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BETTER THAN ANYTHING CAKE Made Easy with Box Cake Mix
Oct 4, 2025
BETTER THAN ANYTHING CAKE Made Easy with Box Cake Mix #catherinesplates #dessert #cake TODAY'S RECIPE: https://catherinesplates.com/better-than-anything-cake/
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Welcome back everyone. Today I am going
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to show you how to make better than
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anything cake. We're gonna take a box of
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chocolate cake mix and we're going to
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take it over the top very easily though.
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This cake is dedicated to my husband
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Thomas who has put up with me for the
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last few weeks and my nerves, my
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anxiety, and my stress over
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having to have cataract surgery in both
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eyes. But I did it on Monday and I'm not
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supposed to wear any makeup this week or
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do anything heavy or anything that I can
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let my eyes heal. But I am going to make
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him a cake cuz he deserves it. Putting
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up with me. Yeah, he's not here right
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now. So, this is kind of a surprise. All
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right. That's right. We're going to take
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a boxed cake mix. This is a devil's
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food. You can use whatever chocolate
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cake that you want. And we're gonna make
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this
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first. We'll make the cake first and
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then we're going to do all kinds of
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yummy stuff to it to make it so
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decadent, rich, and delicious. People
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are going to think you got it from a
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bakery.
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And speaking of bakery,
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maybe I might need to get my eyes
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checked again.
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Speaking of bakery,
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we're going to make it bakery style.
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Now, if y'all have ever heard of a
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bakery style cake is you just take the
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ingredients on the back of the box and
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change them up. And that's what we're
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going to do. Okay, you guys, you ready?
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We're going to start in a large mixing
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bowl
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and add our cake mix.
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Y'all like these little cups right here?
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I've had these for a while. I use them
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individually, but then they looked so
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cute for this recipe here. These came
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from my brother Donald and his wife
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Donna a couple of years ago. So, we're
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going to use that. So, in the largest
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one over here, we got three eggs. I
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brought them to room temperature. That
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way, they don't seize up in the mix
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here. So, we're going to crack them in,
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which means I'm going to take them out,
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crack them into the bowl here. That way,
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we don't get shells.
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That's one.
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Think I'm going to put them all in,
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two,
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and three.
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And a shell.
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One, two, and three.
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The cake mix calls for one cup of water.
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You can do that or you can add the one
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cup of milk
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and it also calls for half a cup of oil
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like Crisco oil, canola oil or anything
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like that. I'm using half a cup of
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melted butter.
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Now I cool that down just a little bit
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so it doesn't scramble our eggs.
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And then now this isn't on the box, but
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we're gonna add some flavor. I've got
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one teaspoon of vanilla.
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All right. You can take a whisk and kind
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of blend that all together or a wooden
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spoon. I'm just going to use my electric
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hand mixer because it kind of whiffs in
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some air
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and makes it nice and moist, fluffy,
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and that's what we want. All right,
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we're going to blend this for 2 minutes.
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[Music]
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Now, as you're mixing this, just take
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your spatula and pull down the sides.
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That way, everything gets nice and
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incorporated.
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Woo! That looks nice and fluffy in
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there. Nice and combined.
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All right, we're done with the mixer.
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All
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right. Don't forget to spray a 9 by13
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baking dish with some non-stick cooking
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spray.
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Make sure I get it good.
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And then we're going to put the cake
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batter into our baking dish. Now, this
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is a 9 by13. Did I say that?
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Oh, look how decadent that looks. Nice
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and smooth,
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y'all. Whip some air into it.
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Make a nice fluffy cake.
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Make it stand up tall, too.
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All right, we're going to smooth it out
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nice and even.
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All right, we're going to bake the cake
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at 350°
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and we're going to follow the directions
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on the back of the cake box for the 9
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by13, which is going to be 28 to 33
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minutes. Take a toothpick, insert it
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into the center of the cake. If it comes
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out clean, you're good to go. We're
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going to cool it down for about 10
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minutes, and then we're going to finish
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the cake up.
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Okay, I've pulled the cake out of the
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oven. And I did a toothpick test and it
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came out clean.
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Now we're going to poke some holes. We
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got to get some good stuff inside the
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cake. Y'all look at that.
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Perfectly all the way across. I'm going
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to take the back end of a kitchen
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utensil, kind of like a wooden spoon or
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anything with a wooden handle, and we're
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going to poke holes. Now, if you have a
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large straw, you can use that. You want
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them large enough so they can get the
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ingredients inside of it. All right.
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So, just poke through.
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Make some room between the holes.
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And we'll come down to the end here.
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Just like that.
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We're going to open up one can of
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sweetened condensed milk. This is 14 oz.
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And what we want to do is pour it all
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into the holes.
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Y'all, this stuff is good. M.
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Mhm.
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Delicious. All right. I'm going to start
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right here.
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There we go. Aim for the holes. That way
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goes all the way down into the bottom.
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We're going to go this way. And then
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we'll go back the other way.
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Just keep going till we empty out the
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cam.
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There we go. Just like that. Oh, told
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y'all this is going to be a very
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decadent cake. We're taking a chocolate
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boxed cake mix. Taking it over the top.
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Caramel sauce. Now, I like to get the
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squeeze bottle,
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and that's what I'm using right here.
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All right, we're going to aim for the
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holes.
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Get some caramel in there.
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This will be fun to have some fun with
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that. Save some caramel for the topping
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of our cake here. So, I'm just going to
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go like this.
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probably used half of the bottle.
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Have in the same bottle chocolate sauce.
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And we're going to do the same thing.
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Aim for the holes.
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Where do y'all want to take this cake?
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some kind of event
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church function.
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Fall is right here.
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Now I'm going to go across the top.
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What we're going to do now is cool down
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the cake completely before we top it and
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finish it off. So, you can stick this in
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the refrigerator to do that or just set
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it on your countertop. I would put a
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rack underneath of it so that the cool
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air can go underneath of it and cool it
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faster for you. All right, I'll be back.
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We're going to finish this off and then
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I have a special person
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who's going to give this a try for you.
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All right, we've got the cake nice and
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chilled.
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We're going to top it with some cool
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whip.
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Now, you can make your own homemade
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whipped topping if you want to do that,
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but I was trying to keep this cake nice
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and simple for you guys.
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So, I'm going to dollop it everywhere.
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And we got some other things we're going
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to put on top really quickly. This will
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be a refrigerated cake because of the
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cool whip on top. So, just keep that in
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mind.
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You don't want to leave it out on your
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countertop.
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I'm just going to kind of smooth it out.
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Give it some peaks. Give it some depth
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here. There we go. That look good, you
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guys.
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Thomas is here. Say hi to Thomas.
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I don't hear nobody.
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He made it back. We've got some Heath
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English toffee bits.
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That's going to make Thomas happy.
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Heck yeah. I haven't had freaking toffee
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in years.
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All right, that's what they look like
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right here.
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We're going to sprinkle them on top.
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This is better than anything, you guys.
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Oh, look at that.
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Keep going.
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Keep going.
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He's like, keep going.
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I'm saving the rest. You know why? I saw
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a recipe on the back here for the toffee
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bits. Chocolate chip cookies.
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Oo,
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you know we got to make those.
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Save them.
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Yes. Save them. All right, we're still
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going strong. We saved some caramel
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sauce. Drizzle it on.
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Caramel.
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Do you say caramel or caramel? What do
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you say?
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Caramel.
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Caramel. Look at that. Woo. Looks
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delicious.
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Smells delicious, too. All right, we've
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got the chocolate sauce still.
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All right, where are y'all taking this
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cake to? Huh?
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I'm taking it to my room with a spoon,
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y'all. Let's go give him a spoon and
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he's going to give this a try for you.
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There we go, you guys. is I've got
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Thomas's piece right here. Notice I
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don't have a fork cuz he's coming over
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with his. All right, give it a try.
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There's so many layers and flavors going
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on in this cake.
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What do you think?
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Go sit down.
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He's not going anywhere yet.
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Oh god.
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All right, you guys. Here's my rock
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through my cataract surgery even
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beforehand and even had my mom on the
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phone calming me down. And of course, I
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had God on my side also. So without
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those three,
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she wasn't that bad.
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But I survived it. Both cataract
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surgeries at the same time. They did one
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eye, then they went right into the other
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eye and got them both done at the same
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time. She came out like a trooper.
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Of course, she was flying high.
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They gave me some good stuff to get
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through it. So,
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they could tell she was ready to run out
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of the room, so they loaded her down.
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It's been, let's see, we we had it done
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on Monday. So, it's been four days.
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So, feeling pretty good. Can see y'all
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really well.
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Yep.
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Hello, everyone. But now we got to go
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back and vacation to some places that we
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were at.
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So I can really see where we went.
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She can really see it.
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All right, you guys. Did you get the
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crunch of the coffee bits in there?
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Everything. It's super moist from the
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whatever you put.
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Oh, everything I put into the holes of
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the cake. Yeah. The condensed milk,
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caramel, and the chocolate that went
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into all of those holes. Smooth it out
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with some Cool Whip. Then top it again.
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And then give it some crunch. All right,
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you guys. Thumbs up. Hope to see you on
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the next video. I've got a soup recipe
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coming out for you guys. And then Thomas
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and I are making candy.
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Yep.
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It's coming up soon, too. All right, you
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guys. Bye
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bye.
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