Does the MINECRAFT cake recipe work in real life? | How To Cook That Ann Reardon

[@noahk9204]

Looked at the KZbin, saw Ann Reardon, quickly ran to my wife and watched, like usual - we love this channel so much!

[@lailataluminousnight8064]

Aw😭❤

[@frederickoswaldaruji6911]

Yes! 👍🏻👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@keekee300]

Wow thats sweet :D

[@yeti6601]

awww

[@gucciratistooquirky]

I made it one thousand-

[@taylorplante2447]

Considering Minecraft's bricky world, it is hilariously appropriate that the game recipe resulted in a brick of a cake.

[@sanukatharul1497]

uh.... ok, that's it. *MY MIND IS BLOWN!*

[@ricecooker773]

a brick cake is better than no cake

[@xiera4966]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RejectedInch]

You reminded me when my mom tried to bake her first sponge cake, but forgot the raising powder. It wasn't even close to be "soft", it was literally solid and hard like a brick, not even the hamster or the collar doves wanted the crumbs of it. XD XD XD XD

[@nanwijanarko1969]

@@RejectedInch Can relate. Your mum must have been crushed. When I did it all my 20 years of life flashed before my eyes, while contemplating the choices I made I wondered if there is value in continuing living if I can't even remember to put in the baking agent I had already measured and put aside, and didn't realize it until it was fully baked.

[@Ronsonpeters]

Considering you can use the cake as stairs in Minecraft….that first recipe might be spot on

[@jennyscookingchannel3079]

A cake house!!

[@sierra4603]

🤣🤣🤣

[@math_the_why_behind]

Haha!

[@sarawasserman2371]

And also your comment is spot on👏

[@Scitter_bug]

😂XD

[@LowReedExpert1]

Assuming she doesn't play Minecraft, can we appreciate that she took the time to actually put some effort into making this cake? I feel like other KZbinrs would have found the recipe and ignored the game for context whatsoever, but Ann makes it clear that effort was put in

[@TheDutchMaurits]

I'm going to guess her son(s) helped out here. The youngest even had a Minecraft t-shirt on. ;p

[@junbh2]

I wouldn't assume she doesn't play Minecraft. Her kid is clearly into it so she might play it sometimes with him. Or she might just like it. Adults can :).

[@thepaleone2369]

regardless of how much she plays, she understands minecraft. most youtubers wouldn't even understand the concept of a crafting table, yet Anne easily talks about minecraft and it's mechanics.

[@lailataluminousnight8064]

She said in one of her videos that she often plays games with her boys❤

[@sewi014]

honestly i was expecting a cake using only wheat, sugar, egg and milk and not a breakdown of the exact ammount of ingridents and a (mostly) in game friendly context on how to process the to get actual cake.

[@xiomarajs2685]

Her saying she made all those batches of cupcakes for science sold me on that book. I’m a baker and never buy cook books, but hers? Hell ya, can’t wait!

[@empain_]

Heck i dont even like baking but that has good me wanting the book 😂

[@amethyst1826]

I thought of buying it for my OH, but he doesn't do many desserts. Then I thought of buying it for my son and gf, but that leaves my daughter and family out. So, I'm gonna buy it for me and I MIGHT lend it out to close family now n then! Lol

[@JamesCharIes]

I wanna buy it and I don’t even read or bake

[@NotRedRobyn]

I love mine! It is so well written and all the recipes I’ve tried so far are absolutely delicious.

[@amethyst1826]

@@NotRedRobyn You've got yours already? Where are you? I'm in England and we don't get ours until about the 18th of July!

[@hardikar0jas]

I loved how she actually tried to figure out the ratios from the Minecraft thing, and not just made a recipe with similar ingredients

[@kathybramley5609]

Yes!!

[@laibas.768]

Yeah

[@depressoespresso8885]

she's amazing

[@kelsey2333]

Ann is so smart and talented

[@rathmiron]

me too. When I started watching, I thought maybe she would do it in parts. So 3 parts milk, 3 parts wheat/flour, 2 parts sugar and 1 egg. That actually sounds pretty reasonable to me, but it was a lot more interesting that she put in the extra effort to figure out the actual amounts.

[@elfinshell4758]

She’s taking this *way* too literally and I’m here for it! 😂

[@HowToCookThat]

😂

[@LestifyYT]

@@HowToCookThat hi :)

[@willdrawforfood9317]

@@HowToCookThat hello I'm a big fan my mom and i watch you😄

[@Rainbow0015]

Well, she didn't take to seriously enough. It was cut wrong Jk Jk

[@shanna5681]

Poggers

[@ProgramKiraTV]

I love how Ann doesn’t worry about when a recipe fails and yet still puts tons of work into teaching us about every step. There is no “why” question left unanswered

[@2Ten1Ryu]

That is so true! Her comitment to teaching and good content is out of this world!!

[@NankitaBR]

It is great to see a recipe "fail", because we can learn what not to do as well.

[@anxoanimates2569]

The world is hard and cruel, but Ann's channel is soft and wholesome. I sometimes fall asleep to these videos because hearing her gently explain how to make a delicious cake is the best way to calm me down before bed

[@Frootbazkit]

I totally agree! As a person with insomnia, it is really helpful to have a nice wind down for bed.

[@kevinbumgardner3553]

NEW DANGEROUS HACK LEAVES 34 DEAD!!!! 😴😴🛌🛌

[@emmem1779]

@@kevinbumgardner3553 honestly ive fallen asleep watching that episode like 4 times

[@nctvelvet363]

ikrrr shes so wholesome :(

[@colguyo]

Ann baking 30 variations of the same cupcake recipe to help us factually and VISUALLY understand how changing one ingredient impacts the final result is a true testament to her authenticity and character. We don’t deserve her bro

[@kitm141]

This. The thing that puts me off baking is that when it goes wrong, I don’t know why or how. It’s just wrong and my brain fills it in as ...because you’re an idiot and can’t bake. I’ll be buying the book just for that cupcake section so I can analyse what goes wrong and how to avoid it next time. Such a good idea.

[@mikar502]

when I heard her talk about her book I instantly added it to my wishlist LOL

[@Rgoid]

@Coleen G. Who deserves her?

[@Lollllllz]

i find it funny that a minecraft recipe ends up far closer to edible than recipes given out by fake cooking channels

[@anogaft1543]

@The Great Dino, Skittles Yes

[@---cr1yd]

Respect!!

[@SpeedbeakSB]

Lol truly it is

[@nyxie2877]

It’s really just a dense sheet cake

[@twilightsparkle75]

welcome to primitive baking lol

[@singerofsongs468]

“It’s definitely cake.” Lmao, it’s so cute how your kids don’t want to say something mean about your cake. Y’all are so amazing ❤️

[@marthahawkinson-michau9611]

She’s got her boys well trained.

[@Katerine459]

"There's a fair few leaps of faith in this game." As a Minecraft fan, I couldn't help laughing out loud at this. This is a game where very few blocks are affected by gravity. You can - assuming you have no aesthetic sense - punch out the bottom of a tree and leave the rest of the tree just hovering in midair.

[@t.m.3360]

As a Minecraft bucket can hold one entire block of water or lava, we know each bucket has a volume of 1000 liters. So the cake starts with 3000 liters of milk.

[@Technotoadnotafrog]

Dear god, that's a lot. Even collecting just the cream, still a lot. Maybe condensing it, or churning it into butter would make it managable?

[@zerofox641]

My lactose intolerant stomach: I’m in danger

[@waterlemon5272]

The cake itself is a fat cubic metre in size

[@NKY5223]

@@waterlemon5272 well slightly less, its shorter than 1 block

[@cheemzzz8966]

How does the cow have all that milk?

[@liv97497]

So when it's cake, the boys get to try it, but when it's charcoal ice cream, poor Dave has to do it? Not fair, Ann😂

[@tabithavanderpool418]

😂🤣😂🤣 poor dave

[@khing4415]

I think Dave still got some. You saw how she didn't cut an entire cake for them? Not sure, though. 😅

[@ShellyS2060]

That is a prime example of a mother's love an a wife's giggling

[@math_the_why_behind]

Haha!

[@goodemily]

I was thinking the same thing!!😂😂

[@Liza37hera]

Even the first cake looks better than some 5-minutes crafts results. I think it's telling that even Minecraft has more honest recipes than them.

[@Rgoid]

Whatever.

[@benrisalandpastel]

True 😆

[@kidwolf0015]

@@Rgoid Unfortunately, it's not an exaggeration. Many of those 5 minutes crafts "cake recipes" that were tested on this channel created dangerously inedible goo, caked-on charcoal, or tasted so horrific that it caused people to gag on contact. This isn't even mentioning the unnecessary safety issues that some of the recipes can cause. The Minecraft cake recipe definitely works better, seeing as it at least produced a safe edible cake. Not a super delicious one, but it's still an actual cake. The best part is that no microwaves released a cloud of thick smoke in the process!

[@goose7666]

Vouch

[@beelzemobabbity]

@@Rgoid sounds like a 5 minutes craft lover here

[@AceRide]

Back in college, one of my friends tried to make sweet rolls using only the ingredients from Skyrim. That recipe had the opposite problem when it came to eggs, in that they made up basically the entire thing. He did not speak highly of them

[@egon3705]

actually minecraft eggs are like 60cm in diameter so maybe with more egg foam you can get a better cake

[@youmukonpaku3168]

it does seem like the original version made using an ostrich egg or so might have come out a bit better. Then again, you can use the Minecraft cake as stairs, so the consistency of the final product seems about right.

[@ember9361]

Must have been the wind

[@hihogandalfaway]

Okay separating out the cream from the unholy amount of milk was *genius*

[@nicholasorchard2091]

I thought she was going to make butter, with a portion of it I never would have thought of that

[@Kehy_ThisNameWasAlreadyTaken]

I thought it didn't seem unreasonable for butter or cheese, but just the straight cream was a good call

[@AmidaNyorai48]

😯

[@scourgeface]

@@Leah-xh1rc well yes it comes from the holy cow

[@bilalthefighter829]

@@Leah-xh1rc LMAO

[@americanoice8347]

can we appreciate how much effort she put into making all the cupcakes just for us to understand? love you Ann

[@misterscottintheway]

I love the channel as much as anyone but can we be real about this? She puts effort into videos and books because that's how she makes a living. That's not a bad thing.

[@americanoice8347]

@@misterscottintheway i was just talking about how she took the extra step even though that wasnt necessary. she didnt *have* to do it again, because she explained it perfectly the first time, but she did, and i just wanted to point that out.

[@misterscottintheway]

@@americanoice8347 I appreciate her as well. I just get a little annoyed when people start confusing the brand with the person. People who are good at business do the extra little things that keep customers coming back. The fact that it would seem Ann is genuinely a decent person only makes her brand more authentic, which keeps customers coming back. If you didn't like the person in the videos your wouldn't watch the videos, which means: a) personal brands try to be likeable and engaging, and b) people who are genuinely likable and engaging (and rigorous in this case) tend to have more authentic brand presence and more engagement from their audience. I'm not saying Ann or anyone else is necessarily cold and calculated and lying about who they are to get views. I tend to think she's probably a lot like the person we see on screen. But I think it's important for consumers to be able to parse the difference.

[@Leanne_w]

@@misterscottintheway dude chill. If someone loves her and appreciates her. Then let them. You’re getting annoyed for something that doesn’t effect you.

[@misterscottintheway]

@@Leanne_w I think my tone was pretty measured and reasonable. Maybe I'm wrong but I don't think my response deserved a "dude chill". I was under the impression that the comments section is a place where you open yourself to discussion and opinions. I certainly expect as much whenever I comment. It's a bit of a slippery slope to start saying that we can only comment on things that directly affect us personally. I'm aware I can be a buzzkill. Believe it or not you're not the first person to bring that to my attention. So it's possible I completely missed on this one and just should have kept scrolling. Anyway cheers

[@RadioMist]

In an age that feels filled with misinformation and people being anti-science, your channel is so refreshing. I love your channel very much and the amount of work you put into it is simply mind-blowing. I can't wait to read your book!

[@HowToCookThat]

Wow, thank you!

[@ammarraziq4928]

I've spent about 14 minutes of my life watching a person bake a cake using minecraft recipe...and to be honest..I enjoyed it..

[@coolsmcfrosty2741]

Considering Minecraft is a wilderness survival game, this is a really interesting look into how a cake would realistically be made with such limited ingredients. Its very fascinating and educational

[@Freakmaster480]

It would problably resemble a teaditional pound cake. No levening agents just some super whipped up eggwhites to add air.

[@BlackDragonWitheHawk]

@@Freakmaster480 souerdough is easy to obtain in the wild...

[@Freakmaster480]

@@BlackDragonWitheHawk While I like sourdough cake it really isnt for everyone. Most older cakes would have just used whipped eggs for levening

[@NhanNguyen-du3cr]

I mean, looking at how Steve can eat raw meat, rotten flesh, and space fruit from another dimension that teleports you with little to no problem, a cake such as this one would be nothing to Steve.

[@Bri-xk8pm]

Sure, wilderness survival...

[@caitlyngillon2629]

Ann needs to replace the world's math teachers, this Minecraft to real world math was real impressive 😂

[@evilcanofdrpepper]

I wish she found a bigger egg, possibly even an ostrich or emu egg to match the size of the other ingredients!

[@HowToCookThat]

@@evilcanofdrpepper you can't cook with the ostrich egg in minecraft - it hatches a baby ostrich. But if you want to see a bigger egg check out this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/emLXXnuBntmFaJY

[@alphanightfury1416]

@@HowToCookThat Idk about minecraft (I dont think they have ostriches in the game) but in real life ostriches can lay unfertillized eggs just like chickens and even with a fertillized egg without warmth it will not develop an embryo.

[@670839245]

@@HowToCookThat Hmm, ... huh? ... I don't think there is ostriches in Minecraft?

[@vloggerbonakid6178]

@@evilcanofdrpepper She can't get it from other species because that'd technically be invalidating the challenge. She just got an unlucky size.

[@aneelazeb5825]

She cook She made a book And she catches crooks

[@rishitapushkarna6896]

Ohhh thats a good one!

[@dominiquepocopio777]

I saw someone make this have 400 likes

[@janarthanan321]

Hoooo

[@samsulhaque9328]

The best 2021 comment I've ever seen

[@aneelazeb5825]

@@dominiquepocopio777 It's my own made up comment I came up with but its inspired but the comment: she bake she cake but most importantly she expose the fake

[@scribblemeeps]

Well considering if Steve is stuck on an island with the ingredients provided, the cake must taste like Heaven

[@androsp9105]

'there must be a considerable amount of hidden equipment in the Minecraft crafting table' well considering you can turn 8 diamonds into a wearable cuirass, I'd say so.

[@anogaft1543]

XD

[@MissRora]

To be fair, we don't know how many karats the Minecraft diamonds are.

[@nethaura4922]

@@MissRora I think he means that the crafting table can be used to cut and shape diamonds somehow

[@KillerCrewmate2526]

And outside the crafting table because we don’t get leather so easily it’s a lot of job and equipments.

[@twilightsparkle75]

@@KillerCrewmate2526 yeah leather doesn't come straight off a cow and a chicken isn't defeathered, decapitated and gutted immediately upon death, unless you have godlike efficiency i guess

[@buttmuncher978]

WAIT so is it called skimmed milk because you skim the cream off the top?? this makes so much sense omg

[@BentleyS6336]

Holy shit that didn't click for me either

[@themudpit621]

the more you know lol

[@LyraPyxisVT]

yes but its also not really tasty like whole milk Edit not tasty like 2% milk I hate whole milk

[@maddyfinn2426]

Omg I never thought about it. That make so much sense

[@Vielle-Lothaire]

Not just the cream it also goes through the milk to remove the fat

[@scootyswooty]

Well Steve and Alex are canonically 6’1 in real height so I imagine everything is correctly portioned to cater to their needs

[@dannyboyswe123]

steve and alex is 1.8m tall (5′11″)

[@conit4125]

@@scootyswooty the link you posted says you're wrong

[@ember9361]

Each block is 1m and the player is 2 blocks tall so Alex and Steve are 2m tall

[@inv41id]

@@ember9361 The player hitbox is actually 1.8 blocks tall, that's why while standing below a 2 block high ceiling you can jump a little bit.

[@DarkShard5728]

​@@dannyboyswe123 1.8m... isn't that exactly 6 feet or am i misremembering how it's converted? because if 30 centimeters is a foot, then 1.8 metes is 180 centimeters, and 180÷30=6

[@Whit-wy2ow]

Honestly, I feel that 3 "normal" eggs is more likely the equivelent of one minecraft egg. Have you seen the SIZE of those eggs??? They are 50% of an adult chicken. She could probably use 5 or 6 eggs....

[@patrickjasonbongales5080]

A single block is 1x1x1 meters... And a chicken occupies like half of that space. I think it's pretty safe to assume that these chickens are the size of children and those eggs are basically ostrich eggs...

[@vadernation1233]

@@patrickjasonbongales5080 we should also take into consideration how big the baby chicks are as they can be hatched with the eggs. If we can find the size of the chicks we basically have the size of the egg.

[@cultofthebloodgod429]

Now don't throw those eggs or else you might get four chickens

[@benjimidgley8666]

but the eggs are almost flat i think that would decrease the size a lot

[@avery1647]

@@benjimidgley8666 we can't account for the flat texture since an almost flat surface is hard to measure

[@MizoreWannabe]

dave watching his kids eat the good food for taste tests while he has to eat the 5 min crafts versions: my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

[@kawaiiwitchowo3891]

Time stamp

[@auggiemain]

@@kawaiiwitchowo3891 it's the end of the video when the kids try it.

[@thirteenly13]

@@kawaiiwitchowo3891 14:04

[@laurentgully267]

EAT THE GOOD FOOD IT'S GOOOOOD

[@integralinsanity1641]

@@laurentgully267 is this a shout out to the drag queen? Loved it

[@zyssica]

Just when you think Ann is going to turn down a challenge, she comes by analyzing the cows, grinds her own flour, and makes dozens of cupcakes... haha, AMAZING!

[@PetWessman]

Subscriber: Lol, can you make a Minecraft cake? Ann: Can I make a comprehensive food science video with a fun pop culture tie-in, you say? Ab-so-lutely!

[@thevampirefrog06]

You can tell the boys are growing up bc they're starting to get recruited into taste-testing the questionable stuff, Dave no longer has to suffer alone.

[@doraplaysroblox1022]

Lol “suffer alone” sounds so dramatic 🤣🤣🤣

[@firzabrilliant7657]

I think she featured her sons because it's, you know, minecraft

[@byrnetdown6076]

@@firzabrilliant7657 right? lol dave wouldn't get the reference the kids know exactly how cake is made in minecraft

[@amethyst1826]

Their boys have their own KZbin channels.

[@nodezsh]

@@firzabrilliant7657 the chicken trifle though

[@BigBadSkullBoss]

Imagine Ann trying to make the pumpkin pie with a whole pumpkin, pile of sugar and an egg lmfao

[@lacytaylor1501]

I feel like that one might be a bit more possible, might not taste too good without some spices but a whole pumpkin isn't too much meat and with an egg and some sugar you might get something close to a pie....well a pie filling since they don't actually put ingredients for a crust in the crafting table...

[@sparksbet]

@@lacytaylor1501 pumpkin pie filling is basically a tasty pumpkin custard so I think that wouldn't be bad (as long as you ate it out of the pan lol), but I think the egg ratio would need to be changed for that to work because you need way more than one egg for that

[@v1de0gamr23]

I would love to see her attempt to create cookies out of two piles of flour and six cocoa beans

[@Wolfgang8-Y]

@@sparksbet Pie pumpkins are pretty small, so one egg might not be _too_ off. Most pumpkin pie fillings include cream and spices though. I can't imagine it would taste good. Oh! And you could bake it in the pumpkin rind! People used to do that with pumpkin dishes all the time.

[@lacytaylor1501]

@@Wolfgang8-Y Yeah, usually it's about 2 eggs, around a cup or two of dairy, and flavoring stuff. With the rind acting as a crust it's entirely possible just won't have any spices in it.

[@Krispy_Kream_Sahvanna]

As soon as she started talking about baking several batches to find and list changes in the cupcakes I immediately subscribed, I was already planning on it due to how much she worked to get this recipe accurate but was waiting for the end of the video. Couldnt wait, this was great

[@hooberfloobermoober]

New challenge, make Minecraft bread using only the recipe in game. Have fun eating a mouthful of flour.

[@pompi8229]

Lol thanks for making my day

[@AlexaFaie]

You allow one bushel of wheat to get wet and then leave it to start fermenting, from which you are able to harvest yeast (its more liquidy in this form as used in old brewing). Bread can be made with just flour, yeast, and a bit of water. So if you've got the moist yeast from the bushel you've allowed to ferment, that could count as the liquid (there will be some alcohol content, but that will cook off). There you go. Bread. :)

[@kaitlyn__L]

First breads were indeed just ground wheat mixed with water and put into a patty and baked. The yeast came later (IRL the Egyptians were the first ones to capture yeast for bread, but beer already existed prior to that point so we were capturing yeast for beer. But not bread.)

[@reedrazor7546]

@@AlexaFaie Baking soda : am I a joke to you?

[@cc32834]

New challenge, make minecraft sugar using only the recipe in the game

[@jonahkim2029]

Ann is like that one teacher everyone loves because she's good at teaching and making learning fun. :) 10/10

[@GrOoT-_-]

you know you are an old fan when you see the kids and got shocked by how big they have gotten

[@laartje24]

I know right. I was like, why doesn't she feed it to her younger kids... oh wait those are the younger kids.

[@ZeVioloniste]

Yeah i thought the same! Crazy how old they are now

[@maymay5600]

yup

[@brummelbar]

Gets me every time

[@MoonSt0n3]

Yeah, it's been so long hahaha

[@0927kira]

this is one of the best channels on youtube her content is always 1. honest 2. educational 3. full of passion 4. entertaining

[@pain-ir6iu]

When the world needed her the most she came to the rescue with a Minecraft cake.

[@LameBoyLee]

@@rohithbaliga stfu

[@craftytester-testinglifeha3299]

i think it was just a typo

[@pain-ir6iu]

@@craftytester-testinglifeha3299 ya sorry

[@noahk9204]

@@pain-ir6iu nothing to say sorry for :)

[@pain-ir6iu]

@@noahk9204 :)

[@MEW-hn2dn]

Me at 2 am: A new Ann Reardon video? AND it's minecraft? Guess I should reschedule this breakdown

[@traineraude]

MOOD. i just got vaccinated earlier so i'm Feeling It and was about to pass out, but like. we can put that to the side for 15 minutes 👀

[@DyslexicMitochondria]

Hey are you ok

[@HattyBee]

sending love

[@mattearenzi8972]

@@DyslexicMitochondria Hey bro! I watch your videos. Absolutely love them

[@HowToCookThat]

G'day MEW99999 let's just cancel the breakdown, praying for a breakthrough instead.

[@malloryjames1306]

"10 1/2 liters of milk" me, a lactose intolerant: I might as well die right now

[@sallyphilpin1104]

My brother-in-law works on a farm and brings home the freshest, best tasting ever, 'raw' milk (unpasteurized) for FREE. I was brought up on the stuff but my sister can only use it in anything she personally won't/can't eat/drink as it makes her eczema flare up badly. Nowadays I have to be more careful how much milk I have 🙁

[@DESTROY3R05]

It could've been 3000 liters of milk since minecraft buckets hold 1k

[@JamesCharIes]

I feel you as a fellow lactose intolerant person

[@icecreamsundd]

My mom is lactose intolerant and she would’ve been in the bathroom for days if she ate this

[@meii-pn3qr]

Shits and farts for days

[@emeraldskies8254]

I’m just glad that you used a lot of the correct Minecraft terms! Also the crafting table does have tools hanging on the side so like maybe you grind the wheat with the hammer:/

[@MissLatteC]

Makes sense

[@ER-nl2hz]

I love how the older kid takes a judicious bite of the first cake, knowing it's going to be a little rough, but the younger kid takes a big ol' enthusiastic bite of the 'bad' cake, and just about unhinges his tiny jaw to take a chomp of the tall-frosting'd 'good cake'. Super cute!

[@chaeriplease]

That was suspiciously detailed observation

[@tealwashablemarker8886]

@@chaeriplease they’re just a descriptive writer, it’s a good thing!

[@squareheadbaggins5043]

what does judicious mean?

[@ER-nl2hz]

@violets are purple not blue you twat I'm neither a dude nor a man. I'm a middle-aged woman, i.e the sort of person most likely to chuckle about cute kids on the internet. I guess I can stick to commenting on Facebook posts if it makes you more comfortable, honey.

[@azraus2500]

Highly irrelevant, the first one is very handsome

[@CelestialHart]

In the context of a survival game a dense solid cake makes sense. Gonna be heavy in your stomach, protein from the milk/egg and lots of sugar for energy. Perfect survival cake.

[@carelsby]

Right! Reminds me of hard-tack, but like, sweet hard tack

[@sarabeth641]

Agree except it would need more eggs

[@junbh2]

It doesn't have much protein though. That's why she added extra eggs. It was sugar, flour, and cream. Very low in protein.

[@Nothxxxxxxx]

Sometimes I forget that Ann is a food scientist and not just a Baker and that shes incredibly intelligent

[@hmm1019]

she baked *30 batches* of different variations of just ONE cupcake recipe?!?!?!? this lady is awesome, wow you learn almost every subject just from 1 of her videos

[@samuelzachariev]

Honestly I’d love to see Ann tackle a Sims inspired project, like the hamburger cake or something

[@aoifegallagher1063]

YES

[@june9576]

OMG YES

[@cathy997]

The salad they make on the stove would be my vote, haha.

[@jennydoe9255]

YES PLEASE! let's just hope she doesnt burn down the house making a salad.

[@DPedro3]

I like to believe Ann played Minecraft enough to be able to find metal, build the bucket, collect and craft all the ingredients

[@squareheadbaggins5043]

poggers!!!

[@themudpit621]

she's got water shaders going in some of that gameplay, I'm guessing it was a family effort.

[@teeheee888]

craft* a bucket

[@AShortDork]

The “Metal” is actually iron

[@jayden.02]

You can do that it like 5 mins though

[@andylovesbats4566]

I love how Ann doesn't just use the ingredients but really goes into detail about the quantities and stuff

[@ananyasahay]

same

[@ordinaryextraordinary9484]

Someone’s gonna freak out when they realize that their milk is no longer “No homo”

[@seran3638]

Lmaooooo

[@littlefox_100]

Lol

[@limmiedee7405]

Cue comments saying "the milk is making us gay" or whatnot

[@Becclabee]

This just made my day. :)

[@deadchanel1298]

Oh no

[@dethkruzer]

Even funnier thing about the volume of milk: the buckets of milk appear to be about as full as when the same bucket is filled with water. And somehow a singular bucket can transfer a whole block of water, and one block of water is nearly a full cubic meter. So technically the recipe could also could demand nearly 3 cubic meters, or 3000 liters of milk.

[@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776]

Minecraft logic amirite? Being serious though, you can't place down one bucket of milk so there's really no way to prove that beyond the fact that you used the same bucket and in game mechanics state that it should be filled to the brim

[@aarongibson9027]

Well technically, the block of water is just below one metre in height.

[@eumim8020]

@@aarongibson9027 Kinda depends, its like a quarter of that if you use it to waterlog a stair block, dont know how smaller it can get tho

[@aarongibson9027]

@@eumim8020 Minecraft truly is an amazing thing.

[@misterscottintheway]

Technically it becomes a source block so it'll flow infinitely as long as the slope is steep enough

[@Beth88901]

Lol the one time they got to eat something nice Dave wasn’t even there😂

[@mariashadows1328]

I always thought a bucket of milk was probably a couple of cups based on how quickly Steve drinks it all lol

[@azraus2500]

Well, since a bucket can hold up a block of water or lava, it should be like, 3000 liters or something?

[@sahave5042]

@@azraus2500 well rip that cow utters

[@sahave5042]

@@azraus2500 also it is 1k liters

[@aherowithinyou9494]

@@azraus2500 no,milk buckets contain way less milk than water or lava. If it has 3000 litres of milk then why we cannot place it? According to me milk buckets are equivalent to water bottles.?

[@azraus2500]

@@aherowithinyou9494 well, mainly, we can't place it because there's no point of doing it

[@adrian_0765]

One thing I really love about this channel is how you not only take the time to try and make the recipes right, you also show us how to make our own at home, AND try to stick to the original as much as you can, if possible. That is something I admire with a passion. I'm super happy for you and your book, I hope things are going well for you! Have a lovely day, you're doing amazing work! (I also love when you're passive aggressive in some videos, it does get a nice good laugh out of me!)

[@acookie7548]

i love how she always gives us the etymology of terms we might not know

[@themudpit621]

not to be confused with aetiology. Which I did....

[@acookie7548]

@@themudpit621 and don’t even get me started on entomology 😳

[@Anonymouse2699]

Everyone: *knows this cake will be awful* Everyone: *watched anyway because we love Ann and appreciate her hard work*

[@tvishakishore4982]

I want you to try the ‘recipe through google translate challenge’ You basically have Dave put a recipe through google translate many times and then follow it! Put it through many languages like French and Hindi

[@rintaabbey5198]

This is something I'd like to see. Please do this Ann!!

[@A4kMusic]

Meanwhile on some spiritualistic channel: today we gonna spawn a Wither using ingredients that used only in Minecraft: this is four blocks soul sand and three black skulls. At first let’s move to the nearest graveyard!

[@Nemesis0513]

Probably use burned skulls.

[@fyredance]

I absolutely LOVE and appreciate that Ann takes the extra steps to figure out the actual volume of the milk buckets and sugar piles

[@brianneb3118]

Aye I know you from Graveyard Loon’s vids 😂 small world

[@aisadal2521]

Petition for Ann to make more fictional cakes! I propose the cake from the original Paper Mario, and the cake in Season 1 of Grace and Frankie ☺️

[@arlaxazure486]

Now is that with or without that frame count discovery where if you wait a *really freaking long time* the cake can still be counted as cooked properly?

[@Tillyard86]

How about the one from Matilda!

[@kubiborglar]

Portal cake

[@acelyhightower7645]

I want to see her make Poffins and the Pokémon creme puffs from the Pokémon games. They kinda look like cake tbh.

[@triccele]

Well, she already made the one from Portal

[@Hana1LuLu]

The mad lass actually did it. I'm extremely impressed. Not only do I love sweets and baking, but I also love science and facts so this was actually very interesting and a treat to watch!

[@Matvey_Kirpichenko]

Please, make "Does the Minecraft pumpkin pie recipe work in real life?".

[@sajeucettefoistunevaspasme]

YOU TAKE A PUPKIN SUGAR AND EGG SMASH IT TOGEDER BOOM pumpin' pie

[@sajeucettefoistunevaspasme]

@Suffzamations delicious

[@shikhar3281]

@Suffzamations pumping pipe

[@ioannouu]

@Suffzamations YUMMYYYY

[@Rgoid]

“Does the Minecraft pumpkin pie recipe work in real life?” Answer: NO it does not.

[@solarknight3942]

Some minecraft modders watching this video are going: *”Write that down, write that down!”*

[@snowparody]

Why?

[@reeyohontop]

how would that work?

[@bennyboiart7781]

Indeed! In fact, considering that there are actually berries in Minecraft now, it would make sense for the recipe to be updated slightly to include them.

[@nodezsh]

@@reeyohontop A "mod" is a modification of the game's code, made by players. Modders are the people that develop the mods. Now, mods can do a number of changes to the game, but most of all, a popular category is the one that makes crafting items a more complex process involving more ores, machines, tools (all added by these mods) that ends up with special items players can hold as a kind of prize for their effort. For example, flour is made by putting wheat on a crafting table. That's too simple, so let's make a grinder. And the grinder needs special blades and some wood as well. The blades need to be made by forging the metal, or by casting it, so let's make a stencil to cast some iron. The resulting powder from running the wheat through the grinder needs to be sifted too, because it contains the flour but it's mixed with the husk. So lets make a sifter with thin metallic wires and a metallic or wooden frame. Or let's poke holes on a wooden or metallic bowl. Both of these would need special tools, one method requires a device for making the wires and a way of attaching them to a frame, the other needs a device that will poke holes on the bowl. That's just for the flour. Imagine, then, making all the needed ingredients for the second cake, from scratch. It would take ages, but the journey might be worth it.

[@Yuniiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

Yeah maybe i should make a mod about it

[@worldpeace6322]

Minecraft: 3 buckets of milk Ann: **grabs bucket and goes to the backyard barn** well there we go...

[@washedblue]

not to sound like a total creep but was anyone gonna tell me Ann lived on a farm or was I just supposed to find out by watching a hen push an egg out of its cloaca on camera?? is this news or am I just note up to date with the lore

[@chocolatebar9395]

I am now convinced she can make a cake out of anything

[@Alice-si8uz]

@Meme Cat Indeed!

[@squareheadbaggins5043]

well don't ask Dave! I'm sure he'll have a different answer! lol

[@NinjaFlibble]

reminds me of the channel(channels?) that can make bread out of anything

[@aliceignis]

The McGyver of cooking :D

[@c_p1858]

“What should we use for the red parts?” A BLOOD SACRIFICE TO THE CAKE GODS “Maybe berries?” Oh yes that’s probably a better idea

[@priyensha6335]

**wheezes like a donkey**

[@will0wtr335]

It's the 'probably' that gets me

[@TheShape45]

That taste...mmmmmm strawberries

[@aaaaaaaaaaaa1973]

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD

[@mdkl73]

Omg you are so silly 😝😛😀😐😑

[@NekoKuroNeko]

When you make the cake in Minecraft you get the achievement “the lie”. I guess it doesn’t have to be a Portal reference.

[@bag2338]

She’s done so many minecraft cakes and yet she hasn’t done the ACTUAL minecraft cake HAHA :D

[@KuraTile]

Emergency food what are you doing here?

[@admiralduckshmidt2248]

@@KuraTile she is waiting to be cooked and watching her friends and family be devoured by the best cooking channel on youtube

[@Cat-tg8nk]

hi paimon

[@KjelldonBorjan]

Next video: Does the Genshin Impact Emergency Food recipe works in real life?

[@basil2073]

...what is the actual minecraft cake???

[@zoeyzow880]

What I expected-soup cake What we got- solid cake block ...that’s appropriate lol

[@Delicate_Disaster]

I love how she does these videos. So many other KZbinrs would just try the recipe and say it doesn't work and be done, but not Ann. The extra effort of experimenting until she finds a doable version takes her videos to a whole new level.

[@BrentConner]

I'm going to have to put my thinking cap on for another "fictional" cake! Haha

[@amethsys]

You have commented first. Good job!

[@uuuu132]

She's so creative! It's amazing 😄

[@marah39]

Why does it say 1 day ago?

[@poopoohead57]

1 day ago?

[@1184-c1l]

Why does it say 1 day ago?

[@AbsentNyx]

I’ve just learned to accept that Minecraft crafting recipes often don’t make a whole lot of sense.

[@eraimattei]

And that's why you play modded. I'm sure someone can make a 99% realistic cake recipe with mods. If they haven't

[@jhivarr4202]

@@eraimattei Pams Harvestcraft! It adds tools too like mortar and pestles, pans, etc!

[@AxxLAfriku]

ORORORORO!!! I spend half of my day sleeping! ORORORO!!! Then I sometimes get up and tell you that I am a famous content creatorORORORORO!!! Please don't sleep while driving, dear cheis

[@Gamesaucer]

Not just the recipes. * cough * apples growing on oaks * cough *

[@AbsentNyx]

@@Gamesaucer Or you know...floating blocks?

[@ems5569]

I don’t know why but I always saw the the Minecraft cake as an old fashioned pound cake. A pound cake is called a pound cake because it used to be made with a lb of each ingredient like a lb of flour, a lb of eggs and so on. Not sure why I associated that with the Minecraft cake but to me it just kind of makes sense.

[@ineedanormalusernamesoidon4553]

i mean, i once tried crafting the Minecraft cake with a traditional pound cake recipe 🤠

[@maeveburgess4553]

would a sourdough starter have allowed some amount of aeration? I realise it would be closer to a sweet bread loaf but it'd allow the cake to rise without adding bicarb.

[@martjanamoon1785]

Ann Reardon puts soo much effort in her videos and also in her work off screen, like researching and experimenting, it´s so amazing! thank you, Ann, I appreciate your work so so much PS: imagine her doing a series about food in video games or so, like Breath of the Wild or something, but with all that scientific background she has

[@MzzteryRose]

Talking about not adding things cause it gets complicated Modded minecraft: adds it all including the kitchen sink

[@jackpack4711]

😂😂

[@jefffu3820]

The crafting table has it's own special leavening properties. Also, chickens are huge in minecraft, literally, they fill a lot of that meter cube.

[@katelillo1932]

So maybe an ostrich egg would be better lol

[@joshuaharper372]

Exactly what I was going to say, but an ostrich egg would probably be too big for that amount of flour. You might end up with a souffle.

[@stonedgeekcentral3925]

Maybe a Turkey egg? Bigger than a chicken (I think) and smaller than an ostrich egg (probably). I know nothing about eggs lol

[@josephmorse3089]

It'd probably just be easier to use enough chicken eggs to get the proportions right

[@Anatomymisgivings]

I didn’t realise your book had food science, I thought it was just recipes. I’m definitely buying! Would love a whole book just on food science too!

[@merinsan]

"The only problem is we've only got 1 egg white" I was thinking a bigger problem was that in minecraft, you make the cake without baking in the furnance....

[@carelsby]

I remember back in beta days I had a mod that had like more realistic food, like you had to bake the cake in the furnace, gather more specific ingredients, had a couple more crafting table-like blocks like wheat grinder etc. It was really fun and I wish I could remember the name of it, or find something similar for current versions.

[@Xentillus]

@@carelsby I don't know if it's for the most current versions but Pam's Harvestcraft is a good food mod

[@fakeflowers3036]

lol

[@carelsby]

@@Xentillus thanks!

[@rbad6215]

@@Xentillus pams harvestcraft is not a good food mod, its almost mediocre

[@creanjinsung]

I don't play Minecraft a lot but knowing that the recipe technically works given the limitation of ingredients you can put on a crafting table just makes it better. I just woke up and this is the first video I watched. I think my brain is ready to function.

[@lailataluminousnight8064]

I love the way she tries to make it accurate😫

[@imbeckymiller2]

It's so crazy that I was watching this channel in 2013 when I was learning how to cook and now it's such a huge channel, absolutely deserved I adored every video ♡ still love cooking to the day

[@aha9788]

😊

[@MartinaBerkowitz]

So early- thanks for posting you really made my day 1000000 times better

[@DyslexicMitochondria]

made mine better too

[@tomhappening]

She makes everyones day better

[@Geobert0]

YOU MAKE MY DAY BETTER MY RABBIT WANT TO GIVE YOU BIG KISS

[@mayurid2110]

Mine too. I love baking and am trying to write my own recipes for chocolate truffles. Love your content, Ann

[@MartinaBerkowitz]

thank you so much for noticing my comment

[@pookarah]

In an older season of GBBO, they went and visited a historical home and did a Victorian cake recipe where you beat the batter for ages to work air into it, allowing gluten to develop and hold the air bubbles, I wonder if that method would work for this?

[@michaelmaguire4147]

I expected her to go the "each item is a part" so 3 parts milk, 3 parts flower(the wheat), 2 parts sugar and 1 egg for binding.

[@knotsnchains6907]

like 1 C milk, 1 C flour, 2/3 C sugar, 1 egg. big issue is that there is no mode of operation.. so there are no measurements and no instructions.

[@michaelmaguire4147]

@@knotsnchains6907 well that was why I suggested parts. That way it's a ratio and could be applied to any measurement. Probably base actual measurements on the eggs, based on how many you'd need to actually bind it

[@themudpit621]

yes, three cups flour, three cups milk, two cups sugar, and an egg. Sweet!! That's kinda how I've always thought of it, given how many slices you get to eat. Also, you can add vanilla, because it's vanilla minecraft ;)

[@azraus2500]

When Iroh said: "It's time to ask yourself the big questions" I didn't have this in mind but I guess it's still worth it lol

[@ranthropologist]

"we can't make a one meter by one meter cake" why not, Ann. Why not. I want to learn how to cook that.

[@anogaft1543]

Lol

[@mothmadi_]

new challenge >:)

[@TrucknEPK]

It’s worth noting that the achievement for making a cake in minecraft is called “The Lie”:)

[@La-PetitMort]

It's a portal reference

[@Black_Ryze]

that isn't a reference to the fact that the recipe is a lie but yes

[@TrucknEPK]

@@Black_Ryze I never did know why it was called that until @La Petit Mort pointed out it was a portal reference. :)

[@azraus2500]

Well... *The cake is a lie, I guess*

[@MisterSleep1123]

@@azraus2500 comparing this to 5minute crafts, this lie is edible at least

[@bambams87]

I understand why Ann has almost 5 million subscribers. The effort put into these quality videos is phenomenal !

[@MyMusicHarbourage]

Well your name is Ann too lol. Do you plan on making videos like this?

[@Huldran]

I love how serious she is about this. Love it!

[@abbygleeson420]

the older kid sounds just like Dave and the younger one sounds just like Ann, it's so cute🥺

[@naomigwolfe8112]

Ikr the little one was even nice about saying it was not that good 🥺

[@HaloInverse]

As I recall, Minecraft cake can survive being walked on and even _jumped on_ from a decent height, without altering its shape or edibility. ...so the first recipe is probably correct and working as intended.

[@retrorek]

Just preordered! Was a pleasant surprise that I was thinking of starting baking and saw your book coming out in just a few days! ❤️

[@HowToCookThat]

Wonderful!

[@thatjokerperson7062]

Using unpasturized milk like it would be in game You can make 1 bucket into butter 1 into the cake and one into icing 1 sugar goes into icing 1 in cake and the wheat goes into cake Hell technically you could use wheat to harvest natural yeast

[@squareheadbaggins5043]

I like this scientific contribution :)

[@themudpit621]

so that's how three wheat make a bread! cool!

[@naila4856]

interesting take

[@Mr_Doogz]

Yeah but I fell like that's just way to progressive and complicated to be part of the game.

[@thelordz33]

@@themudpit621 you would still require a liquid or it would just end up a pile of powder.

[@charliedelfino2102]

Ann: how big is a bucket, or a pile Brits: that's what we've been saying about cups this whole time!

[@So_Indecisive]

Lol

[@kosmoboo]

I bought american measuring cups just so I can make the recipes I find on pinterest. But I keep struggling with cups of butter. How can you get butter into a measuring cup? Or when it says to use a stick of butter. Just use a kitchen scale for measuring! By now I know a cup is 223 grams of butter. Makes it so much easier.

[@whoami6064]

@@kosmoboo ikr especially when they say soften butter, you can't even melt it and measure it!

[@limalicious]

@@kosmoboo 1 cup is 16 tablespoons and our standard sticks of butter are 8 tablespoons with measurements included on the paper the sticks come wrapped in.

[@CSGray-nf2hx]

@@kosmoboo as a Canadian who also uses cups for baking, I can say I do not actually use cups for butter. I have tried but it’s to much hassle and mostly unnecessary, I just use a spoon to pick it up and go off spoon measurements instead, a little more work to deal with measurements but better than trying to smooth down butter in a little plastic cup.

[@lekiscool]

The older son was so much like your husband. It was hilarious. “Stodgy”

[@lailataluminousnight8064]

😂😂😂

[@CommanderWiggins]

Now that you point it out, he does sound so much like Dave.

[@MJFish]

My daughter loves watching your videos so much! She’s in first grade (US), and her teacher mentioned Australia and she shouted, “that’s where Ann Reardon lives!” Her teacher thought you were someone we know personally. 😆

[@TarotLadyLissa]

Maybe in Minecraft they fermented some of the dough and have a sourdough-type situation. That would give natural rise to the cake.

[@naomigwolfe8112]

Ohhh nice idea!!

[@AllyMarie_123]

As a Minecraft player, I was immediately concerned when I saw the title lol. Per usual, the amount of effort you put into this video is impressive. I honestly can't believe what you do for us. You're an amazing person and I love your videos so much! Thank you! 🧡