- What cake did they bake back in the day? - Let's talk about that. (funky electronic music) Good Mythical Morning. - Pss, join the Mythical
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Link's Netflix password. Check it all out, MythicalSociety.com. - The best part of any work
day is office birthday cake. - That's right.
- And the second best part is licking the frosting off the
office birthday cake candles and just a note, we do
re-use those candles. - Yes. But little known fact,
there were cakes enjoyed by humans before office
birthday cake was invented. You might say that our
history is layered with cakes. We're about to see if we can
guess what era cakes are from just by tasting them. It's time for-- - [Rhett and Link] Year
Eye With Two Straight Guys: Cake Edition. - Welcome to the shuffle zone! - We are going to taste
a cake that was popular in a particular decade
and then we're gonna guess that decade by shuffle
boarding a slice of the cake on the Mythical shuffle board court. - Yes and the closest cake
to the answer gets the point but we're trying something new this time. Instead of just one point per round, we're going to increase the
point value by one each round. One, two, three, four, five. - Ooh, and the winner of the
game gets a special themed cake just for them, oh and be sure
to follow us on Instagram @rhettandlink to see
the Mythical Crew finish the leftover cake in a very fun way. Let us eat cake. - [Rhett and Link] Round one. - Okay, since I won last
time, I'm going to go first because going second actually
gives you the advantage. - Yes.
- But first, we got to eat our cake, brotha. - [Link] All right so we've
got this fig cake here. Look at that. Well those are figs, yes?
- Those are figs on top some with--
- And some peh-cahns or pe-cans. I'm not a lover of cake in general. That's not the option I
go for but this ain't bad and figs ain't bad.
- It's very figgy. Okay.
- What decade would a fig cake be popularized? - That's a great question Link. Figgy pudding is not this. (chuckles) But it seems like old
world kinda things right? So I'm using that logic to
go as old as I possibly can on the board which is the year 1900. - Whoa that's slick! She's going off the board. - But hey, I'm right next to the answer. - All right so that's still viable. May I?
- Yes, you may. - Okay, my only point
of reference for figs are Fig Newtons and I'm
talking like in the 80s, man. I would have a stash of them Newtons! - So you think that figs, the fig-- - No.
- The fig surge. The great fig surge of the 80s. - No. I think you're right, and
plus, I never had a fig on a cake in the 80s, man. - What are you gonna do you gonna-- - [Link] I'm just talking figs, man. - You gonna try to knock mine, if you land on mine
you'll be closer to 1900. You'll be closer to every
answer if you just come on this side of mine.
- My answer is 1950 but I'm gonna go for 1930. - Okay. - [Link] Boop, whoops. - Okay well--
- That still works. All right Stevie, what is this? - [Stevie] You just ate
a Lady Baltimore cake, a white fluffy cake made
of walnuts, pecans, figs, and vanilla and it was
popular in the 1900s. - Whoa, you were right,
Rhett, and I get the point. - Yeah, you do. - [Rhett and Link] Round two. - Have another beautiful cake here. - Chocolatey with some coconut on top. - [Rhett] Let's get a little taste. - This is a hefty hefty cake here. Hmm. - Hmm.
- You tasting anything unusual in there? - Something almost sour. - Yeah there's something, it's
like there's something wrong with the cake and it's
not just the coconut. - Hmm.
- What is that? - [Josh] Taste the coconut again. - So it is just the coconut. Oh that's cabbage. - Sauerkraut, it's not coconut. - That is sauerkraut.
- I think I know about this but I don't wanna think out
loud because I don't wanna give you the right answer. - Oh my gosh, that's horrible. Mm, all right. I would gladly sent this away
from my face via shuffleboard. Where on earth would you
put fermented cabbage AKA what's it called? - Sauer--
- Sauerkraut. - On a cake, that's
just an accident, right? I can't even come up with a
rationale for them doing that in any decade on this planet. Hmm, all right, I'm gonna go for the 30s but hedge my bet with the 50s. And I'm gonna, woo--
- Nice Link. - Yeah!
- Nice, very accurate. - Nailed it! Nailed something which could
probably be the wrong answer. - Okay so-- - You think this is German chocolate cake? - It's German chocolate cake.
- Okay. - And is this popularity
in the United States or popularity in the world somewhere? - United States.
- United States, okay so it would definitely
not been too close to the war because it
took us a few decades to warm back up to German things, right? - Nah, it's like, I think
it's a show of dominance to eat their cake. (crew laughs) - It's a good point. I think the 50s is too early
but it might be the 30s because maybe we were eating it until we had to start fighting 'em. (sighs) But you know what, I think the 50s is not a bad
answer but I think it's the 60s because I think that
gave us about two decades to just forget all about
what they did and be like, yeah we'll buy their cars, eat their cake. - Go easy on it 'cause
that thing is slick. - Yeah it is, okay, I'm going for the 60s. - Went hard.
- Okay or I just-- - [Link] Oh you knocked me off. So now we're both in 30s
but you're in 50s and 30s. - [Stevie] Okay this was a
beer and kraut fudge cake made of sauerkraut, beer and cocoa. It's still made today
especially during Oktoberfest, but it was most popular in the 1950s. - Oh, okay so you get two points, Rhett. - Yes. - [Rhett and Link] Round three. - Look at this, a Barbie cake. Isn't she beautiful, and whoops.
- Oh she had an accident. - Oh my goodness a little
wedge in the rumpus. How does--
- That's a fun cake. Whoa that's fun. - You know we didn't have
to start by eating this part of the Barbie but. It's a strawberry cake. - When did America decide they
wanted to have fun with cake? - You know when Barbie was invented? - I would have thought
that Barbie was invented in the 50s, 60s? - Mm. - It's older than that? - I ain't sayin'.
- 40s, maybe 40s. - I ain't sayin'. But I don't think, you
don't come out of the gate with a Barbie like this though. This is after Barbie's really settled into the American conscience
and then you're like, I think we can cake her now. - Okay. - I think the 80s was a time
of just endless possibilities, you know, trickle-down
economics and crazy cakes. - Cocaine. - Yep. So I'm going 80s, but-- - Did somebody just ring the doorbell? - Yeah. (chuckles) (metal chimes) - Hello, Barbie?
- It's the 80s calling. They want you to land
on them, I don't know. - Okay.
- Okay. - He's going for 1980. You've overshot it.
- Stop, gosh! - Big time.
- So slick! It's so freaking slick!
- So slick. It's like Barbie driving
her Corvette on black ice. - Golly, it's just so slick this time. - All right so, wrong thing. Okay. Here's the thing, yeah I
was trying to lead you back. - Oh, that counts. - Okay see I was trying
to lead you back in time further away from what I
believe is the correct answer. I believe that with the
advent of internetainment, people in the 2000s
started to get desperate with baking cakes for video clicks and now it's gotten
totally out of control, but in the 2000s they were
doing stuff like this. I'm going for the top of the sphere. - You really can't lose
unless you don't get across the black line in which
case it doesn't count. (chuckles) Oh, it's so, oh nice. You're really good today,
you're on fire, man. - Yeah I'm on fire! - Okay guys.
- Year 2000. - [Stevie] This was a Barbie
birthday cake made out of an actual Barbie and birthday cake. It became extremely
popular after the movie Barbie's Birthday Party
at Walt Disney World, debuted in--
- 1990. - The 1990s.
- 1990s. - Okay.
- Barbie movies, I have a bunch of those. - We're on each side of it
but you're definitely closer. Link, you get three points. - Yes. - [Rhett and Link] Round four. - Okay we've got a tall cake with olives on top and--
- What? - [Rhett] What appears to
be some sort of meat inside. - Oh my gosh, look at this,
is this ham and cream cheese? - [Rhett] I think it's
like a potted meat almost. I mean it's a--
- Mm-hmm. - It's some very processed-- - Ugh. (grunts)
- When did they think of this? And I'm glad they don't anymore. - Oh gosh. It looks super cool, it
tastes super horrible to me, 'cause I don't like Spam-ish meats. - [Rhett] That is cream
cheese in there though. - Yeah this has got the
70s written all over it. It's just like, hey, groovy. I guess that's 60s. (chuckles) - Okay.
- All right I'm gonna split the difference between halfway
between the 70s and 60s. Whoops, that came a little short. - [Rhett] Well there's
strategy to that, Link. - [Link] Now I'm just blocking your roll. - [Rhett] There's definitely
strategy to that, now-- - What do you think it is? - I think 60s is not a bad guess at all. I also think they could
have done something with this weird kinda meat in the 30s but if I could just get
past you and get closer to 1960 I basically have
both guesses covered. I'm gonna try to go around
you and land on the 1960s and thereby have that
guess and the other one. - For the lead, woo! It's a good move, man. - [Rhett] Okay. (sighs) - [Stevie] Okay this was a bologna cake made with Oscar Mayer
bologna, cream cheese, ranch dressing, and Cheez Wiz. The recipe was mentioned in
the movie Sweet Home Alabama in 2002 but it was originally very popular in the 1970s. - Oh yeah.
- Oh, okay. You should have gone with your
voice and not your instinct. But either way, I'm closer. - [Rhett and Link] Round five. - Link, I know you're
excited about this round. - This cake has a tomato
smashed into the top of it. - [Rhett] I'm assuming that means it's got tomato on the inside. - So this is like a ketchup cake? - Yeah, yeah exactly.
- What on earth? Mm.
- Takes like a carrot cake. - Yeah. Carrot cake, it's a carrot
cake with ketchup on top. - It's good. Okay. I'm going first. - Whatcha thinkin'? - Well, this is a time
when people were like what do we have? And then whatever the
answer to that question was, let's make a cake out of it. This feels like lean times. And so we all know that
the 30s were a rough time but didn't it start getting bad in the 20s and then that's what happened in the 30s with the stock market crash? - I wasn't alive then. - (sighs) Man, here's what I'm gonna do because you have the
advantage, you're going second. I've gotta be somewhat strategic here. I'm gonna try to land
on the line between 1990 and 1920.
(Link sputters) My hoping that I'm serving as a little bit of a block to you.
- Okay. - You maybe knock me into the right answer if you wanna get aggressive
which might be 1930 but I'm gonna try to land on 20. - Woo! Nice shot.
- Okay not bad. - Okay. I actually believe that this vibrant red, happy cake was in the vibrant 80s
'cause I don't think that was a correct answer
in an earlier round. I hope I'm not wrong about that. - I can neither confirm nor deny. - I just feel like this is the 80s. So I'm gonna stop a little
bit short of your pan. - [Rhett] Oh, you're
gonna do a little knocky. Whoa ho, look at that. - [Link] It's anybody's game now though. - [Stevie] All right. I wanted to say that epically. - All right.
- This is a tomato soup cake made with Campbell's tomato
soup, cloves, cinnamon, and other spices. It was the first recipe printed
on a Campbell's soup can and was immediately popular in the 1960s. - What?
- So Rhett, you were more correct but I am more close. (Rhett chuckles) - You win, Link.
- Woo! - [Stevie] And Chase, please
bring in Link's special prize. - All right.
- 1960s, what? ♪ This is my favorite cake ♪ ♪ Let's see it ♪ (trumpeting music) Oh, it's a, it's a me-themed cake. - [Rhett] Wow. - [Link] Rhett, Rhett help
yourself to some of this too. - You know what, I just don't feel right because this cake is
obviously so catered to you. I mean they've gone
really out of their way to make this all about you. I'll eat it anyway. - Cookies and cream.
- Ah, okay, be sure to follow us on
Instagram @rhettandlink to see the crew do something weird with all this leftover cake. - Thank you for liking,
commenting and subscribing. - You know what time it is. - What up Rhett and Link? It's official Brandon Collins
and I am eating the cake. And now it's time to spin
the Wheel of Mythicality. (Rhett chuckles) - What up?
- Eat that cake. Click the top link to
watch us look at cake fails in Good Mythical More. - And to find out where the Wheel of Mythicality's gonna land. Great things come in twos. Just like the discounted Dink
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This might be their best video ever with the shuffleboard setup, or at least my favourite. Link had a lot of control and their guesses mattered more than just the second player smashing the first off the board. And the cakes were pretty wild.
If only good mythical morning was in the day Ps. Love u guys sm
The "Lady Baltimore" cake honestly looks amazing, I'm definitely gonna try to find it or make it. (I'm not American btw, idk how many Americans know about it)
My favorite episodes are the shuffle board and the map episodes... Its been a good week!
i love their shuffleboard episodes but this one was my favorite.
I'm gonna make tomato soup cake at some point soon, it looks great!