Welcome to SORTEDfood and
welcome to FridgeCam. Sometimes, we like to copy
all of the formats that are on television at once. This is Step Up to the Plate. One of two trained chefs
and one of three normal guys will be picked at
random to work together to create an attention-grabbing,
head-turning dish. There will be
prerequisites, time limits-- One minute remaining. --mystery ingredients, all
tied together by a shameless, internetty challenge. But who will it be today? [MUSIC PLAYING] James, go on, mate. You're nearest it. Pick a chef. Both chefs. Both ch-- Does that mean we
have a day off? There's always a twist. Both normals. Both normals. So it's all in. Teamwork, isn't it? This is so cryptic. Go straight to the plate. [LAUGHTER] Straight to the plate. Right, ready? 2, 1. We're up. We're good. James. I am literally-- And I've got a hand. Open! Quick! #WeddingOfTheYear. Today, you will all be
taking part in the Step Up to the Plate challenge. Your task is bigger than
ever before as you will be creating a wedding cake-- No. No! --for the royal couple, Prince
Harry and Meghan Markle. You must research
their favorite flavors and incorporate
these into the cake. It has to look good
and taste even better. You have a whopping
four and a half hours-- Oh. --from once you've
selected your ingredients. That is actually not very long. Four and a half hours? That's not long
for a wedding cake. I mean, I made
your wedding cake, and it took me eight and a half. No. [MUSIC PLAYING] The overworked and
underpaid production team have prepared an abundance of
inspirational produce and tools to aid our precious
YouTube stars in this really hard challenge. Can I start off by saying,
this is not our strong suit, and I think we should
identify our weaknesses before we move forward. We can't decorate cakes. No. So I like the look of
the fruit because you can chop stuff up and
dump it on the top, and it still looks quite good. So tradition says, the top tier
should always be a fruit cake. Given who we're
making for, I think we should have a carrot top. [SNORTS] You've
got to have tiers. It's a wedding cake. A different cake on
a different tier. Because one could be
a no-bake cheesecake, which just needs chilling. Oh, sorry. He's the man. That makes more sense. This guy. And one can be a sponge. I like the idea of one
layer being a cheesecake. Banana. When Meghan made the
tease announcement of them getting together-- Yeah. --they did-- she did it
with bananas, didn't she? Prince Harry and Meghan want
wedding cake made from banana. And like a banoffee cheesecake. I mean, what about American
and British coming together? Oh, smart. Well, a Victoria sponge is the
same as a pound cake, really. So that's-- We're nearly three
minutes into this video, and there's been no cooking. So let's just say, some
decisions were made. [MUSIC PLAYING] Bottom layer of
cake is a nice cross between a classic Victoria
sponge and the American pound cake. Basically, 4 ounces of butter,
sugar, and flour with 2 eggs. [DING] Except I've timesed it
by three for each layer. A cake that size with
a diameter that size needs to go in an oven about
170, 180 degrees Celsius, until it's golden cooked through
and the skewer comes out clean. So Ebbers has
started on the cake. We sent James out shopping. Hello, mate. I was phoning because
we need biscuits. Barry has drawn this
diagram, and now, I'm going to explain
our logic behind it. So our base layer, the
foundation is the royal family. It's a Victoria sponge
cake with plum jam. We're going to give
it a biscuit crumb and put fresh fruits on the top. Our middle layer is
a banoffee cheesecake with honeycomb shards. Our top is a carrot top
with apple roses on the top. I went to McVitie's. Right, so far, I have
made a delicious plum jam with plums, a bit of
sugar, and lemon juice. Then, cooked that
for about 15 minutes till it turns into a
lovely, little mush. Lol. I've been given carrot peeling
and chopping for a reason, and I know it. The carrot top is going to
be a classic carrot cake. Lots of grated carrot with
brown sugar, oil, egg, flour, bicarb. But we're going in with
two lots of dried fruit, softened in orange juice,
mixed spice, and to make it extra gingery,
grated root ginger. The boy's next task is to-- [DOORBELL RINGS] Sorry. I think that's my
Amazon delivery. My plan from the start was
to get Ben to do the cakes. [OOHING] So what I've done is
to do a cheesecake, made a base with
digestive biscuits-- Why me? --and butter. And I have made
the filling, which is cheese, cream cheese,
double cream, maple syrup, icing sugar, and
chocolate chips. Yummy. And I've had Barry
do the banana stuff. Um, I'm having some trouble. You've forgotten how
to peel a banana. Well, I don't eat bananas,
so I never open bananas. And I'm suddenly going,
this doesn't feel right. Hey, everyone, I'm teaching
Barry how to peel a banana. Frying bananas in butter
still doesn't do it for you, banana-wise. I can tell by your face. You're like this. Fried bananas in brown butter,
and some dulce de leche, and a splash of rum. And light it. [BLEEP] Whoa! Gets me every time! Maybe take the
silicon spoon out. Ah! spoon! [LAUGHTER] Honestly, I forgot it
was going to happen. Do I have eyebrows still? You OK? Really hot. [MUSIC PLAYING] Oh, no, you put too
much rum in that. Oh, and when you're
finished with this hob, you can turn it off. Oh, please! Two cakes in the oven. A jam done. Caramelized bananas. Cheesecake ready to construct. One hour gone. Three and a half to go. I am making our buttercream. So we're going for an
American buttercream because Meghan
Markle is American. We have powdered sugar. We have butter, unsalted. Vanilla extract
has just gone in. And we've got some milk. I'm just going to stir
them all together till they look butter creamy. Now, that sounds like something
I could do with little effort before I started. It turns out, it's exhausting. And I made a stupid
decision not to use a mixer. And the worst thing of
all is that I've probably got to do it again. I'm knackered! Oops. Oh, no. Are you OK? I have sugared myself! And it's been drawn to
everyone's attention. Oh, no. Let me just get that for you. A bit lower. A bit higher. A bit higher. A bit. Perfect. [LAUGHS] This is weird. We're so close. The plan here is to not go for
anything too fiddly and fancy because we just can't do it. So instead, rustic. We're talking about
biscuit crumbs, and in this case,
honeycomb shards. So sugar, golden
syrup, whisk in bicarb. Leave to cool. Mix it in-- [DING] --like that. Yeah. Mm, yeah. Oh, that's going to be so good. Yeah. Oh, yeah. I'm putting this in
the freezer over there. I know what you're thinking. Yes, he's cute. But the reality is, he'll
take you out for sushi, rooftop cocktails
at the Wolseley, hold your hand as you
walk along the Thames, have a fondle in the Uber home,
but will he call you back? No. Shall I just-- should I blitz
a bunch of biscuits and we can look at the colors? Exactly. All right. I'm building sandcastles, James! Biggest part in, out. Clean. [MUSIC PLAYING] As is always the case
with carrot cake, it generally tends
to burn a bit on top before it's cooked through. If it's this big, tinfoil top. I do feel like we
got to the point where it's a lot of waiting. Still doing buttercream,
but this time I'm using the machine. [MUSIC PLAYING] We're going to try and
make these beautiful apple roses to stick on top
of our carrot cake. And to do that, you have to cut
your apple very, very thinly and then soak that in
warm, melted butter. That will then basically
soften the apples. Then, we can fold them or
wrap them around each other to create roses. In order to put the weight of a
cheesecake onto a soft sponge, we need support. So what I've accurately
done with the teaspoon is measured our pliths. [LAUGHTER] [DING] Good jam, Baz. Decision here was a bold one. We're not putting
cream in the middle. I know that WI would
probably hate that, but there's plenty
going on the outside, so it's not going in the middle. WI stands for Women's Institute,
and Ben is the first person since 1982 to mention them. And he's the figurehead of
this online content channel. The for-sale sign
goes up on Tuesday. Get it in the fridge. Get it in the fridge. How's it looking? How's it looking? How's it looking? Carrot cake, nice. [MUSIC PLAYING] Oh, man. This is going to be mental. You know the other
advantage of ombre? No straight line. [MUSIC PLAYING] Ah! [MUSIC PLAYING] [THUD] [BLEEP] Ben, my heart
literally just went-- It's held its form! Oh, oh, oh. Mike. Don't be a tease. Fat change of that
happening, Mike. I can't see what you're doing,
but you're doing a great job. Thanks, mate. So this cheesecake
is quite crumbly. And I'm nervous. It makes me nervous. So we're just going to
sort of go with this. If it's particularly brittle
now and you try and transfer, it's going to fall apart. Do you want to slide it now? Mostly I just want to run
away from this video now. Well, that's not
going to help, is it? Should we just try it? Should we just try it? Let's just try it. Bring it down. Bring it down. OK. Foo, foo, foo, foo. Ready? Ready, ready, ready,
ready, ready, ready, ready? 3, 2-- oh. Oh, man. There was a flop at the end. This is the epitome of panic. Can you reach? OK. You got this. Yeah, I got finger-- my fingers! La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. After 4 hours and
15 grueling minutes, Barry, Ben, Mike,
and the loverat begin stacking their
three-tiered, three-flavored, bespoke, royal wedding cake. And it looks suboptimal. I don't know what
you were expecting. You threw biscuit crumbs at
it in five different colors. There is a strict no-animal
policy in the SORTED kitchen, except for Ben's high
horse, who occasionally makes an appearance. You guys just don't understand. With little time remaining,
it's toss it in glitter time. One minute. One minute. [MUSIC PLAYING] And 5, 4-- [INAUDIBLE], mate. --3-- Just stop. Just stop.
--2-- Just stop. We're done. --1. Dear Prince Harry and
soon-to-be Princess Meghan, here at SORTED, we
put our heads together to offer up our
wedding gift to you. They say love is
blind, and it's what's inside that really counts. So please, please, remember
that as we present to you our three-layered,
triple-flavored, bespoke wedding cake. Both monarchy and
relationships are built on strong foundations. Our bottom layer is a
regal Victoria sponge, sandwiching a royal
purple plum jam. At the heart of your
cake, we play homage to your shared
love of the banana with our banoffee cheesecake. And the crowning
tier, a carrot top. Moist carrot, walnut, and ginger
cake because, let's face it, we're four basic bitches,
and a ginger joke is the best we could do here. And by the way, Hazza
top job on the Vegas stag do. Big Willy knows how to go
massive on the Mezcal We wish you both all the
happiness in the world. Love, SORTED. It's a good job we made two. I think, you know what? I think the ombre effect
has kind of worked. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, hey! Nearly. Oh, look at that. OK. So let's go bottom first. The buttercream is good. The jam is great. Banoffee cheesecake. That is so decent. That is so decent. All right. Yes, that piece. Yes. Oh, I thought you were trying
to push it off the table. Thanks.
That piece. [CHUCKLES] Cheesecake as a wedding
tier makes no sense at all-- No. --until you taste it. I think that's the
good bit about it is that I still forgot that
it was a cheesecake until I ate it. And then carrot top
with fresh ginger. Each of them. Fantastic. I couldn't be prouder
of the flavors that we've put together. I think it works bang on. I agree. I think the textures
work beautifully, too. I've got such mixed feelings. Like, I'm kind of proud. Yeah. Because it tastes unbelievable. I kind of hate it a little bit. Yeah, I know what you mean. And I kind of like
it a little bit. I don't know anyone who's ever
made a wedding cake like that in four and a half hours. No. Like, wedding cakes take days. It makes you realize how
talented these people are who just focus on wedding cakes. Well, I think it's
clear what we think. But why don't you comment
down below your thoughts? Hey, here's a good idea. Oh, no.
Why don't you suggest-- Oh, no. --who we should step
up to the plate-- Oh, OK. --in [INAUDIBLE] next. No more cake. Let us know. No. To be fair, that is the
best-looking sandcastle I've ever seen. [LAUGHTER] Now, the end result might
not have been exactly what we were looking for. But for the amount of effort
that went into it and time, it's got to be worth
a like, isn't it? Absolutely worth a like. Nothing more to say. Have a lovely week. Harry, Meghan, we
know you watch. Have a lovely wedding day. Goodbye. Congratulations!
