Update: 'I refused': Cousin demands Grandma's secret cake recipe after woman's success selling it, gets denied, ends wholesomely

Brad Dickson • Managing Editor

Dec 2, 2022 9:00 AM EST

All's well that ends well — right? This internet user returned over a year later to provide an update on the family conflict that they had asked for the internet for advice on.

The user is a baker who inherited her grandmother's secret spice cake recipe. The grandmother had left an open invitation to any member of the family who wanted to learn the recipe; all they had to do was join grandma for a baking session. To the poor dying grandmother's dismay, the poster of the thread (OP) was the only one to take grandma up on the offer. When grandma passed, the secret recipe was hers and hers alone.

She went forward with the dream that her grandmother had never realized: sharing the cake with others, hoping to one day open a bakery. Things were going great until a jealous cousin entered the picture and started accusing the OP of "selling out." their grandmother's recipe. This led to an escalation of conflict and to OP posting their original thread on Reddit's r/AmItheA**hole subreddit.

The OP has now returned to provide an ending to the story — and it couldn't be more heartwarming and wholesome.

Keep reading to see the original thread (Items #1-10), and the update posted last week (Items #11-19).

For more family drama, check out this brother who thought that his child was the exception to a child-free wedding rule and was hit with the hammer of obvious truth by the disgruntled groom.