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TUXEDO CAKE Made Easy with Box Cake Mix
Sep 10, 2025
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Hello everyone. Welcome back to
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Katherine's Plates. Today we are going
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to make a delicious dessert. It is
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called tuxedo cake. It's a layered cake
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and it's got delicious frosting on it
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and we're going to decorate it just a
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little bit. We're going to keep it very
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simple as always on my channel by using
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a boxed cake mix. This is by no means
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low carb. I am doing this for a purpose.
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As you may or may not know, Joseph and
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Megan are getting married,
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and I'm so happy for them. I'm gonna be
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doing the groom's cake. But I'm going to
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be doing a few of them just to kind of
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see what they like. After I make this
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one, they're going to try it. Then I'm
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going to make a different one later on.
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They'll try that one, and then so on.
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And they'll see which one they like,
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which one Joseph likes, cuz he's the
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groom, right? And it's going to be a
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groom's cake. So, to keep it simple,
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let's start with the boxed cake mix.
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We'll add this to a large mixing bowl.
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Now, I am not doing away with my low
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carbs. Okay, we will be making dessert.
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I've got several of them in mind,
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especially now that fall is in the air.
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Yeah, there's going to be some pumpkin
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involved.
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And I love the name of this one. I've
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never made a tuxedo cake before. All
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right. So, what you want to do now is
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follow the directions on the back of the
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box to make this cake. And then we're
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going to add something to it before we
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put it in the oven. That's a standard
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cake. You know that I love to make these
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bakery style. So, I change out the water
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for milk.
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As quick as that, right? All right.
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Let's add that.
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We're going to add in half a cup of
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melted butter or that's one stick. Now,
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this is in place of the vegetable oil
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that they call for on the back of the
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box. You can do it the plain way or you
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can do it the baker style. When you melt
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your butter, cool it down just a little
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bit. That way when we add the eggs, they
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don't scramble. All right, we've got
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three eggs. Now, I just brought these to
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room temperature.
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I should have brought the milk to room
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temperature, too, but I forgot to get
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the milk out.
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All right, I'm just going to put them
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all into this small bowl here. Check for
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shells,
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and then we'll add it to the mix.
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All right, my eggs went in one, two, and
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three. I just forgot to show that part
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right here on the video. And I started
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mixing. Now, I'm using my electric hand
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mixer. I'm going to blend this together
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for 2 minutes.
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[Music]
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Want it nice and fluffy.
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Now, generally a baker style will also
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call for four eggs instead of three, but
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that will really plump up your cake. And
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since I'm layering this cake, I don't
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want it too fluffy like that. So, I'm
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just going to keep it with the three
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eggs.
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All right, that's done.
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Okay, I'm going to be adding a package
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of chocolate pudding mix. This is a 3.4
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oz size. Now, you can use the instant or
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you can use the cook and serve. It
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doesn't matter.
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We're going to add that in and just give
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it a really mix until all the powder is
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incorporated.
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[Applause]
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Blend that in.
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That's going to give it a nice
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additional layer of flavor and hold this
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cake together.
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There we go.
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We're done with that.
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Okay. We're going to be baking the cakes
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in two 9 in cake pans. Now, I'm
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preparing them. I'm just using some
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butter and I'm using a pastry brush to
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get into the grooves here on the bottom
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and go all the way up to the top.
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I'm using a pastry brush because it'll
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really get that butter everywhere we
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need it to make sure these cakes pop out
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of the pans here. Now, I'm using
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silicone pans that I have right here.
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You can use whatever you want. Now, this
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was from the butter that I used earlier
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off the stick here. So, I'm just going
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to use that and go down in here. Slather
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it around.
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And then we'll use the brush to make
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sure it's everywhere.
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There we go. Then what we're going to do
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is evenly spoon our cake batter into our
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baking pans here. So, I'm just going to
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go in and I've got a measuring tool,
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about a half a cup here. I'm going to go
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in
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and evenly as much as possible. Evenly I
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should say
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put it into the cake pans.
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We'll give it a jig.
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Spread it out nice and even so it cooks
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nice and even.
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I'm going to place these on some sheet
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pans. The smaller ones that I have. That
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way they will keep nice and even, nice
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and flat down there at the bottom. There
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we go. Okay, we're going to cook these
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per the directions on the back of the
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package for two 9 in cake pans. I've got
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my oven preheated at 350°.
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These will bake for about 24 to 29
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minutes. We're going to take a
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toothpick, go into each cake, make sure
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that the toothpick comes out nice and
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clean or has a crumb or two on it, and
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that's totally fine. and then we'll pull
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them out. Then I'm going to show you
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what we're going to do next. Okay, I've
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pulled them out of the oven. I did the
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toothpick test on them. We're going to
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let them rest for 10 minutes in their
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pans and then we're going to release the
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cakes. I'm just going to kind of take a
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knife, go around the edges here. We're
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going to pop them out. We're going to
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place them on a cooling rack and let
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them cool completely.
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All right, they've cooled for 10
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minutes.
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I put them on a wire rack to do that so
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the air circulated underneath also. But
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y'all, with these silicones, they just
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pop right out. Look at that. So, what
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I'm going to do, pop it out. There we
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go. I'm going to lay it on the top. Lay
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it on the rack here. That way, you're
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looking at the bottom of the cake. And
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then we'll pop this one out. Perfect.
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All right, we're going to cool these
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down completely.
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Now, while the cakes are cooling, they
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won't take that long to do that. We're
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going to start in a large mixing bowl,
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and we're going to make the icing. I've
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got one block of cream cheese that's
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softened, and I've got one stick of
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butter, which is half a cup, and nice
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and softened also. And then we're going
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to add in 1 and 1/2 teaspoon
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of vanilla extract.
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One. And then we'll go half.
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There we go.
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And then what we're going to do is take
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our electric hand mixer. I'm just using
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the beers. And we're going to blend this
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together until nice and smooth.
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All right. Looks nice and creamy in
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there. We're going to start
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incorporating
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six cups of powdered sugar. We're going
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to do it one cup at a time.
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I'm going to go in. I'm going to take
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the back edge of the knife
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and get it nice and even there.
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All right, I'm going to put the other
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four in there and we'll bring you right
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back.
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[Music]
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All
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right. Now, we're going to incorporate
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the sixth cup here.
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Here we go.
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Woo! Look at that.
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Oh, yeah. That looks really good.
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All right, let's get our cakes ready to
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frost. Then we still got a little
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decoration to do. All right, we're going
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to get ready to frost our cakes. Now,
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I've got my cake serving platter here.
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And what I'm going to do to keep it nice
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and clean around the edges of the cake
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is take some parchment paper, which I
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just cut into little squares. I'm going
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to put it towards the edge.
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That way, any icing we get on
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the parchment here, we can just pull
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that right off.
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We do it like that,
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and it'll take the mess with it. All
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right. So, what we're going to do is
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take one of the cakes.
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I'm going to put it top side up.
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And then I'm going to even it out on the
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top here. Get that kind of bowl right
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there off of the cake.
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So, I'm just going to go across the top.
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Even that out so we have a flat surface.
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All right. What we're going to do now is
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take our frosting,
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put a good amount This is going to be a
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two- layer cake. I'm going to take my
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offset spatula.
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Start pushing the frosting
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towards the edge.
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This frosting is fingerlicking good.
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It's a wonderful
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rendition of a vanilla frosting. Now,
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we're going to put the other cake on
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top.
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nice and even.
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And then I'm going to put the frosting
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on top.
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And then we're going to do the sides.
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And smooth it around.
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till we have all the icing on the cake.
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All right. Now, I'm going to go around
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the whole cake, smooth it out, smooth
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out the top.
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We still got that chocolate we're going
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to put on. I'm going to show you how
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we're going to do that and then finish
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it off.
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It's a great occasion cake for any
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occasion.
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What we're going to do right now is make
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that chocolate ganache.
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All right, I'm going to pour my ginache
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on top.
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I'm going to show you how I made it.
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Just going to let it go down the sides.
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All right, we're going to pull off the
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parchment.
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All right, I've got some candy bars that
12:02
I broke up into pieces and we're going
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to put those all over the cake.
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I'm using a cookies and cream and a
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Hershey's chocolate bar. Just breaking
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them up into little pieces.
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They love candy bars. Right here and
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right there. There we go. They both have
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a sweet tooth. What do y'all think?
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Time to dive in.
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We're going to get a piece before we
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call them over here to get it.
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Let's dive in.
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What do y'all think? Do y'all see it?
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There we go. I think we need a fork.
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That's decadent.
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It's very moist on the inside. That
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pudding kind of pulls it all together
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so it can stand up on its own.
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Love that.
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That's a little bite.
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That's okay. Hey, I'm going to eat the
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whole thing.
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What do you think?
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Oh man, that gum.
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Did you get the frosting?
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I did. That frosting is really good.
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What do y'all think?
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Oh, don't fall over.
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I learned a few things while making this
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cake, so the second time I make it will
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be a little different, but
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that is delicious.
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Oh my god, that is so good.
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It's a small wedding, so there won't be
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like a lot of people there, so this is a
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big size.
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Do we have good size for that? Take this
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over to them.
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Yes, we got to take it over to them.
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They're going to try the cake.
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It's going to fall down. Go boom. But I
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don't I'm going to eat it all anyway.
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All right, you guys. Give me a thumbs up
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occasion. You can make this for yourself
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if you want.
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I got to go put the lid on it. I got to
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find the lid. He hid the lid on me.
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It's over here.
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And lock it in place.
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There.
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There we go.
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All right, you guys. We'll see y'all on
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the next episode. Bye
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bye. This is mine.
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I called it.
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This one's mine.
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Hey, wait. That one's going over the
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kids.
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I know. I got to make my low carb
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dessert for you guys. Bye.