Baking a Cake in 1805 SUCKS

[@EarlyAmerican]

Do you really want to try this at home? OK! Here is the translated recipe, converted from the original which you can always find at the end of the video ^_^. Thank you for watching! "To make a rich Seed-Cake called the Nun's Cake" - The Art of Cookery, 1805 2 cups flour 3/4 cup sugar 3 whole eggs + 2 yolks A little over 1 cup of softened butter (1 & 1/8 cup) 2 tablespoons of caraway seeds 1 tablespoon of cinnamon OR 1 tsp of cinnamon extract (extract is what the original recipe calls for) A dash of rose water, to taste In a mixing bowl combine your flour, sugar, cinnamon and caraway seeds. Separately whisk your whole eggs & egg yolks then strain through a fine mesh strainer (random fact - mesh strainers in this time were made with horse hair!). In another bowl now mash the butter with your hands till it is soft and has the appearance of cream. Into this add your strained eggs and blend well with rose water. Pour half of your wet ingredients into your flour mixture and work well before adding in the remaining half. If using your hands or a spoon blend for 2 HOURS. If using an electric mixture mix for half an hour on a medium speed. If your batter seems to be dry add more rose water or milk to moisten. Pour into a well buttered mold and bake at 300 degrees for 2-3 hours depending on the size of the mold. Once the top has cracked and a toothpick comes out clean it is done. *Now, sometimes flour in the early 1800s had a higher moisture content than today's flour. Because of that this recipet calls for you to dry it before a fire. This is not required when using modern processed flour. *The original receipt asks you to mix it for 2 hours with your hands, not a spoon. Isn't that just lovely?

[@Old_Time_Saint]

Thank you for explaining that! I was wondering why you would do that.

[@EarlyAmerican]

By the way. 2 hours.

[@StephanieCarlin-x7n]

Justine, where do you buy your silver dinner plates from? Can you please share info? I see them in your videos and I love them! I've been looking for some for the longest time.

[@elocin8200]

😂

[@vancesenter4766]

I think I'd have tossed the book in the fire!

[@CapricornNJ]

A Nun's Cake.....because after beating it for two hours, you'll want none of it!

[@misachitachibana7214]

That makes heck of a lot of sense...well that and the fact the cake will truly be a nun, untouched.

[@Cejusnhy7643]

😂🤭​@@misachitachibana7214

[@c.c.andmeowth5817]

That’s awesome lol

[@MotherlyEssence]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@LauraAndDonsConcentricCircles]

I had a nun named Sister Anastasia-she could beat that cake batter single-handedly while simultaneously instructing Physical Ed and running track with us blowing a whistle.

[@tomr3422]

"no trees were harmed in the making of this video" That was a professional stunt tree.

[@EarlyAmerican]

Don't worry I later went out and apologized to the tree.

[@DMS-pq8]

Tree abuse is not something to make light of

[@tomr3422]

@@DMS-pq8 I have been appropriately admonished - thank you

[@reidparker1848]

Haha!

[@beckypennington79]

Thanks for letting us enjoy your videos. Also we just got your Christmas card last week, thanks Justine and Ron so much. Such a personal touch ❤

[@LisaG442]

My grandmother said as the eldest of 11 kids it fell to her to bake the family bread every day. “ I’d make bread till my arms fell off and the buggers would eat it all and I’d have to begin again “

[@Sandra-vg1jn]

My mother (b. 1923, d. 2016) was the eldest child and had to bake biscuits every morning. This was in the South, and they took biscuits to school. Her recipe was made from scratch. She would tear open a brown paper bag, flour it, and use the inside surface to roll out the dough. Then she dipped the rim of a drinking glass in flour and used it to cut out the biscuits. I only tried to make them myself once and they came out flat and hard! I guess I handled the dough too much, or something! 😊

[@wmpetroff2307]

lol, how sad. poor dear.

[@clutchhh]

damn the olden days can fuck right off

[@LauraAndDonsConcentricCircles]

Stirring for two hours!!! The nuns must have all lined up in the kitchen and took turns passing the bowl and spoon. 😂🎉 yay, you did it!! 💪

[@reneekeithley7653]

😂😂😂

[@EarlyAmerican]

Only a nun would have the discipline required to make this cake.

[@Dynamatrix2000]

Bake a cake was really difficult before the invention of baking powder in the mid 1800s. They had to make yeast as well. Baking was a real pain in the butt. Took several hours.😢

[@alanadidonato147]

@@EarlyAmericanexactly what I thought, it was penitential. 😂

[@TheOleMaineGeezer-uf9fy]

Mix for two hours? Hmmm.. however, the way you mix is awesome! Lol love watching.

[@marloscorner4265]

“This ain’t right and it ain’t proper no sir!” I’m rollin!!! 😂😂😂

[@SprucedandGussied]

Justine, your reaction to reading that you would have to beat the cake mix for 2 hours was the comedy and levity I needed today. What a priceless reaction. 😆😅😂

[@bookwormaddict3933]

Thank God for whoever invented mixers

[@nobodyplaylists]

It's funny to imagine all the people at that time who saw the recipe and also screamed: 2 HOURS?1?1? 😂

[@Lisa-sp5if]

Agreed! And I love your music!

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

I love your channel!

[@kite6864]

they had nothing else to do back then, this kept their day busy

[@Imnaeyeon]

I was listening to one of your playlists just now

[@justkiddin84]

@@kite6864um, WHAT?? Please, please go read some history.

[@boething]

There’s a reason I cook in this century-I NEED MY KITCHENAID! 😂😂😂 I love your videos and admire you!!! This was hysterical!! I used to have chickens and miss them.

[@kwingle]

TWO HOURS?? TWO.. TWO HOURS..? TWO HOURS!? WHO BEATS A CAKE FOR TWO HOURS? XD

[@alanholck7995]

Gonna get some serious gluten development.

[@nancywine9035]

That is why God invented the stand mixer! 😂

[@kwingle]

@@nancywine9035 herbert johnston is god?!🤣

[@jamiedildine1785]

This SERIOUSLY, HAS to be a rich person’s recipe! Only a SERVANT would be able to spend TWO HOURS doing only ONE thing.😳🤯

[@IchigoOren]

It looked like a dense cake at the end. That's because it was over mixed. Had to be a misprint..

[@hiho8084]

"So was it worth mixing for 2 hours? Absolutely not!" Had me in stitches!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 And then giving the chicken cake a little pat.... 😊😊

[@twincrier6971]

Two hours!? That has to be a misprint.

[@randomvintagefilm273]

It probably WAS an error and thousands of women around the country were going crazy 😂😂😂

[@rspen2142]

Well, I don't guess they had anything better to do, like catch their favorite show on TV or spend hours on end on KZbin 🤣🤣🤣

[@LisaChung-tz9lw]

Lost in translation 😂

[@pheart2381]

No,no,some recipes even insisted you beat for 2 hours using your actual hand!

[@jackie4939]

It’s not a misprint. Out of curiosity, I googled nuns cake and this was was before baking powder was invented. Beating the cake for two hours was to incorporate air into the batter. This was similar to what pound cake is today.

[@GreenTT-l1l]

Came here for some ASMR… got an 1800s style comedy show. This was fantastic!!!

[@erinl4111]

This video was okay. It would have been better if it was 2 hours.

[@GreenTT-l1l]

@@erinl4111 disagree, as that’s counterintuitive. It wouldn’t turned into an unfunny slog. This was done well.

[@JayCee_64]

I've been watching this channel for a while now and I've seen Justine do some incredible things. But this is the first time I've ever seen her pitch a fit! Thank you, Mish-Mish for being a wonderful emotional support kitty.

[@hailrose_chan5780]

Justine walking out like the main character after saving the world was hilarious 😂🔥she did it!!!

[@abesapien9930]

The Cake from Hell

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

"From director M. Night Shyamalan ..."

[@The_Wandering_Nook]

The proud walk out the door was adorable 😂❤ good job!

[@jeanieschrag5378]

Omg!!! It's so funny!!! Perhaps it's called a nuns cake because it took all the nuns in the nunnery to beat it!!!😂😂

[@gracebeckwith1256]

Crazy! I would be like, nah. 😂 Your kitty is beautiful!

[@gr8flyerfan]

Or, if you didn't do it right, you got "nun". 😊

[@chronischgeheilt]

Or, if you make it too often, you'll end up as an old spinster (too exhausted to care about finding a husband)

[@Hippiechick11]

I think that too.

[@zzzdomzzzify]

nunnery??? is that what they called Convents in ye olde times?

[@cya2163]

Oh Justine!!! Your thumbnail alone had me in stitches!!!

[@ceeceemtz3116]

Totally loved the temper tantrums!!! Loved the vocals, have missed them. Should add them always. Had me doubled up laughing! And I keep thinking mixer is getting slower. LOL. Thank you for the receipt but, NO thank you!

[@aimee2234]

This was so funny, Justine! All of that homebuilding sure has you fit to be able to stir two hours. Thanks for the entertainment and be blessed! xoxo

[@gracebeckwith1256]

And the way she got up off the floor. 😲You be fit girl. 😜

[@bealabettahere]

This comedy gold moment of mixing for two hours and you being devastated by it completely made my night. Honestly i've not been doing well emotionally the past few days and watching this i laugh like i haven't done in a while, thank you.

[@greaterthanme876]

The way the rooster crowed as you were stuffing the batter into the bottom of the chicken mold and again when you put it in the oven was absolute gold! Your restraint from swearing amazes me, there would have been a few more words added to those exclamations if it were me making this😅

[@Katiegamergirl1991]

The way you dropped the book on the ground turned away then was like wait… I need that… 😂

[@01ASTRALICE]

7:40 you can tell Justine was 100% ready to choose violence

[@EarlyAmerican]

Always

[@sandraoettle1476]

I LOVE that cake mould! So clever. You are far more dedicated to the authentic experience than I ever would be! You get the gold star in Patience this week!⭐👏

[@gamigirlHeatherB]

Love that chicken mold/baking pan 😍

[@libbyjensen1858]

This video is absolutely hysterical...right up to the end!!! LOL!! Thanks for the laugh. It was fun!

[@krystynalwood4161]

love the yellow dress! matches the nice weather here in Louisiana

[@janhollis8979]

I am laughing and coughing because i I am sick. This was funnier than when you made ice cream! So good! Made my day!

[@debbiel7736]

A TALKIE!!!! I can't believe it!

[@HalfBlindBob]

Seeing this as performance art. "2 Hours! A (Very Long) Kitchen Drama" Manhattan & hipster Brooklyn audiences would pay to sit & watch.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

After reading _The Urban Sodbuster_

[@stevenvaldezii7936]

Cheers to 1.5 million subs.

[@tmalfieri1]

MishMish needs to earn his keep! Have him beat that batter for two hours! Get to work MishMish!!! 😂😂😂 🐈‍⬛🥮

[@kidsncrafts9899]

Hilarious Justine! You are a comedic actress. I really like your chicken shaped cake mold! Well done. 😄🐔🥮

[@JohnnyK60]

Needs to make another one beaten for only a few minutes to see if there's any difference!

[@sarahc8862]

Yes! I just can't imagine why it would need a full 2 hrs

[@CarlainMontana406]

What is it…ice cream cake!?! 😂🤣😂 Geez Louise, Justiine…what you do for your craft is commendable 😊 Have a blessed week! 🤠👋❤🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@deborahmoritz9803]

Even though you fell asleep on the floor, your arm kept mixing that cake batter. Hysterically funny. Loved the whole video.

[@ashleyriddett289]

The mixing bowls are beautiful 😻

[@StoptheChaos7]

Two hours 😂😂😂😂😂 i needed that laugh so much. Bless you!

[@luvwings]

So cute on the floor mixing! 😅

[@elitadream]

"This ain't right, it ain't proper! No sir!" That was hilarious 😂 I love you and your channel sm!!

[@neverettebrakensiek8771]

LOL Aint no cake worth that !

[@frann.8879]

What a workout Justine!!💪💪…I love your outdoor proclamation that “you did it”👏👏and the cake looks delicious despite the two hour beating!🤣🤣❤️❤️

[@dawnyofthelight]

This was so funny you are so comical Justine I thoroughly enjoyed this video

[@jackiea8274]

My kids and I are devoted fans of your channel and all laughed so hard at this video!!

[@karenwright8556]

I would laugh but that had to hurt! Your so brave and strong💪💪💪

[@RedCharlie1000]

Just before she said “two hours?!” I said it out loud too. Same page. Good job. Loved it

[@lillystryker8570]

Oof, having to tell the husband the ingredients he bartered and foraged for are wasted? Nah, finishing the cake is the only option.

[@dallyh.2960]

Beating the cake for two hours is to whip air into the batter. The recipes has no leavening agents so the batter would not rise, so it would be very dense with no crumble if you didn't leaven it by beating air into it.

[@luciabenitez5358]

I like that you are talking in this recipe, please keep doing more videos like this one !

[@pookie41704]

Love it! Lol Justine u had me dying laughing!! lol I love ur devotion! I would have given up! 😂😂😂

[@dianels5984]

The caraway seeds in a cake was a no-no for me from the starts. I think misprint, maybe 2 minutes?

[@Greatdane2553]

Thanks for teaching us about straining eggs and what it does. I had never heard of that. Me and my girls were just cracking up at you stirring at the hearth. Sorry to laugh at your pain. The outcome was beautiful. Love that chicken cake mold! ❤️❤️

[@seasonsofphilly1993]

The first time we hear Justine talking in a cooking video and it's out of frustration. Luckily, cinnamon makes everything better. I'm sure in a larger kitchen, everyone took turns beating the cake. And to think when I was younger I used to hate having to stir something for 50 strokes. I will say the density of the cake stood up well to your beautiful chicken mold.

[@7thHeavenKidd]

Oh my gosh, I was laughing so hard. Thanks so much, Justine, for making me laugh 'til I cried. Just what I needed after a long, bad day at work. 🤣🤣😂😂

[@RetroFan]

2 hours!? lol. Love your videos on here and Frontier American. They're educational and entertaining.

[@Hanniballectershiss]

That first “Two hours” was laced with “this mf js out of their mind” 😂 11:23 i dont even want it 😂

[@gutzymom1345]

OMG she was so cute and adorable and she made my day with a smile and laughter. I loved it.

[@Piscesmoon83]

Poor Justine❤ I totally hope it was worth it! Enjoy!!

[@anitacicora2779]

My husband & I just came upon your videos a few months ago, we are older and are slow into finding these videos. In fact, this past Christmas, my husband gave me a gift from “Justine”…It was two cook books and a bottle of anchovy sauce & mushroom ketchup!! Love you both and keep the videos coming..

[@ladyjoymiracle]

When the 2 hours were finally up and you walked outside with the bowl I had horrible visions of you dropping it like Kevin and his chili in The Office 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@pamp5797]

In real life there would be ranting about 2 hours of stirring but I really love Justin's quiet videos. Kind of over acting. LOL oh I really like the mold.

[@tonysoprano3931]

Chalazae (kuh-LAY-zee) - Ropey strands of egg white which anchor the yolk in place in the center of the thick white. There are two chalazae anchoring each yolk, on opposite ends of the egg. They are neither imperfections nor beginning embryos. The more prominent the chalazae, the fresher the egg. Chalazae does not interfere with the cooking or beating of the white and need not be removed, although some cooks like to strain them from stirred custard.

[@caryrodda]

I usually really enjoy your videos for the peaceful feeling I get. This one I really enjoyed for the humor content! Haha! The moment you realized it said "two hours"! I could relate. I would have been yelling and kicking stuff too!

[@dreamingofpemberly]

Lord have mercy, 2 hours, Justine props to you for doing the entire time. I'd have pulled something if i did that for that long. Hope it was a misprint. If not, maybe with it being a nun cakes there was a group of nuns or cooks that split the time between them. Either that, or it was a desert for an extremely special occasion like after Lent or whatever.

[@Krista_Rose7]

This is what I'm thinking, hoping it's a misprint but if not, definitely a shared chore, especially since the original recipe was for a cake big enough to feed at least one whole convent...

[@wtbtbvom]

I am amazed by all of your videos and the dedication behind them but the 2 hours made this your best one yet. Congrats

[@intentionallyinpired]

We have our pomme de terre Missouri rendezvous in May. It’s a reenactment camp..so fun seeing up close and personal the lives of the Oregon Trail people xoxox

[@mollyherbgal815]

😂😂 this was hilarious! Oh goodness, Justine - you are so awesome. Thanks for bringing me so many laughs and joy! ❤

[@willettecorley2508]

I just started watching recently & have enjoyed watching & learning about recipes (receipts) in the 1800s. This one was probably one of my favorites because it was hilarious! You usually act like nothing affects you, but that TWO HOUR beating time...Your reaction was priceless! 🤣😂🤣

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

LOL you lost ME at straining the eggs.. let alone the beating for 2 hours part!

[@ThePayneFamilyFarm2013]

I always watch your videos before I go to bed, leaving the volume on, as my husband sleeps. He likes the sound of your quiet cooking. Needless to say we were BOTH surprised as Justine exclaimed "2 HOURS???!!!!??!!" I laughed so hard!!! I'm sure in silent films if this were a cooking recipe, we could have heard Chef Charlie Chaplin screaming this out loud!!!! ❤

[@sassykassispages]

That chicken mold is the best thing ever!! That is absolutely adorable, I love it!! 🥰

[@hellinahandbasket2]

That sounds like the kind of cake a nun would come up with. A baking version of writing “I will not talk in class” a thousand times on the chalkboard.

[@MidnyghtGamer4944]

I loved the reaction to the 2 hours. It made me chuckle as I had the same initial reaction. Of course I waited with anticipation on whether it was worth it. After thinking about it I suspect the 2 hrs was to try to add air into the batter as it seemed fairly dense.

[@tawiraa]

Me hizo acordar a el curso de pasteleria que hice durante la cuarentena, no tenía batidora eléctrica y debíamos hacer un bizcocho casero. Batí los huevos por 1 hora y 20 minutos, y después integré cuidadosamente la harina. Fue el bizcocho más sabroso y esponjoso que hice, y definitivamente nunca más lo volví a hacer 😂

[@TheAmazingKylieee]

This is my favorite video yet! I love Justine’s freak out, very relatable 😂

[@PamelaVidler]

I was watching your video with your black cat Mish Mish with one of my black cats, Scout Hemmingway. She loves watching videos with me. I think the beating was to incorporate air in the batter. I'm not a fan of Carroway seeds.

[@redbone8844]

This was so funny 🙈🤣🤣🤣 who knew you was lowkey a comedian TWO HOURS 😂🎉

[@elainecraske9277]

That was very fun to watch, you are charming and funny. But I don't think I'll make this cake. Not with two hours of mixing 😳

[@403jlowe]

Oh my goodness! You are a stronger woman than I. I would have looked at the 2 hours!! and said, NOPE!! 😂

[@sharibrown2003]

I’m sorry Justine had to go through that. Wow! Hats off to her 👏🏻. And this may come off wrong,(think we all felt the frustration)through your display angst and gotta be verbal and kick-you made me laugh a few times. Ty. Glad it was tasty. Meanwhile I’d just take frozen washcloth out of freezer (I have a headache) and didn’t realize till almost 10 min later our whipped cream container was frozen to cloth..oops. Whipped cream didn’t melt.

[@carolynshealy5536]

That was hilarious! 2 HOURS? No way I would do that don’t think I want to look like a pro wrestler! Way to go Justine!

[@bowiearcangeli11]

What a fun video!! Loved it, though my arms were aching in sympathy for yours! Thank you both for this channel and Frontier Patriot 💜

[@sonastorer-johnson7541]

Loved it was laughing so hard. When I saw 2hrs. I read it before you said it. I sad oh my .

[@hillaryhollins667]

I laughed so hard I almost had an asthma attack!that was so darn cute! Love that girl!❤😂😂

[@Eldarwen999]

If it were me, there would have been all kinds of expletives along with the two hours. Good thing that there are electric mixing stands now.

[@ShushLorraine]

Okay, I'm pausing this after the 2-hours! fit. Lol. When I first married and began serious cooking, I realized why the Proverbs 31 woman, "strengtheneth her arms." It's because of all that beating batters, chopping vegetables and meat, kneading bread!! My arms were hurting within a week after the honeymoon, and strong in a month. Whew! And that wasn't even any two hour beating session. One passage in the Little House books, one of the ladies beat the egg whites or whipping cream about two hours. It was for Laura's wedding, I think.

[@e.urbach7780]

Yes! I think it was egg whites, whipping them on a plate with a fork, no less!

[@ShushLorraine]

O wow, even worse. Thanks for the reminder.

[@femalism1715]

WOW! This video was both hilarious and very IMPRESSIVE! Good work Justine! You persevered! I would have cheated and used either a leavening agent or an electric mixer!

[@katherinesullivan3826]

It’s nice to hear Justine speaking 😁💜🩷😁

[@heru-deshet359]

HA HA HA! I don't think I've ever heard you talk in any of your videos. "Two hours"! You almost made me spit out my wine. 🤣🤣🤣

[@kimsimmons3911]

😂😂😂😂 --- This was FANTASTIC!!! I LOVED IT!!! I have NEVER BEFORE heard of a cake that has to be mixed for 2 hours!!! You were wonderful, Justine!!! 🥰🥰🥰

[@ravynbishop6131]

I love MishMish'es happy meow trill! too cute!

[@amyrobinson3119]

Oh Justine God bless you forever.

[@dawnross849]

Cooking was A LOT of work back then! Justine, you are a trooper!

[@OofusTwillip]

I suspect the "2 hours" applied to the baking time, but some sloppy typesetter also applied it to the beating time.

[@snurfbee58]

I was so surprised when you started speaking! It’s not that I’ve never heard your voice, it was just so unexpected (and funny)! Love your videos!

[@annah8380]

You are hysterical! 😂💗 I have to wonder what benefit beating the batter for 2 HOURS would have!?’ 🤣🥰

[@nancycurtis488]

I will be substituting sesame seeds for caraway seeds as I cannot tolerate caraway seeds. And I would be using a whisk instead of a spoon. Justine is definitely doing it the hard way.

[@jackdayhovakimian]

SHE SPEAKS! hahaha Definitely a moment worthy of several exclamations!