Building a Cold Stone cake.

It was slow at work earlier in the day so I thought I'd film a bit. Its a Strawberry Passion cake. very tasty
The song is Animation Astal Age by Musicshake. It is added from the KZbin music library.

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

9 years later. 295,077 people watched my crappy old video. Maybe I should celebrate the ten year anniversary of this video with a video of myself eating the finished cake?

[@nerdindahouse4271]

YESS!!!

[@Meow-gk9ry]

Yes u should

[@ellaerin4147]

nice choice of music

[@pineapplepie52]

As a professional pastry chef, the way you cut that cake in half hurts my soul

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

+pineapplepie52 I know how you feel. Working for a franchise owner is very soul breaking. I think its probably not even the right kind of knife. Anyway I'm not surprised. The horrible thing about these chain franchise places is that people that have no right to even be in a kitchen buy these stores and buy the position of manager and trainer and just follow a handbook that came with the franchise but outside that book usually have no knowledge or passion for the work and run it as cheap and ghetto as possible. If you look closely the tip of the knife is broken off and it is poorly sharpened and breaks through the cake as apposed to cutting. I have quit places before because of these people that buy their management and run unsafe conditions. Fortunately this place burned down one night and it was probably from their own neglect.

[@aaliyahjean2476]

+TBoneProductionsVB Did I find a better job where they actually have passion?

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

Yes I have since had more passionate and creative artistic jobs that made me happy like screen printing, working for a band on tour and in studio, and working at this beautiful music store in Chinatown LA, And then working at a booth for a guitar company at the biggest music convention.It took some tough decisions, leaps of faith, and luck.They were not sustainable incomes for me, I would do it all over again but at some pointI think I need to settle into a long term sustainable income career. Late college entry and grad perhaps. who knows. Chase your dreams and passions. Its not easy but man it is an adventure. :)

[@youngkinm]

As a normal human, watching anyone cut anything like that hurts my soul. What a savage

[@user-hy3kv2tm2w]

TBoneProductionsVB you seem really chill thanks for the advice ^^

[@hildi5402]

the worse part is the people can see what your doing for them it's entertaining for you it's anxiety.

[@alicefranks7736]

They're just trying to entertain us that's all.

[@lisadavis1577]

I used to work for Cold Stone and this is kinda hard to watch.. lol

[@ChrisChew]

From what TikTok has taught me this is incorrect 😂

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

I would hold the cup in one hand and scoop the ice cream in with the spade in the other hand. Now and then I'd try to toss it in too. I wish I had done some of the tricks in this video. I used to juggle the spades, flip the cake knives and frost scrapers in the air and catch them.

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

@alexmrbvlogs That is frost on a large stone slab that is sitting on a refrigerated surface to keep the ice cream cold while it is prepared. When the frost is too thick it is scraped into the trench of running water above or below it. We scrape the coating of frost off each time so there is no cross contamination from food previously prepared and so there is always a clean surface to work on.

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

Oh, hint: if you wet the spade a little bit it helps to evenly spread out the ice cream faster!

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

Haha yeah i became like a super pro when I worked there haha. It was ridiculous how easy everything became. Do you guys have to put the ice cream into the cup with one hand or two?

[@kylieperron161]

Thanks for making this video

[@dbeater1]

my god that looks delicious..

[@juliebond139]

good to see they were gloves wish everyone would do that

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

Yea we really didn't want to get our hands dirty ;)

[@juliebond139]

Lol it's a good thing for that then

[@edwincheung3561]

As someone who works at coldstone, the part I hate about making cakes is the part at 0:48 where he cuts the cake in the middle.

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

@a948212 True.. And it would have been nice to film the decorating process but I just kinda filmed this out of the blue. You so get to see the picture of it in the book in the beginning though :) Thanks for watching and the well pointed comment! Oh and Happy New Year!

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

Having years of experience in the service industry I will say this though. Generally the more natural and expensive the safer, but the safest and cheapest is to cook for yourself. You can even make home made icecream :) Thank you for the sensible comment chethawetha

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

True yea, it makes it faster but even if you use a minimal amount of water it leaves a bit of water in the ice cream and when the cakes are refrozen it crystallizes. It makes the texture less pleasant. When people eat it right after you make it rather than it going to the freezer it is okay though because it never crystallizes. Even when doing those quick customer ones though I'd knock the spades to take most of the water off. Good lookin out though, woulda been nice to have you on the crew.

[@mtmerritt1483]

Great video! Once the inside layers are done, how is the outside of the cake completed? For the strawberry cake, what is the process to put the frosting on? For the midnight delight cake, how is the ganache covering applied?

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

@PrincessLexx21 Yea my bad, I forgot where the strawberry sauce was so I had to scavenge for it. :)

[@juliebond139]

looks like they need some kind of hard spatula to lift the ice-cream better

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

At the end you see me add a cardboard plate with decorative foil at the bottom of the cake to hold it in when flipping it over.

[@tamialouissa519]

What type of frosting is used to cover the outside of the cake?

[@nancymelesio769]

How do you guys flip it?

[@chriswong1231000]

Investment of Cold Stone Franchise is becoming popular in China in sophisticated areas such as Shanghai.

[@rubyslippersparkle22]

You guys still have to use a knife and the top part of the cake pan to get your circle? Maybe your manager or the franchise owner can order the circular cutters online! (Decopac maybe? idk, we"ve always had them at our store) So much faster & easier!!

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

Yea I get what you guys mean. But this applies to all commercials you see. I have worked in several restaurants in different levels of the industry. Don't watch tv or pay attention to advertisements. It is just a facade and all lies. In fact they often don't use real food in the adds. Corprations are the worst thing to happen to restaurants, food, and public health. Read books and feed yourself and you be better off. Watch the movie waiting, its true but and even worse for fast food chains.

[@kewlmindz]

wow! well which type of ice cream been used which doesn't melt? and show the full video plz till end.

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

Thanks for the help on the typo's. :)

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

@jackjack1238 I only needed to restock one but I could make them pretty quick too when needed. I just took my time because there was no business that day and everything was stocked up and cleaned so we could really take it easy.

[@RezdyTofan]

Did you got caught when ended filming? And how did you bring the camera without notice.

[@roxygal6]

Yep ill have that delivered to my house

[@calis1k383]

Hey cold stone? You folks need to infuse thc into a cake like this !!! Or some Xanax or norcos .. Big hit big seller !! And change the music. Thank you .. P.s your ice cream is the shit !!

[@hayatii.]

Boooo we wanna see the final results 👿👿

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

Just go to the store and eat the results :)

[@leonardberger6752]

Lol

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

@rubyslippersparkle22 The owners or managers of the store never ordered them I guess but were used to hand cutting them anyway. Would have been nice and cut labor though.

[@OrangeD00D]

@DavesTheOne14 We've had three in our area open for the past four years.

[@leonardberger6752]

My favorite thing from coldstone has to be a strawberry blonde. I love it so much I will list the ingredients: Strawberry icecream (duh) Strawberries Graham cracker crumbs Whipped cream Caramel

[@janetd315]

Hey so how do u remove the cake from the pan without the ice cream sticking to it?

[@themadhatier]

Run the pan under some hot water

[@OhPervyOne]

More specifically (and this is important), *flip the cake over* and run the bottom of the pan under hot water. Hold the cake (wearing gloves or using parchment paper); do not hold the pan, or you might lose your cake in the sink, which would be a bummer. Minor details, I know, but important.

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

Good point, you are the first to point out I touch the tripod and then the cake. You'r right I should have changed gloves. Fortunately I am a bit OCD so I keep my camera and equipment in cases and constantly cleaned enough to meet even food safety standards. I've never had an incident from my work because I am anal about it and do it right and clean. I will tell you this however, these places mostly hire cute little teenage girls in high school.. think about it, its scary.

[@darksoul1381]

one slice and you might last a week...

[@cessmolieanne825]

How to make that what would i do for that

[@PrincessLexx21]

I been working at coldstone for a little while now, building cakes isn't too bad. This video is good but the like two minutes of wasted film with the ice cream just sitting on the stone was boring! lol sorry. but good job on the cake building :)

[@mixedberry9229]

5:01 evenly as "possible"

[@a948212]

You should have shown the finished cake...

[@Clemsonshawty]

whoever made this video sure could use SPELLCHECK!

[@PisceanEziba]

Is it just regular strawberry ice cream? Also, the strawberry sauce? What is it exactly?

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

hahaha wow thats waay more than i could do hahaha, i was just good at speed :p

[@purple1432]

I think Dylan lemay needs to give you some lessons

[@SwatiVerma24]

Can you tell me how many quarts of icecream to use in total?

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

I depends on the size of the cake and the desired ice cream to cake ratio. The Cold Stone cakes are 50/50. Half of the pan is filled with the cake and the other half is filled with ice cream, It is done four layers or 25% at a time for more stability. All you need to do is use a tall pot or pan and fill half with ice cream and the other half with cake. If you go to a cold stone then they could tell you more accurately how much they use but it will not be relevant for you if the pan you use is not the same size. Good luck :)

[@OhPervyOne]

If you're interested, you can actually see some interesting details in the first frame of the video (just restart it and pause it at the beginning), The notebook is CSC's employee guide to how the cake is made. First, the sizes (bottom-left corner) are "Petite" (round 4") "Small Round (6"), "Large Round" (8"), "Small Rectangle" (8"X10") and then the "Large Rectangle" (10"X14" as I recall). Next, ice cream portions. The Petite has 6 oz IC, Small Round has 1.25 lbs IC, Large Round has 2.75 lbs IC, the Small Rect (as I recall) has 7 lbs IC and the Large Rect has 9 lbs IC. If you're really curious, you can look at it for how much graham cracker pie crust to mix in, but I'd just say buy your pie crusts, break em up one at a time and add them in, to taste. Don't be afraid to use more than CSC uses, cuz if it's your cake, then it should be suited to your tastes. I hope all this helps. The frosting for this cake is A Truly Special Thing. I'll post about it separately.

[@mythoflorien]

im feeling exactly the same bro.. ._. so dissapointed

[@mixedberry9229]

it " was" added

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

Hahaha, sorry, I didn't mean the WORST. I guess we just all have different mixing methods. I guess yours just seemed sloppy. Sorry:/ Although your proportions and cake sizes were perfect!

[@amyfranco9248]

Cool when u finish do u need to put it in the freezer or just flip it over when u finish?

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

After this it is put is a super cold freezer until a trained decorator puts icing and decorations on it. Thanks for watching. :)

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

I think its called buttercream icing. You could probably go to a cold stone and just ask the workers what the ingredients are. If you go in at the right time someone will be building them and you could watch how its done. The decorating is usually done in the back though.

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

no problem :)

[@mixedberry9229]

5:46 pour in "strawberry sauce" instead of stawberry

[@52irishman]

why am I here

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

Because cake. :)

[@fluffytalguw5883]

Ok you need to edit your video so we’re not just staring on while you tend to customers lol

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

True. I probably didn't have a way to edit back then. Just a halfassed video I did while working. This video is funny to me because it is one of the worst ones I ever made and yet it gets tons of views and it's the only one of mine anyone watches lol.

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

:[ aww... whats wrong whats my mixing? lol Doesn't matter much how you do it as long as it fluffs it and evenly distributes the mix-ins

[@sekushimitsukai330]

Um.. is the stone sanitized?

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

Yes. One of the cool things of working with the cold stones is that they constantly form layers of frost that you work on and then scrape away each time you take something off the stone so it is decontaminated. It is also washed each night with hot water and I think maybe some sanitizer.

[@ladyghille]

I wonder if a customer ordered this cake or he just throw it out

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

it was either ordered or just made to keep some ready in the refrigerator to sell instantly. They are not thrown away until they expire or have been accidentally contaminated.

[@syubidubidu3193]

i hate the spoon. it makes everything harder

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

One person is lactose intolerant.

[@gabrielledriver8468]

that sucks what happens now. you flipped the form then cut the vid

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

Gabrielle Driver It goes into an extra cold freezer overnight and then the next day someone will put a layer of buttercream icing on the top and sides and finish it off with a bit of decoration.

[@AestheticShrine]

Why and how did I get here...

[@sarahwilde834]

didnt even scrape off the stone

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

Sarah Wilde I think I did before filming

[@sarahwilde834]

It's pretty obvious that you didn't

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

Its just frosty because my cold heart was sitting on it jest before filming.

[@sarahdafoeable]

@alexmrbvlogs ice frost

[@tehroflwaffleshow]

i hate doing this

[@nowyouseeme6832]

You don't use does type if spoons and you always have to have the table clean black not like you. Guys have it all frozen

[@tboneproductionsvbphotogra1059]

Its is all we had to work with. I had no choice in the equipment or techniques. We would intentionally leave the layer of frost. It makes the cleaning much faster so you can start mixing something else in the same spot.

[@bart3022]

im waiting here ... for your boss to see this what u do at work so u will get scolded for it xd..

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

lol whats disgusting about it? Its cake Ice cream and candy.

[@justmerandii]

It's bake not buil

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

But they do not bake in the stores. The cake is probably mass baked in some large facility. Then it gets shipped to Cold Stone locations in a box.

[@WastedKitten]

What? That's what a Cold Stone cake is?? THAT'S DISGUSTING...

[@zhongding]

the whole video hurts my soul..water and ice cream do not mix,..the slab is icy which will put ice in your ice cream. This is why the whole franchise is going to the pits

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

Before placing the ice cream on the stones workers are instructed to remove the ice with a scraper so there is nothing but the cold stone left to keep the ice cream at temperature while mixing and fluffing. If done well there should be no ice getting to the ice cream.

[@Nelson4207]

TBoneProductionsVB 👍👌

[@MemoryBoxCandleCo]

Teenagers make the cakes all the time. I used to make them when I worked there. But this person is the worst at mixing, just saying -_-

[@Sipxanax]

dislike !!!!!!!!!!

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

Thanks for the help on the typo's. :)