2 ingredient vs 10 ingredient vs 20 ingredient Chocolate Cake

Sometimes you just crave chocolate cake, but does it really matter if you just want that chocolate fix if it's not got as many ingredients? Let's try a 2, 10 and 20 ingredient chocolate cake and compare them to see if it's worth the extra time and cost!
Ingredients:
2 ingredient chocolate cake
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10 ingredient chocolate cake
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20 ingredient chocolate cake
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[@mrbarrylewis]

The recipes are here if you want to give them a go barrylewis.net/recipe/2-vs-10-vs-20-ingredient-chocolate-cake/

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Thanks For this Barry! You always cheer me up!

[@AMPProf]

DAM CHOCOLATE CAKE Vitality Crazy

[@AMPProf]

COOKING with Beer

[@jameswalker4575]

My 2 year old watches you before bed at 19:00, she calls you my Barry… so happy I can watch your stuff and not some daft cartoon. Brilliant content 👍

[@robobrando]

Man who has been sipping on Guinness for breakfast : "I don't know what's wrong with me today!"

[@jules3048]

😂😂😂😂

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Knowing Guniess (but sadly only the overseas version) I absolutely agree that a sip in the cake should work.

[@jokool_aid]

I had to pause and go back as you were putting that 20 ingredient cake into the oven because I immediately though, "Hang on, did he forget the Guinness?" 5 seconds later the "user error" pops up and I'm laughing like crazy. 🤣

[@JulieB328]

I did the same thing!

[@artlovermcg7564]

Yup!

[@GmodPlusWoW]

Honestly, one of my earliest memories was falling asleep face-first into a slice of chocolate cake. And if I had that 20-ingredient triple-decker, I'd probably end up in a choco-coma.

[@StephieDee83]

You should try the Swedish Kladdkaka - sticky chocolate cake. Fairly small amount of ingredients, easy to pull together and super quick prep and bake time. It's a really flat cake, probably flatter than your 2 ingredient one, but it's so gooey, like a ganache almost in the middle with a really fudgy, brownie like texture on the edges. It's fantastic. Bit of whipped cream and some fresh strawberries and it's outstanding.

[@Meea94]

Finns inget godare än en ordentlig kladdkaka!

[@leoscoo6135]

har precis sagt det!

[@dataterminal]

The ready cake mixes tend to have an emulsifier of some sort added to help bind the ingredients. Asda's own brand seems to use soya lecithin. You can get the same effect using a small amount of xanthum gum to your mix.

[@g.r.102]

i loved the very relatable oops Barry !

[@mrbarrylewis]

Gotta keep those bits in!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Hello from Colombia barry! 👏👏🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴 Those chocolate cakes look so good but if you REALLY want decadence please try a colombian tres leches cake! I promise you and the fam will love it

[@mrbarrylewis]

nice idea

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

​@@mrbarrylewishappy You think so

[@YaaLFH]

I'm a fan of tres leches cake but it's not as decadent as the 20 ingredients chocolate cake.

[@BSWVI]

Mrs B could still bake cakes and cupcakes and cater for birthdays & anniversaries, events etc. No business front necessary, and you've already got a perfect kitchen! 🎂🍰🍥

[@Huskel]

I died inside a little watching him pour that beer

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love this elaborate series barry! Suggestion: please do it with pasta! 🍝🍝🍝

[@bobblebardsley]

I'd be interested to know if the 2-ingredient cake would be much improved by layering it with chocolate buttercream like the others. Admittedly that would make it a 3-4 ingredient cake depending on how you made the buttercream. And I do think it's a cheat to call a packet cake mix 'one' ingredient (but I'm not mad about it, I think it works fine as the middle option!). Now I want cake.

[@Sarah-mz4hl]

Sorry, but isn't the 20 ingredients cake just a 15 ingredients cake because a couple of the same ingredients are also used for the buttercream? And even if we consider them separately, still there are at max 18 ingredients...🐸🙈🙈 Sorry but just teasing you here a bit. Absolutely love and adore your videos and I'm so happy to see how far you have come since your very first videos. Such an inspiration that you can build a great life by doing what you are passionate about☺

[@scuba098]

When you said gateaux I thought ghetto… then straight out of Taunton… I need to go to bed 😂 another banger Barry!

[@CricketEngland]

One of the best chocolate cakes I have had and uses regularly is “Wrights chocolate Fudge cake mix” all you do is add oil and water and mix in the packet mix.

[@cathyreed6180]

There’s been a number of times that I have forgotten one thing or another in a cake or a cookie, but it usually happens when I get distracted from them with a phone call or something or when I’m baking and I really don’t wanna be.

[@DylanCataldo]

My dad started an oyster farm in our backyard right in Rhode Island in the US. And he collaborated with a local brewery to make Oyster Stout. I surprisingly enjoyed it!

[@superblaster2]

Hey Barry. I reckon that if you whipped the egg yolks (similar to the egg whites,) folded in the chocolate, THEN the whipped egg whites you'd end up with a much airier and less dense 2 ingredient one.

[@YaaLFH]

@@superblaster2 And not overbake it. Basically make a soufflé.

[@johncrwarner]

I was trying a new microwave cake recipe and forgot to add the milk It came out like a rock cake and that was very literal It was only after I had eaten half, I realised I had forgotten the moisture. So when I made it properly though without the vanilla essence as I didn't have any left it was deliciously spongy and gooey

[@mrbarrylewis]

Good work!

[@Sluetch90]

Bruce , Bruce , Bruce , Bruce!

[@mrbarrylewis]

haha damn I should have talked about that in the video, watched both films, think I prefer the original just

[@Sluetch90]

@@mrbarrylewis You can’t go wrong with originals.

[@SolianaMarindale]

The 2 ingredient chocolate cake is awesome for people allergic to most of grains. To improve it a little bit, you can add butter, cocoa, salt, cane sugar; whip yolks, then mix it with butter+chocolate mix, and at the end mix it again with whipped whites. Make a three-layered cake of it, and it will be awesome (for being eaten with tears of disappointment in eyes as a replacement while watching Barry baking a 20-ingredient chocolate cake). (Just kidding, it's pretty good cake.)

[@lainiegrantman2935]

Thanks Barry, now i want chocolate cake at 11 am ! lol

[@alexdavis5766]

I was already craving chocolate cake but don’t have any and now this video drops 🤤You should try the bbc good food vegan chocolate cake, it’s so good, I’ve had so many none vegans ask for the recipe too

[@mrbarrylewis]

Sounds good!

[@BoblopZmuda]

"let's make the nice cake, first add some coffee to some Guinness" Right he's lost it everyone, it's happened

[@JayFrosting]

You deserve to own eight huge mixing bowls. You’ve earned it.

[@NoniTinystorm]

I would put a counter on screen when doing a larger ingredient count :D That way we can count along.

[@googletakesovertheworld]

I have tried so many chocolate cake recipes and have not found one that tastes as good as a boxed cake with a few changes and homemade icing.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

the good old trick of using a prepared thing from the supermarket, and improving it yourself.

[@Oanjoexterminador]

2 and 20 are my favorites just because I hate cake mix lol. But seriously, the flourless chocolate cake is one of my favorite desserts ever.

[@VamLoveAndKisses]

As someone who started a cake business in lockdown, I can confirm it's fun for a while until you have 2x four layer cakes and 50 cupcakes of different flavours to bake and ice in one weekend 😵‍💫

[@GenialHarryGrout]

For a quick cake fix I do flour, butter, sugar eggs with optional vanilla. Make cake the usual way then pour in to a microwave proof glass bowl, cover with cling film and nuke for about 2 minutes, depending on size and power of microwave. It's basic but it fills a craving

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

sounds like a cup brownie. very simple, very quick.

[@HA05GER]

Before pouring your cake mix put a good dollop of ham or syrup and you've got a nice dessert. The sauce will dribble down once turned out.

[@GenialHarryGrout]

@@HA05GER ham?

[@HA05GER]

@@GenialHarryGrout haha jam 🤣

[@potterendergaming5335]

i think i enjoy eating the cake mix more than the actual cake

[@Anew1008]

I love a good chocolate cake! ❤

[@charli1908]

Would like to see you do the decadent chocolate buttercream from Patisserie Valerie someday. It's our fave but we haven't found a recipe close

[@mrbarrylewis]

Never had it!

[@andrewzach1921]

Some really excellent looking cakes Barry, thanks for the video

[@elainemckay645]

Flourlesss chocolate cake (aka the 2 ingredient cake) is on the menu at fancy restaurants here (Canada) and not cheap! Usually served with icing sugar as you used and maybe a dollop of whipped cream and a berry or two. I guess they use high end chocolate to make it? It is very dense and chocolatey.

[@Briancooks1]

Fun video as always😅😊

[@does_he_avocado]

1am in Australia - Best Notification ever!

[@mrbarrylewis]

Wahey! Nice one, cake before bed lol

[@trudiethomas656]

My favourite chocolate cake recipe i got on the back of a Hershey cocoa box. Then add peanut butter frosting. Try that.

[@sbkpeace.24]

Chocolate cake for days! Literally 😂

[@vMixMasterJayv]

Okay important for anyone using the Mayonese! Hellmenns Squeezy bottle Mayo and other brands of mayo have a flavour that's dialed in by the manufacturer because they are condiments meant to be added directly to a finished dish. If you're cooking something that you dont want the mayo's flavour to be the standout flavour i'd suggest optting for the Hellmenns Jar of mayo instead as it the most nurtual flavoured mayo allowing you to control the flavour better

[@whiterabit]

Love this video idea. I would add an ingredient count on the video with a ting

[@Janokins]

I think mixing and matching is the way to go, maybe combining the whipped egg whites like in an angel food cake with the 20 ingredient one - with the baking powder reacting with the acids from the beer and the mayo - will create new levels of volume.

[@samhenwood5746]

Chocolate cake deliciousness 😋🍫Thanks Barry 🤗

[@DanielKay06]

Ohh those look neat, definitely gonna give those a try some time :D

[@DreamRJ]

Mouth watering, All 3 looked very nice.

[@YaaLFH]

The 2 ingredients cake is actually an overbaked soufflé. You should try real soufflé. The 10 ingredients cake is the everyday cake, I wouldn't use cake mix though - the cheap mixes are cheap because they're stingy with cocoa powder. The 20 ingredients cake is elevated by Guinness and coffee, would be even better if you used better coffee (espresso) and better chocolate than chocolate chips in it - real 70% chocolate, not baking chocolate. Mayonnaise is mainly eggs, oil and vinegar, eggs and oil just enrich the batter, while vinegar reacts with baking powder improving the rise.

[@thecraftylarder6943]

A better two ingredient cake is made by mixing melted ice cream and self raising flour. 👌

[@auntlynnie]

The beauty of the 2-ingredient cake is that it’s easily gluten free! (I have a family member who’s allergic to wheat)

[@andrewmackay4237]

if you want a sweet stout try Saltaire Triple Choc. it won the great British beer festival in 2017 and is one of my faves

[@xRandomSarahx]

The 20 ingredients one definitely looked like Bruce Bogtrotter's cake! No wonder Trunchball loved it so much 😂

[@shelleyedwards1962]

I absolutely love a choc mud cake but my husband hates any kind of chocolate cake except red velvet 🤷‍♀️ 😅

[@waynehough13]

I used the tiers/tears joke in my best man speech and it got a good laugh.. think it depends on the audience 😂

[@acidreflux932]

Thanks Barry baby falls asleep to your videos every night also love the content so win win!!😂

[@robchissy]

it would be good if you wrote a book with all your recipes

[@mrbarrylewis]

I'd try to make them exclusive from the videos though like my previous 2 books

[@Bloodbound89]

If you wanna get something that is moist for days or even weeks , get yourself some sauerkraut and wash it until it isnt sour anymore ,,, blend it up and put it in the cake that stuff keeps the cake moist for daaaaayyyysssss and doesnt taste of anything because you washed it :D

[@notold37]

I actually don't enjoy chocolate cake, I'm a very boring guy who likes vanilla cake, great video Barry, cheers from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺

[@AmeliaBAAA]

Barry it's not in three tiers, it's in three layers? tiers are the separate layered cakes on top of each other

[@Tactical_Hotdog]

Have you tried the caramel coffee Guinness? It's really nice, would be great in a cake.

[@melw7450]

love these

[@lisalouise999]

Maybe you could do a shepherd's pie type one. A mince and onions with mash. Then more like the one you probably make at home now. Then a really gourmet chefy one. Was interesting to see the cakes be so different from each other

[@jenniferlawrence2988]

Guinness is the best for making chocolate stout cake, which I do make from time to time.

[@mrbarrylewis]

Ah nice, yeah i've made one or two, the mayo helps also! This is an old one, but these guinness mousse shots are nice kzbin.info/www/bejne/opq6YoeLjs6GpNk

[@Tiger804]

❤Have you tried _(Death by chocolate cake) we bought it in a hamper a few years back and it was so rich and velvety smooth like eating a sponge cake made from Oreos but without the ganash , and death by chocolate cake has it all its so good. All,3 cakes look amazing but its the 20 ingredient cake i would pick yummy!!!

[@deanc8458]

How’s that for a video idea Barry? Pimp my mix! Whether it’s cake mix, cuppa soups, noodles… use all the hacks!

[@orientalmoons]

Ah I thought you might do that cake mix hack with a can of fizzy drink instead of the packet recipe for the two ingredient one. I think maybe a bit much air was lost when you mixed the egg whites into the two ingredient recipe, it needes to keep more of the air beaten in so more gentle folding was needed at that stage.

[@melissakelly9179]

Barry, the way you poured that pint was criminal 😅

[@1angelofthelight2]

Thanks for cheering me up Barry. However I'm not keen on chocolate cake lol

[@beccasmama63]

my husband's best man made the "even the cake is in tiers" joke but our cake wasn't a tiered cake. LOL

[@jacquespoulemer]

ah the joys of old age. since I cannot have caffeine anymore I make a nice Carob Cake and I use Cocoa Butter which avoids the mean little chemical. But I do make cakes for others.... Cheers Barry, Jim Mexico

[@jacquespoulemer]

hahaha I once forgot to put sugar in a cake so I dragged them out of the oven and stirred it in. Not ideal but it came out fine. the guiness is most of the liquid. I'm keen to see how it works out

[@jacquespoulemer]

In my mania to not waste anything I would have put the odd crumbs on top of the icing in one of the middle layers, but that's my own personal problem hehehe

[@SnailShoes]

So white chocolate cake? Ultimately? That'd be so much better imo. Usual choc cake always feels drying. Even the most moist ones.

[@bliblimama3994]

Mayonnaise is acidic and will react with the baking powder to help the rising. I use just a little vinegar at the last stirring before filling the mould. You don't have any taste afterwards.

[@Thomashorsman]

I probably counted wrong but I saw 14 ingredients, 7 ingredients and 3 ingredients? Would be fun with these sort of challenges if you put a counter on the screen

[@xIDarkSideIx]

Guinness in a cake... 👀👀👀👀

[@TheGrimStoic]

this is literally the last thing my 52-year old out of shape heart needs - so why not, bring it on (nompf nompf nompf)

[@flemishdog]

I can make chocolate cake with 2 ingredients. Chocolate, and cake

[@silvialopez3960]

I miss these kind of videos ❤️

[@rob8155]

Of topic question. Why you still in Mrs B's kitchen? Thought you had built and furnished your own studio/kitchen?

[@THYLOVE.09]

i really want some

[@mrbarrylewis]

I'd go for the 20 ingredient one with the cream cheese icing ideally!

[@THYLOVE.09]

@@mrbarrylewis we as chocolate cake lovers will definitely love the 20 ingredients cake

[@wcorbee]

There’s a chocolate peanut butter stout too.

[@Hennerlipz]

What if you layered all three cakes together?

[@animeartist888]

Should've expected coffee to be added when we're all about ingredient count. Bleck! Just based on that, the 2-ingredient would be the only one I'd even taste. That said, I might try that cream cheese icing.

[@shawnmichajluk2044]

Suggest three ingredients instead of two. Make a ganache using melted chocolate and heavy cream.

[@MagdaH97]

I hate "recipes" that use boxed mixes as if those are universally available and not prohibitively expensive

[@twocvbloke]

Been a long time since I had Guinness, we don't get the good stuff though, just the "cost effective" stuff that is not as up to scratch as what you'd get across the Irish sea... :P

[@kyrastube]

You should try to do a kladdkaka. Swedish classic

[@salemswhich6668]

Hey Barry where did you get your cake tins from please I need some new ones and they look really good ones

[@ChilleUK]

I had some nut free hot fudge cake at a restaurant recently was so good

[@mrbarrylewis]

Sounds good!

[@dale20031]

could you add guiness to a box cake mix?

[@emmaponymous]

I completely accepted that the Guinness reacted with the other ingredients to make a really thick batter 😅

[@TheSykoRC]

"I want that cake!"

[@mathboy1066]

Nice video mate

[@fedzciulla]

Not that it really matters, but I counted 9 ingredients (and one reused) for the 10 ingredients cake and 17 (and two of them reused) for the 20 one. Did I miscount? 🤔

[@fedzciulla]

Ok, some ingredients had been added off camera. Now I can relax 😀

[@TuneTamasha]

id eat all of them at once!

[@nathanholland8812]

I actually prefer cakes like the 2-ingredient one, not over fond of icing

[@emzraven666]

Your 20 ingredients cale only had 14 ingredients lol. I'm guessing you counted some of them twice if they went in the frosting too? I think that would take it to 26 or 17 ingredients though. Looks stonking though!! I can't believe how cake like the 2 ingredient cake looked!

[@ShikiKiryu]

This makes me want to see a Great Barshens Bake Off with Stuart, Eil and Paul, maybe cousin Dan all having to make their own cakes that you judge because you entering would be cheating. Dunno if the Big London Bake place is still available to film in.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

I made chocolate cake before. But I'm lazy. So just flour, water, sugar, oil, chocolate and a raising agent. I'm even lazy enough to use oil instead of butter, because it's already liquid. But if I want to be fancy, I add some flavouring. Orange, butter-vanilla, and almond go well with it. But obviously not all together.

[@StephieDee83]

Not the Cretty Bocker cake mix price slander?! haha.

[@Knucells]

I think it's time to make a chocolate omelette. It sounds terrible but it could work? 😂

[@mad3eam]

Is it 20 ingredients if the filling have the same ingredients as the cake?

[@gablison]

why not? it works. Dylan Hollis did a ketchup cake and it's good.