r/Baking covers cakes, cookies, pies, breads and other baked goods—recipes, pictures and questions. Bread specialists and general cooking rooms split when your project is yeast bread only or savory stovetop cooking.
How to choose
Stay on Baking for sweets and general baked goods. Use Breadit for homemade bread focus, Cooking for broader savory cookery, and recipes when you are hunting a written recipe card more than bake critique.
Starting point: r/Baking
r/Baking
— The Baking sub-reddit
- Members: 4.7M
- Directory rank: #196
- 7-day growth: +6.7K
For all your baking needs! Recipes, pictures, ideas, questions and all things baking related. Cakes, cookies, pies, tarts, muffins, scones, breads, rolls, biscuits, cheesecakes, snack bars, etc are all welcome!
Curated related communities
Breadit: home bread baking at its finest
- Members: 1.3M
- Directory rank: #807
When to choose it: The project is homemade bread specifically.
Why it is here: Listed as related to r/Baking. Public description: anything related to making homemade bread.
How it differs from r/Baking: Bread niche versus all baking.
Cooking
- Members: 6.3M
- Directory rank: #125
When to choose it: You are cooking beyond the oven-bake category.
Why it is here: Compare-library pair with Baking; broader cookery community.
How it differs from r/Baking: General cooking versus baking-specific.
recipes
- Members: 3.6M
- Directory rank: #281
When to choose it: You mainly want a recipe write-up to follow.
Why it is here: Listed as related to r/Baking among recipe-sharing rooms.
How it differs from r/Baking: Recipe exchange versus baking community critique.
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Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-09 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-11-02. Directory rank is listing order. Guide updated 2026-11-06.