Giant Jiggly Castella Cake | Anything with Alvin

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4 ай бұрын

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Watch us make this gigantic, extra-jiggly castella cake (and some other stuff along the way).
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@KazeMemaryu 3 ай бұрын

I can only imagine Alvin walking up to Andrew, head hung down, asking if he can have 54 more eggs... twice.

@lizzzlouise 3 ай бұрын

😂

@SammyNail 3 ай бұрын

3 times!

@shadesofblack89 3 ай бұрын

I give Alvin credit for not wasting food. This food experiment couldn't have been cheap.

@notaword1136 3 ай бұрын

I may or may not have read this wrong and imagined Andrew hanging from the ceiling like a vampire with a giant pile of eggs underneath him... In my defense it is 2am

@collinfant5146 3 ай бұрын

Thrice

@taylorredlinger9878 3 ай бұрын

There's an army of chickens out there ready to declare war.

@caskaz1om 3 ай бұрын

The babish kitchen is the leading cause of the recent rise in egg cost

@Doommaker89 3 ай бұрын

I think Australians did something similar to the emus. We know how that might end up :D

@collinball7443 3 ай бұрын

It’s like Gaston’s impact on the French egg economy all over again

@aquadraco20 3 ай бұрын

Chickens will lay them anyway, whether they get used for cooking or not. They'd eat them themselves if they could.

@cabbage-soup 3 ай бұрын

only in alabama are eggs sold as whole chickens

@erica9443 3 ай бұрын

I really like that the babish team keeps mistakes in the video, like the egg whites that didn't fluff up, and that they made extra desserts with the leftover eggs!!

@K0wface 3 ай бұрын

Agreed.

@christyb6916 3 ай бұрын

YES! its so refreshing to see that even the professionals make mistakes, and that those mistakes can be salvaged into something and dont have to be trash!

@0-Kirby-0 3 ай бұрын

It does feel a little silly they didn't point out how risky it is to separate all eggs from one big bowl. Even a small amount of egg yolk can keep egg white from fluffing, that's why people do them one-at-a-time.

@Stipopedia 3 ай бұрын

It also teaches people how imporant it is to be really careful with some of those steps.

@coolcycles 3 ай бұрын

They got to do it, as long as they keep Alvin in.

@doctoreplay 3 ай бұрын

“Remember, it’s ok to get a little bit of white in the yolks, but never a little bit of yolk in the whites” - Chef John (I think)

@funakfunak2740 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, does not take a lot of yolk to make whites unwhippable

@HiddenWindshield 3 ай бұрын

Surely you're yolking!

@Smithers888 3 ай бұрын

@@HiddenWindshield I dunno, that sounds white to me.

@Kannamoris 3 ай бұрын

Chef John is the alpha and omega of foodtubers.

@rosie2292 3 ай бұрын

@@Smithers888 your confidence is eggcellent!

@flammablewater1755 3 ай бұрын

If you have leftover castella cake, you can fry slices of it in some butter and it basically turns into instant french toast.

@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 3 ай бұрын

That sounds amazing. Maybe add some cinnamon with it as well.

@wolfieswap 3 ай бұрын

The way my heart dropped when i saw the yolks break 😭

@Anita_Chen 3 ай бұрын

For real! I was like "He's not gonna use that for meringue, is he? That's way too much yolk mixed in... Hmm... well, maybe he won't be doing that and it'll be fine...?" Lo and behold... 🙃

@schmecklin377 3 ай бұрын

yeah i dont think cracking them all into a big bowl then separating is the move

@XavierTheNeonTiger 3 ай бұрын

Flashbacks to 10yr old me 'ruining' 5 eggs worth of whites when one yolk immediately broke into the bowl. You learn pretty early to transfer your clean whites to another bowl between cracks.

@JetstreamGW 3 ай бұрын

@@schmecklin377I reckon this is why Cakes by MK uses three bowls for egg separation :P

@KairuHakubi 3 ай бұрын

@@XavierTheNeonTiger yeah Alton Brown used a little 'quarantine bowl' to catch each white before moving it to the big bowl. though he loves using extra bowls. Basically the lesson here is, if you don't want to ruin _grosses_ of eggs, study, pay attention, and look up "things that can go wrong while baking X" beforehand.

@danir9289 3 ай бұрын

"the cake was not done baking yet" Understatement of the year! Beautiful episode

@ARabidPie 3 ай бұрын

And I'm just sitting here thinking: "They could have checked that with the toothpick test..."

@kalliste01 3 ай бұрын

@@ARabidPie They did. You see a skewer (or maybe it's a knife) go in and come out fine at 8:40

@EvelynnNystrom 3 ай бұрын

Can we please talk about how normal it is for this channel to make mistakes, use them for the audience to learn, AND not waste as much food as possible? Like that's such an easy thing to cut out and they just don't and it's so cool

@Eulangelo 3 ай бұрын

Literally all the food they say they bring home will go into the trash as soon as they turn the cameras off but keep telling yourself that

@EvelynnNystrom 3 ай бұрын

@@Eulangelo wow! your life must be very sad!!

@sweetgrassOW 3 ай бұрын

@ you can literally watch him pack food away into carry-out containers multiple times throughout the video... what are you on my guy

@fluffernutter6633 3 ай бұрын

@@Eulangelo Just because you're an incredibly wasteful person doesn't mean everyone else is.

@Smithers888 3 ай бұрын

I love that they keep the mistakes in the video (because mistakes are human and we need to normalise that as a society) and also show how to find the silver lining in the cloud (pun intended).

@razorsitch9882 3 ай бұрын

Babish crew: Goes to store Babish Crew to store staff: Eggs please Store Staff: How many? Babish Crew: Yes.

@RichCsigs 3 ай бұрын

Babish in his best Ron Swanson, "Wait. I'm worried that what you heard was 'Give me a lot of eggs.' What I said was, 'Give me ALL the eggs you have.' Do you understand?"

@MerikRelian 3 ай бұрын

@@RichCsigs "Please and thank you."

@DaDragon555 3 ай бұрын

Babish Crew singlehandedly responsible for the rise in egg prices

@OhioUltimate979 3 ай бұрын

Goodness, the Babish chaos factor was present in the kitchen for this one.

@FarFromtheSuns 3 ай бұрын

Almost makes you wonder if Andrew was rolling through sabotaging things Dropping egg yolks into the whites when nobody is looking, turning down the oven, resetting timers.

@OhioUltimate979 3 ай бұрын

@@FarFromtheSuns I want to believe that so bad. I want it with bodycam footage.

@andreiareis1301 3 ай бұрын

About the origin of this kind of cakes... It seems that they were created in old monasteries in Portugal. Later the recipe was brought to Japan in the XVI century during the discovery age. We call it "pão de ló".

@lucinae8510 3 ай бұрын

Was it named after Castile, because Portugal at time was part of the Iberian Union?

@didioriol 3 ай бұрын

@@lucinae8510 nah, the name comes from "claras em castelo", which is the way the egg whites are beaten

@borismuller86 3 ай бұрын

That explains why they’re so popular in Nagasaki.

@Xalerdane 2 ай бұрын

I think most baked goods in Japan were introduced by the Portuguese.

@MissingRaptor 3 ай бұрын

I absolutely hate food waste so every time you guys say that the extra is being taken home by the crew and you make something new with the leftover ingredients, I am filled with delight 💖

@Onyxkokoro96 3 ай бұрын

So many fails but I love Alvin for including them 💛😊 homie is a kitchen improv genius

@Tikuros 3 ай бұрын

With the egg prices I heard in the US, this might be the most expensive project in the history of the Babish Culinary Universe :D

@ItsJustLisa 3 ай бұрын

About $3.25 per dozen for large eggs in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota where I am.

@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 3 ай бұрын

Nah, I would say Babish's video for Red Dead Redemption II would probably be more expensive since he made a stew using multiple meats, including bear meat, which isn't common and probably is expensive. Sadly, the gaminess of the bear ruined the whole dish because it overwhelmed everything else 😅. But Babish got fully into character and actually went out into the woods, even putting on a western accent, lol. Really fun episode (please don't ask me to find it, it was years ago).

@lorensolomon1419 2 ай бұрын

8$ for 60 eggs in the Midwest

@maromania7 18 күн бұрын

Egg prices have slowly returned to normal in most areas. About $1.50 per dozen where I live.

@NOGRIZZGUY 3 ай бұрын

they used half the cities egg supply for this video

@sparkax 3 ай бұрын

All the shout outs to Rachel, the real MVP of the Babish Team!!!!

@racheldolfi6533 3 ай бұрын

❤️❤️❤️❤️ team effort always!!

@chazjohannsen 3 ай бұрын

I’d like to see the behind the scenes of this episode, like a BOTCHED BY BABISH style.

@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 3 ай бұрын

I second this!

@vampgoosh 3 ай бұрын

accidents with alvin

@p0larb3arzer0s 3 ай бұрын

I love how this devolved into making many desserts out of the scraps.

@larryscott9583 3 ай бұрын

Shoutout to Alvin, who is just so entertaining and such a value add to this channel - Babs is lucky to have him.

@squiddy1132 3 ай бұрын

A beautiful and messy baking journey, very inspiring

@K0wface 3 ай бұрын

If they bake and make mistakes you can too!

@colinperry8923 3 ай бұрын

Can’t make a cake without cracking cracking 54 eggs. I’d be lying if I say I didn’t enjoy the multiple attempts. Bravo.👏🏽

@RDB93 3 ай бұрын

12:38 The final product reminds me of that succulent loaf of bread Aladdin and Abu share with those kids in the alley 😂

@KrisKrisKrissy 3 ай бұрын

I really love seeing the mistakes. And the side projects to make sure nothing gets wasted.

@Aiodiam 3 ай бұрын

I think every baker out there professional or not, has had a day were just nothing seems to be going right. Refreshing to see it, great job team!

@henrygutierrez3243 3 ай бұрын

I'm honestly kinda more invested in the flan than the jiggly cake. Really wanna see how that turns out!

@racheldolfi6533 3 ай бұрын

The flan was AMAZING

@sarahwatts7152 3 ай бұрын

Spiritually speaking, working here on Alvin's filming days must feel like the chocolate factory scene from I Love Lucy

@matteopinamonti1867 3 ай бұрын

"Anything with Alvin" truer than ever, since this time he actually made anything and everything at the same time XD

@RasMatti 3 ай бұрын

"a little vanilla" - dumps the rest of the bottle 🤣😂

@lerneanlion 3 ай бұрын

Castella cake seemed to be the best cake for me since it has no cream involved whatsoever. So thank for baking this cake, Alvin and the crew!

@rocketbooste 3 ай бұрын

Amazing episode. Not only did you show off all the trial and error, but you also turned those errors into other treats (and errors)

@DefconMaster 3 ай бұрын

I love how Alvin always manages to turn his scraps and mistakes into snacks for the whole crew

@Kiwifluffs 3 ай бұрын

Babish crew is going to have enough dessert after this episode for the next two weeks! xD

@wtfjackaboy 3 ай бұрын

It’s always nice to see how this channel ensures no food goes to waste. Food wastage is one of my biggest pet peeves as someone who’s experienced a lot of food insecurity (and still does) so it’s a relief to come here and not have to worry about food being unnecessarily chucked away like I unfortunately see in a lot of cooking videos.

@kerseyHarding 3 ай бұрын

I really appreciate you guys showing how to use scraps and mistakes to decrease food waste

@jaywizardess 3 ай бұрын

I absolutely love this episode. The mistakes are on camera and just lovely. Shows that everything doesnt always go to plan!

@preparetotakeaim66 3 ай бұрын

I feel like a better title is "Giant Jiggly Castella Cake (and several side quests)"

@00Resev 3 ай бұрын

FYI. Castella's original recipe come from the Portuguese traders when they first visited Japan in the 16th century. In Portugal, the cake is called "Pão de Ló". Its a very common cake here. Can be made in a few different ways, but by and large its a rather simple and unimpressive sponge cake. Its also, as far as i can tell, not originally from Portugal, as the same base recipe or some slight variations could be found throughout Europe.

@pedrolycus 3 ай бұрын

Once my mom messed up a Pudim (brazilian pudding). The taste was amazing but the consistency wasn't. She made ice cream with it, the best homemade ice cream I've ever tasted. Never tasted it again because she never missed a Pudim again. Maybe next time you could make ice cream out of a mistake :)

@potatoesindrag4095 3 ай бұрын

Babish supplying the egg farms with yearly profits. Great video.

@ninac4815 3 ай бұрын

in this episode they cracked 164 eggs and somehow managed to use all of them that’s fantastic

@bt4637 3 ай бұрын

That overcooked flan is looks like a combo of clotted cream and dulce de leches. Which sounds delicious tbh

@titytitmk2738 3 ай бұрын

the local store must have thought you were feeding an army with the amount of milk, condensed milk, evaporated milk and eggs you must have bought for this.

@jeremymcguire8186 3 ай бұрын

The first time I ever heard of a castella cake was from samurai champloo and I've wanted one ever since

@justme3457 3 ай бұрын

I can finally live my dream of eating memory foam

@fsociety.dat101 3 ай бұрын

Andrew's voice is calming. Alvin's just makes you sleepy and slightly irritated.

@HailTheRegent 3 ай бұрын

_jiggly_

@IncapableLP 3 ай бұрын

_cake_

@bastimixacoustic3958 3 ай бұрын

Welcome to Botched by Alvin^^ Seriously though, I like it when they include their mistakes.

@chippeswe 3 ай бұрын

Its so amazing that Alvin gets to continue the big foods here, like in the olden days 🤪🥰

@danielsantiagourtado3430 3 ай бұрын

Jiggly! The best kind of cake! 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤

@StarCrusher. 3 ай бұрын

oh yeah😏

@krissy5445 3 ай бұрын

I love how you show what you're doing with the mistakes and leftovers. Changing plans when things don't go exactly right is a very useful skill in the kitchen

@pinstripeowl 3 ай бұрын

These were great - and i love the different iterations, it made the video feel so much realer in terms of learning

@everettehungerford2858 3 ай бұрын

The slow, calm, complete chaos that is this show is wonderful.

@springdude1165 3 ай бұрын

Now THAT'S an eye catching thumbnail

@joscreen3252 2 ай бұрын

I love the Alvin episodes so much! Not only do we get the mistakes but also ways to repurpose them.

@BrokenSoul79x 3 ай бұрын

the texture of the chocolate cake looks absolutelly amazing

@reddy272 3 ай бұрын

Episodes like this are so much more interesting to me. It's cool seeing people try different things, adjust, research, and try again. And thank you for not throwing away 108 eggs.

@Cats-TM 3 ай бұрын

Glad you show using of the leftovers, one of my favourite parts of your serieses.

@Memetic_BB 3 ай бұрын

In this episode, the BWB team empties a chicken farm of their entire stock.

@hasaniennis442 3 ай бұрын

I like how they try to cheat the recipe and it fails; then when they do it right it's so satisfying 😊

@blade2718 3 ай бұрын

Love that you rescued as much as you could.

@harutran4703 3 ай бұрын

honestly as much as I love watching these videos, my heart hurts seeing all the eggs wasted in the underbaked castella cake 🥺 I'm perfectly fine with watching videos without Alvin having to make everything GIGANTIC in order to minimize food waste 😭

@owen9510 3 ай бұрын

I love this series. I really enjoy watching Alvin try these things out.

@angyeliz 3 ай бұрын

Glad to see that even pros struggle with baking fails! Thanks for keeping honest.

@aime7035 2 ай бұрын

i would've cried with so much going wrong- and yet, you guys made everything work! thank you for not letting anything going to waste and for sharing your learning process with us!

@Kabbijcakes 3 ай бұрын

I’ve come to love the random side dishes Alvin makes along the way sometimes.

@BigPeteNasty 3 ай бұрын

This episode is absolute chaos and I am HERE for it.

@willromancini 3 ай бұрын

Literally Anything with Alvin. Get one recipe and transform it into anything

@butrfli777 Ай бұрын

I so appreciate you guys sharing your mistakes!!! We're learning along with you guys!!

@xXCUSHBEASTXx 3 ай бұрын

That was a wonderful video. The resiliency of this chef scientist is unmatched. Bravo!

@bobzmuda3456 3 ай бұрын

what a phenomenally chaotic episode

@ASV9399 3 ай бұрын

That was one rollercoaster of an episode....

@lukasschrauber 24 күн бұрын

50% of the time I am happy to see a new BCU video and only then realise it is an Alvin video. Can we give that man his own channel? I am here only for Andrew.

@lucaslegz 3 ай бұрын

I absolutely love that you show the mistakes.

@lauralittlemark4079 3 ай бұрын

oh gosh, I love it! And I really love all the mistakes made in the making, it was absolutely fun!

@PinkieOats 3 ай бұрын

Dungeon Meshi when??? The veggie tart with the red pepper crust please!

@kccccccc 3 ай бұрын

This video makes me feel better about all the mistakes I’ve made in my life.

@PeppyDoABarrelRoll 3 ай бұрын

Just loving the fact that everyone gets cake to take home like a celebration.

@constancep7632 3 ай бұрын

So many misadventures! I wish I could have been there to nibble on all of these!

@LilCatSillyTheSillyOne 3 ай бұрын

I remember watching Alvin on Tasty. His vids where honestly my favorite to the point where I really only watched those ones. Its so nice to see him thriving here doing still those kinds of vidoes he enjoys!

@patricklopez1799 3 ай бұрын

Alvin's narration is a DELIGHT

@lokuzt 3 ай бұрын

the final result looks like my old pillow

@a.r.beckert4909 3 ай бұрын

Loved this even more than when everything goes smoothly

@FabulousKilljoy917 3 ай бұрын

Fun fact (courtesy of max miller) castella cake came to east asia via the Portuguese, along with tempura

@raghnall847 3 ай бұрын

Finally, I can make the viral cake

@Virtual01Gamer 3 ай бұрын

I used to watch this channel for babish voice overs and the amazing food he has cooked. miss you babish.

@brianahawkins8124 3 ай бұрын

Have you every tried cooking Ponyo's Milk Tea & Ramen noodles?

@cassiedlp847 3 ай бұрын

This is the most chaotic video so far 🤣🤣🤣

@brandimullins8813 2 ай бұрын

OK that first castella cake may have been a bust but can we stop to appreciate how Alvin was able to FLIP IT UPSIDE DOWN WITHOUT MAKING A MESS BEFORE IT BURST INTO GOO