and delicious why wouldn't I." and they would go "pfff...now make me something sweet then " In our class only a few are talented/skilled on making sweets/pastries and it makes kinda sad (I think we are only 4 or 5 from different year levels).I'm not blaming them the school focuses on culinary and I have to admit baking needs discipline and accurateness to be executed properly and what i observe they trust there instinct and taste (they still follow the recipe of the dish but tries to make subs and a little changes) and i lack that because im so used on using recipes when cooking and baking and getting a predictable result which is okay I guess.Sometimes they envy me because i can make cakes and plated dessert with ease (not bragging lol),but I sometimes envy them more because of their delicious appetizer and main course wonderfully plated in front of our chef/professor(drolling) but im happy that i have studied baking in the comfort of my home using Ebooks books,and magazine its somewhat rewarding in the end.