I'm literally so obsessed with this show and it's like the only thing I've been watching for the last like two weeks lmao

Made this cake last night! Used hazelnuts instead of almonds because It's all I had. As well as vanilla extract instead of almond. Let me tell you, this is legit the best cake Ive ever made or had. I've finally found a cake that satisfies my chocolate cake dreams. Thanks Jamie for the great video!

I love making this cake for parties--people lose their *minds* over how good it is :) Two tips: (1) Almond flour in place of the pulverized almonds=much less futzing about; (2) Re. melting the chocolate: Get the water hot (but not boiling), and have the chocolate and rum/coffee ready in a heatproof bowl. As soon as the water is simmering, *take it off the heat* and put the chocolate container over the water. Leave it for ten minutes, the residual heat will do the work for you. Stir with a small whisk to combine and go ahead. LOVE this channel! Thank you so much!

Always read the entire recipe before you start! I remember watching Julia make this 56 years ago (or close to that) on her show. Yours looks exactly like Julia's! She poured her frosting on the cake as she held it over the sink. Wish I could find that episode, for some reason it mesmerized me. I need to make it soon. Great job, luv ya!

to make cake flour, which is a low protein flour, You sift and level one cup of all purpose flour, then take out two Tablespoons of that flour, replacing it with corn starch.

This was the dessert I made when I got my JC book. I almost had a nervous breakdown. Swore I’d never make it again. But seeing you do it makes me want to try again. Lol. Thank you!

I made this cake about four times already. Once you get it right, it will be best chocolate cake you ever eaten. I used almond flour, not going through that extra headache of pulverizing it.

The second time I made this cake, I got the almonds ready first. My parents came over for my daughter's birthday and the 5 of us ate the entire cake. Best cake ever. Thanks Julia.

I remember my mother making this cake. (My mother also learned to cook with this book and tv show) First shot, she had the same almond flour/not reading ahead issue. The following making she did it correctly, it was a bit higher and lighter, and the family decided it was better the wrong way.

Great episode! I admit I felt some anticipatory nostalgia-I’ll miss the Silver Fox and this kitchen. 😘

I know this comment is a year late, but to clarify, Sheba is a kingdom that was referenced in both the Old Testament and the Quran, which was supposedly ruled by a powerful queen. Whilst archaeologists aren't sure where Sheba supposedly was, it's generally agreed to be somewhere either on the Horn of Africa or Arabia (she was often referred to as coming from the south). The most common story involving her involves her gifting enormous amounts of gold and spices to King Solomon, and in turn, tested his wisdom. The retort "And I'm the Queen of England" or "And I'm the King of France!" was originally "And I'm the Queen of Sheba." The cake is likely named after her because of how luxurious it is, and its use of almonds.

Your thumbnail is so funny. You’re looking at her like, “Why are you laughing. You make me go through hell to make these recipes.” 😂

😂😂 "... There's cold water on my salad bowl" 😂 hilarious! Just discover this channel and honestly can't stop watching the episodes!! Great job!! 👏🏻

Your channel was a serendipitous find.. I love your trial and error, we’ve all forgotten steps in our cooking.. so entertaining.

Hi! I'm french and i went to hotel managment school to learn cooking etc, i really enjoy ypur videos! If i can just suggest you few things : First when you go for a recipe, read it completly before ypu start it, so ypu will have a better idea of what you should do first and manage your time. Second : for the icing, ypu shpuld let your cake on the rack, placing a large plate under it, so all the icing id going to fall over the cake, the rest will go on the plate and your icing will be perfect, same thickness from the top to the edges :-) Please keep on that way i love what you are doing!

Thank God Almond flour can now be purchased in the store.

Jamie moves apartments like he’s staying one step ahead of the food police!

I'm obsessed as well! I started at the beginning Jamie Tracy and stayed up until about 3 or 4am until I passed out and then dreamed Jamie was cooking for me! Lol

He is so cute!

I agree with the previous comment: I tune in everyday now. As long as we are able to watch only two, we are not addicted. Well, give or take two or three....

I first made this cake about 40 years ago. It was the first non-box cake that I was successful in preparing. Until then all my cakes from recipes did not work well.

You are awesome! I love these Julia and Jaime challenge. Please do more. Love these because we learn so much from technique and cooking. You do an awesome job describing the steps as she does. Please do more!

I admire your precision and patience and a dash of swag! 👍

Happy move! New places and new adventures are always chaotically exciting.

Oh yum, I can see why you both enjoy it. I especially loved the Julia noise you made when the first almond escaped. Looks totally my kind of cake, thanks for sharing 🤩

i love how easy it looks to make!! great job jaime!!

Made this cake many times...a favourite forever !!!

I feel like it's been forever seen I've watched one of your recipe! I loved this video!

I’ve made this cake three times already, but with rum, which makes it taste very...vintage? 😂 Makes me think of the pastries we used to eat at my grandma’s when I was a child...love it! I have to give it another go with the coffee, as well! Great job!

Dude, put a tsp of sugar in the almonds as your pulverize them. That way they don't stick or clump and pulverize finer but not like the consistency of almond flour. I use chocolate liquor in the frosting and it truly melts people's butter.

Little dab of icing on the plate before turning out the cake on it will help it stay in place.

Nice job Jamie...looked like a very appetizing desert!

I made this last night and it was amazing! Thanks!

Just made this and it was amazing. Your video was a big help. Thank you.

I’ve always wanted to make this. I’m now inspired.

Queen of Sheba cake is a personal favorite, and I only ever make it at Christmas. I found it to be an easy, if involved, recipe, that delights all who eat it. I've always made it using coffee or espresso, and it's one of the easiest cakes to make gluten free, swapping out the wheat flour for oat flour, which can be easily made blending rolled oats in a blender. No one has ever noticed a difference in flavor or texture. I don't believe I'll ever try to make a dairy free version, simply because the sheer volume of butter involved (I usually make the chocolate by mixing cocoa powder into melted butter with sugar) would drastically alter the cake.

I just made this today and it was soooo good! Not too difficult either. I will be making this amazing cake again!

Good channel! Very entertaining, and great recipe. I look forward to seeing more videos.

This cake looks and sounds amaze-balls

It's really easy to make cake flour. For every cup of flour add 1-2 tablespoons cornstarch.

the difference in baking time may be due to the all-purpose flour. I've substituted cake flour into recipes and found they take much longer to be done. you really demonstrate the beauty of The Art of French Cooking and it's appeal to Americans, wow I can make something so beautiful in my own kitchen!

I LOVE THIS CAKE! Good job, dude!

looks delicious!

Super episode!!! 😊

I love the size of the slice you took! My kind of slice.

That looked amazing! Great video!

This cake looks delectable! Definitely putting this in my 'stuff to cook' playlist :) I love love LOVE almond extract, it smells soo good I just wanna dab it all over so I can smell it all day heh I made a cherry pie one time that called for almond extract, I remember being very dubious but the recipe said it was a blue ribbon winner so I trusted it and was so shocked at what that tiny bit of almond extract did for the overall pie!

I hope you both arrived safely at your mystery destination and have access to everything you need to continue 👏

OK. The I need a Bowl Thing. 1:09 Cracks Me UP.

thanks really enjoy your videos

I never, ever, see anyone make chocolate frosting the way my mother taught me 60 years. Melt butter, add cocoa powder and powdered sugar, thin with leftover coffee. It's so easy and it makes a great frosting. She also made other frostings, but that was the only one I learned.

You've come a very long way since your first video with green pancakes.

Your killing me I get really stressed 😫 out your so chill x

Looks delicious

Dude, I’m sure you’ve already done this but you need to get one of the self scraping paddles for the silver Fox. It’s the bomb! Make sure you get the right size for your bowl though.

I love your videos!

That looks yummy.

Ok you and I could be twins… that “uh oh” moment when you forget something.. or over whip! I just made this cake last night! I cooked it for 25 min and it was overdone. I then re read the directions and although it said 350 for 25 it also ready check it at 20. Grrr… I’m going in again!!!

Your cake looks beautiful

One episode it calls for all purpose flour and all you have is cake flour, then next episode it’s the opposite which is why we love you!!

LOL - you sounded like Julia when you skinned the almond! (4:01) Nice job!

I bet it's awesome with almond liqueur

Always wrap you cake completely in Saran Wrap before putting in the refrigerator because the refrigerator will dry it very quickly. I tend to prefer the freezer. And almond flour you buy in the store is much easier than making it yourself. Almond flour makes a denser, flatter cake like you have here.

That was the first non-box cake that I made that turned out well.

Jamie - big difference between Cake flour and all-purpose flour. Cake flour has self-rising elements like baking powder in it already. Europeans bake with it more than North Americans but you can make your own cake flour by adding baking powder and maybe baking soda also. The recipe is all over the internet. That's probably why your cake was so low.

LMGAO .. that little hoot he did at 4:07 when the almond slipped outta the skin .. i love this one!

You can substitute all-purpose flour for cake flour by removing (some amount) of all-purpose flour. There are substitution guides on the interwebs.

Oh, but you have tried to make Boca Negra from "Baking with Julia"? C'est fantastique!

Hi, Jamie - I love this episode. I’ve thought about making this cake since I first saw it, several months ago. I will say, cooking directly from Mastering, Vol I, I found Julia’s doneness tests… unhelpful. Baking at 335° fan, I checked it at 22 min, and reset the timer for four additional minutes. Ticked all the boxes: slightly puffed, toothpick at the edge came out clean, and toothpick in the center came out a little oily. Let it cool ten minutes, flipped it out on a rack, and the cake collapsed. I left it to cool, hoping to repair it later. When I tried to flip it onto a plate an hour later, I found a sizable portion of the cake had fallen through the cooling rack. I scraped it up and put it back on top, then returned it to the oven for about ten minutes. It looked like crap, but I iced and decorated it. The only person coming for dinner was a friend I’ve cooked many hundreds of meals for. One cake wasn’t going to ruin my reputation with him. So the verdict was that whatever it looked like, it’s a truly exquisite chocolate cake. The next one will be prettier. Thanks, Jamie, for all you do! ❤

AP flour in place of cake flour always makes that “density” difference. It’s the amount of protein in the flour.

Try it with clotted cream for maximum indulgence.

Jamie darling no need to melt chocolate over boiling water. That’s one reason it seizes up. ❤️❤️❤️

Jamie I’m not sure if you ever have but would you try some traditional Hispanic dishes?

Love the apron! where's it from?

nice

Hey Jamie, are happy to be back in Canada?

good video 👍

cooking takes care and attention

READ ENTIRE RECIPE THOROUGHLY FIRST! Make notes, lists if necessary! Makes life in the kitchen so much easier.

The first time I made this I used a recipe from a book all about chocolate. Even as I was making it, I thought, "This is all wrong. It's going to taste awful. " It was awful. My family who generally loves my cooking, but will gamely eat even my fails, couldn't eat this thing. Not one to give up easily, I looked of a Julia Child version of this recipe. Immediately, I saw things that put the previous disaster into perspective. I made Julia's and it was legit the best chocolate cake I have ever had. Now, if a recipe in the Chocolate book looks enticing, I check the details against another source and if they are different, I always go with the other source. I just don't trust that book anymore. I don't know if they just forgot an ingredient, or if they realky thought it was better.... That said, this cake is basically the world's best brownie.

OK YA. NICE.

LMAO the noise you make at 4:06 sounds just like Julia. Help, help, hellllp lmao.

I wonder if using decaf coffee would be okay? I’ve used coffee in cakes before and it kept me up all night if I ate it in the evening.

Almond nightmare, but good ending

Add and syft backing soda to make all purpose basically cake flour. Just a trick to rember for next time... Google that shit for measurements tho I have no idea I just rember it from cooking shoes

Why is the rum always gone?

I thought you sold Silver Fox. ps: I have a name for mixer. His name is Copper. You can buy almond flour from blanched almonds.

Oh my god the one ingredient you don't add a pinch for good luck is almond extract IM DEAD

that one almond that fell at 6:45 like ✌🏽✌🏽

👍 53 you rock. From your almost guelphinite friend

how big is the cake form?

4:06 FUNNY

I thought u got rid of silver fox????

"If you follow the recipe exactly, this is what you're going to get." (earlier) I don't have rum, my almond flour is a bit chunkier, I don't have cake flour, the egg whites have been sitting for far too long... ;-)

Those almonds were slippery little buggers, huh? lol

The silver fox is still there

Délicieux! Mercii pour la recette!👌🏻 Like +1 👍 Subscribers +1🔔

Ok, all I'm thinking of is the Julie and Julia movie. Anyone else?

Can't we just use already made almond flour?

Can you taste the Coffee?