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I am inviting you into my kitchen today
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because I'll need everyone's help in
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making this cake. This is a chocolate
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Italian love cake and I've been holding
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on to this recipe for quite a while
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because I wanted to make it for my
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birthday week. Yes, we're celebrating.
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So, I need all of y'all to figure out
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which part of this cake you're going to
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make for me and we're going to put it
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All right, it's got three different
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layers which is really easy layers.
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We've got the chocolate cake layer which
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is going to be made easy with box cake
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mix. We've got a cheesecake layer which
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is so easy and then we've got a pudding
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layer on top which is like, oh my gosh,
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you know how to make pudding, right? But
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a little differently this time. All
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right, you guys, who's grabbing the
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bowl? Who's grabbing the electric hand
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I'm just going to pour this into the
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bowl over here which is one box of
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devil's food cake mix cuz that's my
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favorite chocolate cake and this one is
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a 15.25 oz size. So, let's get it into
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I'm excited. It's birthday week.
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I've had lots of things going on.
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So, actually my birthday is
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So, I'm making this a little few days
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When I'm baking a recipe using a box
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cake mix, I tend to like to use the
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bakery style ingredients instead of just
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the regular ones on the back of the box.
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So, we'll switch out a few things and
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I'll let you know what they are along
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the way. To the cake mix in a large
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mixing bowl, we're going to add in 1 cup
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of milk. This replaces the water.
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We're going to add in one stick of
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Now, this is half a cup and it replaces
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I add an extra egg to the mix.
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So, that means we're going to have four
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Just crack it into a separate bowl and
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It goes right into my sink.
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We're just going to take the electric
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hand mixer and we're going to blend this
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all together till it's nice and fluffy.
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It generally takes about 2 minutes to
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get a nice fluffy mixture.
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Now, before you think you know
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we are going to pour this into a 9 by 13
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baking dish that we're going to prepare,
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but we're not going to bake it quite yet
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cuz we still have another layer after
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All right, look at that.
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Bring over your cake dish. We're going
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to spray it with some nonstick cooking
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spray. I like the Baker's Joy cuz it's
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It's good for baking cakes. Helps
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release them easier in the dish.
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It's time for the sunshine.
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Let's pour it all in.
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Oh, it smells chocolaty.
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Once we get it all in there, we're going
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to smooth it out nice and even.
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>> Let's make that second layer. We're
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going to add 8 oz of block cream cheese
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to a medium bowl. Now, I'm going to put
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it in there. It's a microwave-safe bowl
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and then I'm going to microwave it for
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about 15 seconds to kind of get it nice
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Now, my birthday falls at the end of
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and it's the last birthday of the year
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where's the celebrations?
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The holidays are coming.
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All the holidays, all of that good
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All right, I'm going to microwave that
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and be right back. To that, we're going
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to add half a cup of white granulated
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All right, let's add the white
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And then we're going to whisk it. I'm
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going to be using my electric hand mixer
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that has the whisk attachment or you can
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use your standard beaters if you want to
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do that. Just clean them off from the
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And we're just going to combine this
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till nice and smooth.
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Once you get it nice and smooth like
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we're going to crack in one egg.
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So, it give it that cheesecake feel.
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And then we'll add in a little
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We'll beat it again until it's nice and
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smooth and well incorporated.
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the very small cookie scoop that you
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have, or you can use a tablespoon, and
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we're going to go into the mixture.
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And then we're going to dollop it all
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Just like that, until we get it all on
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there. Nice and even.
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I'm going to try to stay away from the
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Cuz I want the cake to bake up over the
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cheesecake on the sides there.
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We're not going to be stirring this into
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the cake mixture. It's going to sit on
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And we're going to get a spatula. If you
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have an offset one, you can use that,
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and we're just going to smooth it out on
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Talk about a triple threat.
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I've got my oven preheated at 350°.
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We're going to bake this
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And we want the cake part to be
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completely baked through. Take a
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toothpick, put it through the center of
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the cake or on the sides there, and just
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make sure that the cake batter itself is
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You need that, because that's all the
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baking we're going to do for this, cuz
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on this will just go on top after we've
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cooled the cake down completely. So,
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I'll see you back here with a box of
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pudding and a few other ingredients to
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put that topping on. All right, you
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guys. See you in a bit. All right. The
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cake is out of the oven. It has cooled
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down completely, and as you can see,
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that cheesecake part of it has baked
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inside of that cake. Oh, I cannot wait.
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Let's do that third layer. You're going
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to need a large mixing bowl, one box of
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chocolate pudding mix, the instant. Now,
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this is 3.4 oz size. We're going to put
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that into a large mixing bowl.
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And then we're going to add two cups of
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milk. We'll just whisk that together
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until we get a pudding-like consistency.
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Does that happen to y'all?
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Let me clean that up before the dog
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Got two cups of cold milk
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that we're going to whisk in.
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All right, we're just going to keep
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whisking until we get a pudding-like
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You can use an electric hand mixer if
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you want to do that also.
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But if you want an arm workout,
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just grab your whisk.
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Should take about 2 minutes.
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Look at that. Yeah, that's thick like
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Grab you 8 oz of Cool Whip. Make sure
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you thaw it out. We're going to put it
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All right, we're not going to use the
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whisk anymore, so you can pass that off
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>> And get a spatula.
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You're going to fold this in to the
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till it's nice and smooth.
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And all that Cool Whip is blended in
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Nice and smooth. That's what you want.
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All right, let's pour this on top of the
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I'm going to leave some for Thomas.
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>> All right, smooth it out.
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Three layers of deliciousness,
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That's all you need to do.
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We're going to cover it and we're going
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to put it in the refrigerator for 2
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hours to chill. I'm going to come back.
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We're going to give it a slice and I'm
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going to give it a try for you. Happy
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birthday to me. I cannot wait for this
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I need to fill up my birthday plate.
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All right, you you'll see the cream
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cheese. That's the cheesecake layer, the
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chocolate cake and then we have the
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pudding cool whip layer right there.
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Ooh, here's your piece.
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I think Thomas has it now.
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>> Yeah, corner piece. That's mine.
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That'll be easier to pull out.
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The cream cheese is somewhere, you guys.
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That's a birthday cake for me.
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I love that cream cheese down here that
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It's kind of like a cheesecake.
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>> It's very moist and delicious,
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And I love that top layer, the pudding.
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All right, you guys, what do you think
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of my chocolate Italian love cake made
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easy with boxed cake mix?
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make sure you wish me happy birthday.
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>> I'll see y'all on the next episode.
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Don't forget my thumbs up.
