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gentlemen today Sohla El-Waylly is putting a spin on a birthday party. It's time to stump Sohla. - We were gonna throw a birthday party and the wheel demands that it's sad. And I feel like I'm kind of, I wanna like feel the sad, you know, get a little method actory Like I wanna get into it, right. Right? We got our birthday hats, really feel it. (banging sound) Perhaps I went a little too far. Do you feel sad? - [Jess] I'm very sad. - I think this is pretty sad. I wanna make it sadder though, right. Can we like bust some balloons. (ballon popping) (laughs cheerfully) But that made me too
happy. (chuckles happily) I'm gonna eat some terrible candy. This is everyone's least
favorite candy, right? I don't even know what it is. It's really firm. It's just terrible. All right, let's get sad. I feel like I've made myself sad. We need a birthday cake
and I want it to be sad. So I think the saddest thing would be if we make a cake that
Andrew can't eat at all. I hear he's allergic to bananas. So I wanna make a really, really, really delicious banana cake
with fluffy tender crumb on the cake, super moist,
the lightest fluffiest icing, he's not gonna be able to eat any of it. I know it's supposed to be a sad birthday but making cake is my
favorite thing to do. And I saw this cake online
that I wanna try and recreate, that I think will be nice and sad. It's the cake from, I've
been saying Cinderella this whole time but it's
actually Sleeping Beauty. This is the scene when the
godmothers are fighting over what color to make the
cake, I think that was it. I wanna make it sad. So I wanna make the whole thing gray. So we have some activated charcoal that I'm gonna put in the
batter and in the icing. And hopefully it gets really sad and gray, and Andrew won't be able to eat it. We do need a broom to like make that like to hold up the cake. But all we have as a mop,
I think this will work. No need to go out and get a broom. Right? So I'll probably need the
like saw this off here but I'll figure that out
once the cake is assembled, 'cause we'll just match it to the cake. When you're baking a cake you really do have to follow a recipe. So I'm gonna make my favorite favorite cake recipe of all time, and it Stella's white mountain cake. It's the best vanilla cake recipe. It's so fluffy. She told me the way she
likes to make a banana cake is by steeping bananas
overnight in the milk, that's gonna go in the cake. So Kendall, steeped some bananas and buttermilk for me a couple nights ago, so that should be nice and banana-ee I'm also gonna make her buttercream. Has a, it's a great recipe. It might not be that sad, but who cares. Before we get going, this is here. If you watch all my stuff you'll see it pop up in several videos. I got, I cut it. It's the worst kind of ever had. And it happened making kale salad. I had some wine and it
was later in the day. (soothing music) So there's a lot happening. We've got two mixers out. We got two mixing bowls. We have tons of sugar. We are making so much cake. So let's just get started. Okay. We're gonna start by
making the marshmallow base for our buttercream. It's gonna have corn syrup, sugar, water, and we're gonna cook it until
it's 250 degrees Fahrenheit, not Celsius. Well, can you even do that? Isn't that like really hot. And then it needs to cool down to 212 before we add gelatin in with it. While this does its thing,
I'm gonna bloom my gelatin. So here I've got some ice water and I'm gonna just put four
sheets of gelatin in there. The recipe is for powder gelatin,
but I couldn't find that, so I'm gonna use sheets instead. One packet is equal to four sheets. Maybe this won't work. That's cool. I mean, we're trying to stump me, right? My syrup has cooled to 212 and I'm gonna take my gelatin
here that it's been soaking. Squeeze out all that liquid
that's just dropping in here. And then I'm gonna let
it whip with some salt. Then we're gonna scrape
that into an oiled bowl. Let it cool completely. Once it's cool, we're gonna return it to the mixer, whip, and add a tablespoon of room temperature butter at a time. Sad pile of confetti, I didn't see that. So many details in the sad design today. But I really appreciate. I don't know if you noticed
the handiwork, sad birthday. Did we take a minute to
take a look at the PP, and just like lots of terrible
candies that nobody wants. Nobody wants this. - [Narrator] I don't even want me. - [Jess] I really miss peanut butter and marshmallow fluff sandwiches. - Why do you have to miss them? I mean, they could probably
be in your life today. Is there any peanut butter? Wow, look at that. Smoosh it around a little. I really think it's very
important to take care when you make a sandwich even
if it's a fluffer nutter, this seems like a simple thing. You got to go edge to edge. You gotta make sure
every bite is delicious. I wanna the whole thing and you want every moment to be enjoyable. Little salt. Oh boy, look at that. Look at that. Okay. Five slices. A quick snack before we bake our cakes. - [Jess] Oh my goodness
that's childhood in a bite. - This looks like a peanut
butter and fluff sandwich. - That what it is. - Thank you.
- Home made fluff. Just a little intermission in the prep. - What are you doing? - What? - Is this a trick? - No, it's not a trick. We all have some, yeah,
just a little snack. That's all. - Thank you. - See you next time. All right, now we're gonna make a cake. Marshmallow, cooling ready to go. We're gonna start on
our first batch of cake. I've already measured out 16
ounces of bleached cake flour. So we need two sticks of
butter and four ounces of coconut oil, 16 ounces of sugar, salt, three quarters of a teaspoon, two and a half teaspoons of baking powder. One teaspoon of baking soda. Okay, this is gonna whip. While that whips is gonna measure two cups of this vanilla buttermilk but we don't want any of the bananas, we just want the buttermilk. Okay. So since our butter and coconut
oil were room temperature it already looks really light and fluffy. Now this is where a lot of people think they're creamed and then they stop. It looks creamy, right? You would think we're there or not. We're gonna keep going and
it's gonna get so fluffy. And now the last thing is we need eight and a half ounces of egg whites. Now to help enhance the banana flavor, I'm gonna measure my
extracts into my buttermilk. Half a tablespoon of banana extract because I don't want it
to be crazy and weird. We're gonna do a whole two
tablespoons of vanilla. Check this out. Look at how light it is compared to the first time I showed it to you. This is how creamy you want it to get. Now we're gonna add a clove and the black activated charcoal. I'm gonna just start with a big spoonful and we'll see how that looks. It looks good in like sad. I think we can make it sadder. Let's do three big spoonfuls. Feel good about that. Okay, now I'm gonna add my eggs, one white at a time and
you just wanna make sure that it's fully incorporated
before you add the next white. So, when you first add the egg white it looks really wet and
it kind of smacks around, and you can hear it kinda go. So by the time it like gets
emulsified into the butter, it'll sound creamy, it will look creamy and that's when you know, it's
time you can add another one. So I think that we're there. Try and listen to the wet
sound right when I add it. (buzzing sound) You see how it starts out
kinda wet, kinda gross, and then it's like, sounds better. Okay, our last bit of egg white. Can you guess what I'm gonna do next? Can you guess? I'm gonna scrape it down. This is the key to making a good cake. This is it. Scrape everything through mixing. I have a whole chapter in my book, it's gonna be a thrilling chapter just called, mixing and
creaming. (laughs cheerfully) I'm not even joking. And now we're so close to
bringing it all together. I gotta sieve my flowers. I like to sieve right on the parchment 'cause then we can use the parchment to help us drop our flour into the mix. Okay, here we go. We're gonna add our flour and liquid mixture in three rounds. So we'll add a third of
our flour, mix it together. Once everything's kinda mostly moistened, now we can turn it up. And when that last bit
of flour is absorbed now we're gonna turn it down a little and add a third of our mixture. Guess what we're gonna do after this? We're gonna scrape it. Oh my gosh! The most thrilling concepts that the internet has yet to see. I'd like to make these
all in eight inch rounds, but we have two eight inch rounds and one 10 inch with a ring in it. I think that'll be fine. Let's see what happens. I'm gonna pop this in
the oven 325, 40 minutes. And then we do this two more times. Cool, I like it. Yeah. Okay. Those look so depressing and miserable. These cakes are just so sad,
this is gonna be perfect. I'm gonna let these cool. I also really wanna try this. Will the heat pop it. Fun (laughs cheerfully). Okay, round two. Here we go. (soothing music) Our marshmallow is cooled and set. So now I'm gonna scrape it
into these mixing bowls. I was just guessing on
the gelatin conversiona and I think maybe I could have done with one less sheet, but it'll be okay. So we got one. Here we go. Guys. I would throw birthday
parties a lot when I was a kid but I didn't have any
friends, so no one would come. And I would sit there with
a whole cake that I made, and I remember there was
this one where I turned 10 and it's supposed to be a big
deal cause it's double digits. So I decorated, I did a chalk, a chalk mural you know on the patio, glitter everywhere, made pinata shaped like a Hershey's Kiss. Nobody came. (chuckles softly) I don't know if it's gonna work. I'm just gonna keep going and we'll see. It's not mixing up the
stuff at the bottom, I think this icing is a failure. I think it's a failure. I think I put so much gelatin. This is turning out to
be a really sad birthday. Okay. All right guys. Okay. I think I put too much gelatin
in there. (laughs happily) So that's what happening to that side. I think it's too stiff. I think that it's just it
shouldn't be doing this, I've made this before. It looks like it's mozzarella cheese. And this was Kendall's genius idea. We're gonna try and turn
our sad sadness into taffy. Lube up. - Oh, me too, thanks man. (laughs happily) - This is such a strange feeling. All right let's do this. - Okay. I want all the taffy
puller to come for us. - Yeah. But our form's terrible. I don't even know what the form is but I feel like it's terrible. I feel like we gotta.... - Oh yeah I gotta keep this in. (laughs cheerfully) - What do you think Jess. - [Jess] I think this is one of the most entertaining
things I've every seen. - Flavor. Can we dribble a little
in, little vanilla? - What if we just on our hands. - Okay. Oh God! - [Narrator]] It wasn't, it wasn't. It's too late for me. Be free. (laughs cheerfully) - I don't have gloves. - In conclusion, we're gonna
continue this tomorrow. (laughs happily) (upbeat music) We're back continuing
our sad birthday party. I think that the buttercream failed because I used the wrong gelatin. This is why you should follow the recipe. You know, I feel like I'm being too sad. Should we pop a balloon
to get into the mood? - [Jess] Yeah. - I haven't blown up a
balloon in a long time, I (mumbles) really bad like this is hard. Should I be concerned? I feel like my lungs
shouldn't be this weak. - [Andrew] Would anyone like
a slice of my mortadella. - Yes. Wow, this looks good. - [Andrew] Thank you. (laughs happily) What a life Jess? You just get humming through
(mumbles) back to you. We did it. Now after all of that. (popping sound) Okay, I'm ready to go. (laughs happily) Okay, so now we're
gonna make another batch of our marshmallows. Last time I used sheet gelatin. This time we're using a packet gelatin. So we're gonna do two
ounces of cool water. And then we're gonna just do
a little delicate sprinkle. Just evenly sprinkle it over the surface so it doesn't clump. I'm gonna give it a little
stir just to make sure that everything dissolves. Okay, so just like last
time, corn syrup, sugar, water, super easy. Start with syrup until it dissolves. Then let it cook undisturbed
until it reaches 250 degrees. When syrup is cool. Now I'm gonna add my gelatin, whip it up, and we're gonna have a nice marshmallow. I'm gonna scrape our marshmallow then add a tablespoon of butter at a time, and it's gonna turn into buttercream. We're gonna add a little salt and some activated
charcoal to make it sad. Okay guys, I think we did it. They all said we couldn't, but we did it. Let's decorate. - [Jess] Take 10. - Should I clack again. - [Jess] Take 10. - Wait, you have to say it first, right? - [Jess] Take 10. - Okay. Okay I'm just gonna start building because it doesn't have to be perfect. We actually want it to be a little sloppy. It begins. This is the fun part. So now that I'm three high, I'm gonna put some skewers
in there, just a couple. I know that we want it
to tilt and look silly but I also don't want the whole
thing to collapse on itself. Perfect. Nailed it, structurally sound cake. All right. Let's start our tilting. We just needed to stay
together until we eat it. This is really starting to look like it's gonna fall over. I'm afraid to say, as soon as
I look away, it will collapse. Kendall has the buttercream. What timing? This cannot be possible without candle. I think that you're gonna
have to join this party. - I'm coming in. (laughs happily) - Oh this came out so good Kendall, came out better than mine. You did a good job. - Thanks - Okay, final cake. Should we add the broom? (chuckles softly) There
is not enough table. - Okay, I'm gonna cut the broom here. - [Jess] How you doing Sohla? (laughs happily) - Okay. - Does it work? We need more things. Let's... Grab a whisk, grab some other things. We just need to put all of the tools. - Yeah. But is it gonna stay. (laughs happily) - Okay if it falling? It's falling. (laughs happily) We can do this. We're not, this is not over yet. - The cake is moving. Wow, man. (laughs cheerfully) - [ Kendall] Guys. Just like, yeah. - Oh God. Oh my God, there's so much
danger in this episode. Gaff tape. Gaff tape. We need more gaff tape. - [Kendall] Oh no! Oh no. - Oh no! - It is sliding
- No! - No. - Okay my... (laughing cheerfully) - This is it. This is what we're gonna show. It's cool. Hold on, there's still time. There's still time. We can fix this. Everybody relax. - [Narrator] It's difficult
to make something sad. It requires its creator to know sadness and hopes dashed are it's recipe. It's the you can't control. The love you can't bring back. The inevitable. Art can point in the
direction of an emotion, if you're willing to go there. And in that vein, this cake
points to a deep sadness. Crumbling under the weight it carries. An the edible representation of something profound in us going around. A longing lost is sadness. An expectation broken like
an omniscient narrator waxing philosophical about
a cake, well that's comedy. Anyway, the fact stands. This is a sad birthday cake, so good, Andrew can't eat it. - [Sohl] All right. Reveal. - Now? - Yeah Happy sad birthday.
- Happy sad Jesus Christ! Happy sad birthday, oh my God. (laughing cheerfully) - That is without a doubt a sad birthday. But it's also metal as
(beep) like I love it. - We haven't even gotten to the sad part. - Really? Okay, what's the sad part. - It's banana - I can't eat. (laughs cheerfully) - That's sad. That's diabolical. Is it delicious?
- You just have to sit here and watch me eat this
delicious banana cake. Fluffy, tender the buttercream,
so rich and creamy. Hold on there is a second surprise. You may need to close your eyes again. (soothing music) - Well it's hot. Why is it hot? (laughs cheerfully) This is a nice birthday cake. - This is a birthday cake you can eat. It is not banana. - This is the happiest
birthday I've ever had. - So we're gonna make
a cake that's not sad, but Andrew will like this. This has chocolate, I do a little whipped
cream, vanilla, sugar, pinch of salt. I'm gonna slice in later the cakes, and then I have my homemade sprinkles. There'll be a little shining
light at the end of this. There's fancy candles too, I didn't. Look at that, look at those candles, huh? - Well, I'll be a son of a, B. These are going out. - Wow. - Hey!
- Hey! Well this cake's all for you. - Thank you. - Dig in. - Okay, do I get a fork. - No. - No - No forks, just get in there. We gotta keep a little sadness in there. Yes. (chuckles happily) - It's banana! (upbeat music) - Thank you for this, my
own private birthday cake. Thank you for this goth masterpiece. And I've been stumped. Is that what we say now? I don't know. - I don't know. - Well you don't get stumped.
- I don't know. I don't know what the
point of this show is. (laughs happily) - Well, great job. Awesome. I was hoping would go for it. Happy sad birthday. - Thank you. Bye guys until next time. Thanks again to Fetch Rewards for sponsoring this episode. Fetch is the fastest and easiest way to save money and earn rewards every time you shop at any store. Just download the app and start scanning. Every receipt will earn you
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I love how Kendall is working her way into more of these videos as all-around kitchen whiz and damage control.
The editing.The captions.
The crash-and-burn of the marshmallow (and the consequent taffy related accident).
The awesome on and off-screen work by Kendall.
The sneaky details from Sohla about her book.
The sad childhood story from Sohla.
The super sad version of the happy birthday tune playing in the background.
The introspective voiceover by the narrator (Sawyer?) before the finale.
The absolute goth masterpiece of a cake (bonus points for Andrew's banana-related sadness).
The total trainwreck of the assembly (RIP mop).
The super cool real cake for Andrew at the end (and the problem with the candles).
Gotta hand it to Sohla, u/OliverBabish and the whole BCU crew, folks. This just might be the most appropriate (and sad) way to mark the utter dumpster fire of a year which was 2020.
BRB. This was so sad, I'm gonna go use my tears instead of kosher salt.
I am 100% convinced he only started making other shows just to show off his excellent meme editing skills. But I’m all for it because Sohla is the perfect foil for it.
1) count me as another one who appreciates the cold open. I prefer Andrew's normal interaction with Sohla than Gameshow!Babby's intentionally awkward stiltness.
2) I think the sound is a lot better than earlier episodes.
3) I've always thought Sohla has a bit of mad scientist in her, but here it does get to (cartoonish) villainous mad scientist. From making the cake with banana, the design idea... Love it. It's the kind of prank that deftly treads the line between 'lololol jk' and 'that's mean'
4) and the execution is as tragicomedy as it can be.
5) also I feel like this episode is the best one so far when it comes to juxtaposing Andrew's melancholy with Sohla's cheeriness.
6) the last cake is sweet tho. Awwww.
So I haven't fully watched yet, but wanted to give the feedback that this was the best wheel spin yet! While it has been feeling more natural as the series went on, having Babish and Sohla stand there to spin/talk still feels a bit forced. This episode the wheel spin and result felt really seamless with the rest of the episode. Love to see it! It really feels like y'all are finding your groove with this show.
The second cake should’ve been cilantro-based to really drive home the sadness
I really appreciate how much the prep work Kendall is doing for Sohla and Babish's shows gets mentioned. Y'all are doing this the right way!
“Did anyone notice the PP?”
I chuckled.
Looks like they actually found a way to work in the Sleeping Beauty cake someone requested a while back!