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Photo by aliya - Specialty Microbakery on September 24, 2026. May be a meme of sandals and text.
Photo by aliya - Specialty Microbakery on September 24, 2026. May be an image of cake and text.
Photo by aliya - Specialty Microbakery on September 24, 2026. May be a graphic of sweet roll and text.
Photo by aliya - Specialty Microbakery on September 24, 2026. May be an image of crumbcake, chiffon cake, cream cheese, tart and text.
Photo by aliya - Specialty Microbakery on September 24, 2026. May be an image of cupcake, cream cheese, strawberry, cheesecake and text.
Photo by aliya - Specialty Microbakery on September 24, 2026. May be an image of truffle and text.
Photo by aliya - Specialty Microbakery on September 24, 2026. May be an image of cupcake, bread, magazine and text.
Photo by aliya - Specialty Microbakery on September 24, 2026. May be an image of oatmeal cookies, cookies, raisin and text.
Photo by aliya - Specialty Microbakery on September 24, 2026. May be a meme of cupcake, blueberries, poster and text.
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Posted On: September 24th 2026, 07:05 pm
it's easy to posts the wins - the sold-out weekends, the big orders, the exciting collaborations, the follower milestones

But there’s a LOT that happens behind the scenes that never makes it to Instagram 🫠

a lot of the things I’d consider “flops” ended up teaching me how I actually want to run my business

so here’s the less polished side of running a microbakery. The stuff that doesn’t make the highlight reel
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#bakesbyaliya #microbakery #smallbusiness #shopsmall #orangecounty
Comments (25)
boho.cakes 22 days ago

boho.cakes

Oh this is just so honest and so relatable! Thank you for sharing! 👏👏👏

bakedsocal a month ago

bakedsocal

This is so real

isacreme a month ago

isacreme

Heavy on the comparison sneaks in every time I open instagram and spent hours creating content for it to stay at 1k views 😭😭😭

alliyah.munir a month ago

alliyah.munir

Aw I love the honesty here, and look forward to seeing your posts 🫶

milladdin a month ago

milladdin

These may be flops but I don't think they can honestly be attributed to you. The first two are on Meta: you have no control over the algorithm The next is on your customers: they asked for something then didn't follow through to purchase. The one about NDAs is on the one not able to restrain themself from using your ideas without having a written agreement. And the one about ghosting is on the one lacking courtesy to respect your time and communicate so you can have a sense of closure.

mygourmetstory a month ago

mygourmetstory

I relate so much to this, i have 76k+ followers still 700 people are watching my stories, got ghosted couple of time by brands after finalizing the deal, payment delays upto 6 months, etc… Not everything we see here is true and not everyone shares the fails. Your recipes are soo damn good🙌

hala_at_me a month ago

hala_at_me

Honestly your visuals lately have been TOP TIER 💯

savouryseb a month ago

savouryseb

I love this so much actually! Thanks for being vulnerable and real 😍

thehennahuboc a month ago

thehennahuboc

Thanks for sharing your truth😘 nobody shows this, and some of us are looking in wondering how is everyone managing their business so well while im struggling, but if we all showed more of this, we would be kinder to ourselves and each other!❤️

sweetpillarfood a month ago

sweetpillarfood

It's not easy showing the "bad" side, proud of you for posting this 👏

gulab__house a month ago

gulab__house

The hosting part 😭😭😭

sophiaveena a month ago

sophiaveena

1000% facts!

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