Sorry to welcome you here, but glad you found help. Yes, by the time most people find this place their alien is already deep in the replay tunnel.
Cake eating. Always different. If cake eating means they want a night out with the OM and then come home to your loving arms the next night, stop baking.
If it means I would appreciate it if you would come help me fix something and you get a thank you after, like any two friends might do, don't feel too abused. If you want her to feel it is safe to return one day and you were her friend through the whole thing, it gives you points. If you decide she is not thankful and the points are being deleted, quit baking.