everything's going wrong at the moment 😭 | Baking with Tayla, Exploring Leeds & Answering Questions!

[@TheJoelWood]

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[@williamstringer6519]

Joel, just to let you know how widespread your appeal is on KZbin, I am ninety years old and really love your rabbiting on about all the inconsequential things happening in your life. It is marvellous company for me and gives me the opportunity to think again as I might have done at your age. You have a great talent for creating a one-to-one experience with your viewers, and for my part feel as there is only you and me together during your talks. Well done, and all the best with your endeavours!

[@TheJoelWood]

Wow William, that's so lovely to read, thank you! I'm so glad you enjoy my videos - I feel honoured that you choose to spend some of your day with me, so thank you for watching!!

[@waregeeksny]

Put your utensils in hot water before you whip the butter cream and when you spread it around. You will see a big difference in how soft the butter cream gets.

[@tonytiangco]

The image looks sharper and better sound

[@sandyback4665]

Joel, Gramma here; please don't think of the things that go wrong but on all the thing that you right. You are a great person!

[@TheJoelWood]

Thanks Sandy! I'll try to remember that!

[@steelcrown7130]

Pro home baker tip (if there is such a thing as a professional home baker lol): yes use proper butter to grease the tin, and then LIBERALLY dust the inside of the greased tin with plain flour. Get that flour in there, baby!. Finally, tip the excess flour either back into the flour canister or the bin or the sink depending on skill levels, and you have a *buttered and floured* cake tin. Add the raw cake mixture and bake as normal - you can thank me afterwards, as your baked cake slides effortlessly, without sticking at all, out of the cake tin. The other option is to cut a piece of siliconised (NOT plain greaseproof - unless they no longer sell plain greaseproof in the UK; it's getting hard to find here in Australia) baking paper to the exact size and shape of the bottom of the tin and line the pre-greased bottom with it. Much more of a faff, but it works very well.

[@karencarson7232]

I can tell a good difference in your new camera. The cake looked delicious! I love how we (Americans), and British people speak so differently. I just love your voice and English accent. Knowing you, you'll be a pro at your new camera in no time! Thanks for always being so real, Joel. That's what I like about you.

[@jeffreymyers5144]

What's up, Joel?! It's Jeff from the Scotland trip! Wanted to give you a little boost of encouragement, dude! So I've totally changed my life around, 4 months sober and tobacco free now, and I was overweight and out of shape on the trip, hadn't exercised in over 8 years since my fiance was still alive. Exercise was agonizing to think about but I started with nightly walks and kept pushing harder, then I got into a gym and got with a personal trainer 3 times a week, started seeing results and pushing harder, now I'm in there training 5 days a week, but still exercising 3-4 hours everyday, 7 days a week, and with at least an hour of cardio everyday. I've gone from overweight to in the best shape of my life and I feel like a new man. I know my routine is a bit extreme for someone with a career and family, but you just got to designate that one day a week at least for an hour of cardio if that's an area that you feel is lacking. I believe in you! You can do it! You just gotta give yourself that push! If I can do it anyone can! Anyways, like I said, just wanted to give you a little boost of encouragement!

[@Jamnicity]

When my oldest was 14 he made a Victoria Sponge for our Easter dessert. First time I’d ever had one, and it was delicious! I totally hear you on the kid activities. My oldest is involved in choir and theater, my youngest in band, and boy things do get busy! It’s always nice when we get a breather on school breaks.

[@Mark.Dodd-Prinold]

Fab video! The slow-mo slip up had us laughing, sounds like something we’d do 😂! Also marvellous to hear you’re now loving Leeds, I moved here 6 years ago and agree that it’s a fab city once you’ve been here a bit and figured out the quirky little places.

[@kennixox262]

If you like the cake pan with parchment paper, makes it so much easier to remove or a cake pan with a push-out bottom.

[@vodriscoll]

Parchment paper, not baking parchment. lol. It looks good and I would love a slice.

[@bkm2797]

We love a share of your goings on Joel, sorry you had some glitches with the new camera, but it all worked out in the end. I had no idea Keenan's daughters name is Tayla, I sincerely thought she was named after Taylor Swift,lol, I will do my best to remember. Thanks for the update Joel, see you soon!

[@beverlydust5381]

Joel enjoyed this video.

[@hollykinslow5193]

Halarious!!! I DO like the new camera. I can tell that things are more crisp. The slow mo was also kinda cool😂. ❤

[@couchpotato3589]

The new camera has a crisper image. Looks great!

[@TheJoelWood]

Aw good! I'm glad you can notice a difference!

[@BobsCreativeDays]

Great new camera. The quality is definitely there. The learning curve should not be too bad. And you are definitely not the worst blogger out there. 😊 Hope you have a great week. And also Happy Belated Birthday.

[@lee9650]

"Everything's going wrong at the moment", pretty much sums up the past 10 years or so of my life...

[@danettecadzow9837]

My sympathies I'm right there with ya!

[@meganh7805]

Count me in too.

[@franciscajimenez9703]

Don’t let it bring you down 😊

[@TheJoelWood]

hahaha!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

6:59 Sometimes, stepping out really activates parts of your brain and you feel energised. (There are exceptions, of course)

[@richardstormjr.7564]

I think the pic and sound was great

[@PokhrajRoy.]

7:33 I’ve stayed there for a fortnight and it’s actually such great fun! I liked the green spaces.

[@rasferrastfarian739]

Such fun Joel! - lol with the new camera...D'oH!

[@joethomas2354]

In the U.S., we nearly always frost the outside of the cake as well. 😀

[@faithhudson4576]

I feel like that!! I am my own worst enemy and I tell myself I suck at life so much I cry!!

[@tyronesmith4622]

I’d love to see you Joel on Great British Bake off lol and I totally agree chocolate is like the best thing ever! ❤

[@phineas117]

I didn't know about the "R insertion"...I noticed kathy hipperson doing that in the "mrs crocombe" videos on english heritage. lovely video, joel. you can also sprinkle sugar (GASP I know) of sugar over the buttered pan for the victoria sponge too. it seems to release better

[@Suzibird307]

Are you a Kurt fan?

[@crinkle2649]

Did you put flour in the pan over the oil/low fat butter? And you probably didn't put enough of the butter. The cake would still be delicious even if it is ripped apart 😄. Sometimes when that happens people have just put it in a big bowl and just layer everything and use a big spoon to scoop it into small bowls.

[@TheJoelWood]

ooo I love the thought of just deconstructing it in a bowl and eating it like that!! i will try the flour method, not tried that before!

[@catcartier27]

I am American and I love the different accents and pronunciations. Keeps us curious and challenged.

[@kathleenchild]

My mom used to put raspberry jam in between the cake layers and icing on the top layer of cake and on the sides. Best dessert ever!

[@kimprzybylinski6079]

I like the look of the video once you started using the new camera

[@dougwheeler1265]

Thanks Joel! I've been wondering why Brits inserted an R after some words, and you explained it very well!

[@TheJoelWood]

Glad it was helpful!!

[@robs4574]

I love to bake as well. A trick that works for me is to grease the cake pans, then put in a round of parchment paper (you can buy them precut which is wonderful), grease the parchment and then dust the pan with flour (or cocoa if its chocolate).

[@stevenhinds4907]

It will get better Joel!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

9:10 OMG SAME! I detest formal clothes. So boring.

[@healthhappiness5507]

Use butter and flour to coat the pans.

[@dianegilchrist677]

Congratulations on your new camera.I can relate to Tayla& Ben because I really don’t love sweet things.With the exception of people!❤

[@PokhrajRoy.]

We’ve all had some version of ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once…Going Wrong’ before us.

[@dalmatianluvr]

Cut a round of parchment paper for the bottom. Lay it in after you butter (real thing!) the tin. Then butter the paper too. (I usually just use a paper towel to spread the butter around, then throw it away.) Well, thanks to the faux pas with SloMo, the vlog was only 15:31. A good thing. LOL I usually play "talking vlogs" on 1.25 xor 1.5x speed to save me time. It all works out! LOL Except for the sound. You get the hang of it. You learned your last camera! Have a great week, Joel. 💛

[@stephaniel3032]

New camera is very nice!

[@janicesuddath9737]

There could also be a setting to reduce white noise. The picture is sharper

[@TheJoelWood]

I'll have a look! There must be!

[@jrw5831]

Another great video. Joel, I think you speak very clearly. Now I do have problems understanding Keegan. He sounds more Scottish to me from this old New Englander!!

[@PaladinesAngel]

Leeds looks amazing on your camera! You will get there with the camera. It’s just practise and familiarity. It does look good

[@TheJoelWood]

Yeah once I get used to it, I should get a bit better at using it haha!

[@PaladinesAngel]

You are a great vlogger Joel. It will be great again in no time :) Plus the slow motion stuff is fun so there is that too :)

[@VMeral]

The sound is definitely better. And the image seems sharper and more clear as well

[@TheJoelWood]

Oh that's good!!

[@CarlTippins]

I can't say the new camera is better (because, honestly, I didn't pay that much attention between the two cuts). But I will say, the new camera footage is very, very clear and very high def. It looks wonderful. As far as claiming your gas (petrol) I'm not sure how it works for British taxes, but in the US you would log (literally write it down) your milage for work related expenses and you are given a certain amount per mile you can deduct. You would also log any mass transit/train/Uber costs associated with work related expenses. These (in the US anyway) would all be legitimate expenses for work. I would imagine it would be the same in the UK.

[@Suzibird307]

That is my fave flavor of Monster . I don't know if you have Reign over there, but it's the energy drink that I am into at the moment.

[@TheJoelWood]

I think I've seen that... I'll have a look for it, thanks for the recommendation!

[@felipemagosjr8386]

❤❤Omg, Joel. Best video ever. Thank you for the laughs. Thank you for being so real and showing all the frustrations. You made our night while watching your video. Keep being real and know that that’s the biggest reason we continue watching. We don’t usually comment but just had to with this one. Love the slo-mo vid part!! ❤❤

[@TheJoelWood]

Thanks so much, that's very sweet!! So glad you enjoyed!!

[@OuranMom101]

Your fine Joel thanks!!

[@stevencram3062]

Hello, Steve from St Petersburg, FL I could listen to you talk for hours and can understand you perfectly. We Americans love to make the "R" sound. Keep up the quality work you do.

[@candidolopez1131]

The camera looks just fine...and sharp.

[@theboringkaren]

Hang on, I've never seen a folding baking rack before! 😵 Now I need one.

[@TheJoelWood]

Oh it's life changing Karen!! Love it!! It's stackable too, I have two more, that can sit on top of each other to create a 3 tier rack!!

[@mikewolfe5829]

So are we going to be seeing you on Bake Off any time soon? 🤣

[@lizgillies3564]

Great video as always cake looked delicious 😋😋 hope you all enjoyed, weather is pretty awful just now skipped autumn and straight into winter 😮. Stay safe and take care ❤

[@TheJoelWood]

Oh it was sooo good! I might need to make another one!

[@Shell1425]

The new camera quality looks beautiful

[@TheJoelWood]

Yay! Thank you!

[@matthewdishington3842]

Congrats on the new camera!

[@TheJoelWood]

Thank you Matthew!!

[@susieb8661]

I was taught that to make a cake not stick ... Grease the pan (use butter or shortening) then sprinkle white flower around the pan - Shake and rotate the pan until it is completely dusted with flour - dump the excess flour so all that is left is what stuck to the grease - Then pour in the batter. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOEL!!

[@TheJoelWood]

oooo I've never done the flour part... I'm gunna try it Susie! Thank you!

[@morandana77]

The image of 6'4" 200+ lb Keegan doing the ironing is hilarious. Adding a French maid's outfit would make it instantly viral.

[@cub221954]

Joel sweetie, here's a baking tip from someone who started baking when she was 5 ( am now 69)... Grease your pan(s), cut some Parchment Paper to size and insert into pan...lightly grease the parchment paper in the pan, pour the batter in, bake.When inverting the pan, cake will come out easily... parchment paper will be on bottom of cake. It will easily pull off. No more broken cake hon...also i never flour my pans when doing this and never have any problems. Good Luck...hope this helps you.

[@CathyMiller0711]

The new camera looks good.

[@TheJoelWood]

Thanks Cathy!!

[@joemalick]

A good Sunday night vlog always gets my week started right! 🙂 That is so funny about you filming so much in slo mo, that would have been some classic footage. 😂 The quality does look better, though, so I think you made a good investment! And I totally agree with you and Keegan about the weather, we just had 6 days straight of rain here in NJ, and I had no energy, I was so lethargic. Thank goodness the sun came out yesterday! 🌞 Have a great week! ❤

[@Suzibird307]

We had the same here in PA, Joe. It rained for I don't know how many days in a row. Must've been 5 or 6. It was Ophelia that did it !! LOL Sunny & beautiful the last day or so. True Fall !!

[@TheJoelWood]

I normally love Autumn and Winter, but I've realised I only love it when it's dry and sunny haha! I don't mind the rain, but it seems to be constantly raining up north!! haha! 6 days of rain in NJ... wow! Hope the weather has improved now Joe!!

[@darlenenickerson1713]

Happy belated birthday Joel.🎂🍨🎉

[@kevinm-py1nt]

I can't figure out the sugars in the UK. What is castor sugar and what is icing sugar? Is it like granulated sugar and powdered sugar in the US?

[@margaretalletson84]

Icing sugar is confectioners sugar or powdered sugar.Castor sugar is granulated sugar only finer.

[@gwynethglas-brown9171]

Baking can be very therapeutic 😜 be nice to see you and Taylor baking together . I have a family member that doesn’t eat sweet things. They too leave all chocolate,sweets presents in a cupboard 🤷‍♀️. Have Fun trying out your New camera. Have a Good week🥰

[@CherylannTurner-pr5bl]

Nice camera! Hilarious slow motion 😂

[@jaimemactx]

I just got that camera as well and filmed in slow-mo and it was hysterical. It confused me greatly. I need to figure out how to adjust the microphone as well.

[@SabyMon]

I am glad someone asked the Tayla Taylor question cause I was wondering myself.

[@bobperricone2216]

In NYC we do the same thing w/the R....lol

[@MsTrain69]

I was just thinking that! I wonder how that happened. Interesting. Both are endearing. 🤔

[@paulguise698]

Hiya Joel, was the Victoria Sponge the recipe I've sent you? I'll be so chuffed if it is, I like watching your day to day vlogs to see what happend's in your and Keegan's home and when your driving into Leeds to see what your doing there, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

[@deannaeakle8680]

Line each pan with parchment paper

[@nancyprzybyl3624]

Hi Joel _ I made a layer cake today for my daughters birthday and had the exact same problem _ one of the layers stuck to the pan _ I was bummed, but nothing a little (a lot) of buttercream cant fix !

[@TheJoelWood]

haha glad it's not just me! Well exactly, buttercream can hide a multitude of sins haha!

[@ingaborlowski1536]

Your new Camera is amazing!! What a difference, good decision 😊

[@JB444-x8g]

I really liked your hoody, it looks so comfy. It 1was so fun when you gave us a lesson in linguistics. I find it so interesting, how we both speak English so differently. 🇺🇸 vs 🇬🇧

[@TheJoelWood]

Thank you!! I don't often talk about language and linguistics anymore but I do love it!

[@amandamcdonald9152]

If it helps the quality of the video in your new camera is very good!

[@TheJoelWood]

So glad you notice a difference!! I just need to learn to use it properly now haha!

[@VickiCampbell-1216]

I think "Slo-mo Joel" would be entertainingly funny to watch!! 😂😄Very nice camera, Joel. 📸

[@stephaniegonsalves2810]

I never noticed the difference in the linguistic aspect regarding the "R". I live south of Boston Massachusetts n we NEVA pronounced the heavy RRR, we replaced it with a heavy AH...😂😂😂

[@markryzner4760]

Happy Birthday 🎉

[@chrisk5651]

In the USA, we call it the intrusive “R”. And some use it here too.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

9:27 Idk the slo-mo footage is cute. Jus5 add some background music to it. Make it campy.

[@bethmeredith]

Cake looked Yummy well done Tayla and Joel. 👏

[@TheJoelWood]

Thank you!! It tasted so good (even if it didn't look the best!!)

[@franciscajimenez9703]

Still a great time with Joel 😊

[@allmylovetolongago7605]

I’ve never heard the r at the end of Ava, but until this video I thought Keegan’s daughter was Taylor.

[@Mahmah476]

I think a 3-second to 1-minute clip of the slow-mo would be a blast to see.

[@JohnandCaraRetiredTravellers]

Congratulations on the new camera you’ve made the best of it including in the story! Bravo! ~Cara 😊

[@AyeeeItsCam]

You're so private these days, Joel lol. I feel like your birthday weekend would've been so fun to watch! But I understand you wanting to have your family time! Hope it was a good birthday!

[@torrerobb2238]

picture quality with the new camera is a big improvement.. will jut take a bit off time to get used to it I am sure ... 😊

[@TheJoelWood]

Thank you - yeah hopefully I'll get used to it!! No more slow-mo!! haha!

[@torrerobb2238]

@@TheJoelWood 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Brooksie603]

I'm sure you will get used to the camera soon and all the tricks to make filming better for you. I noticed that it blurs out people in the background so that's nice. How frustrating that it flips to slow-mo so easily though. Hopefully, it will be easy to avoid once you are used to it.

[@harvestmoon_autumnsky]

I think the new camera is clearly (ha) better than the old one.

[@TheJoelWood]

haha well that's good!!! Glad you can notice a difference!

[@michaelcrenshaw3099]

You need frosting on the whole cake!!😅

[@karenwhite7023]

What time does it get dark over there Joel?

[@TheJoelWood]

At the moment it's at about 7pm, but in the heart of winter, it'll get dark at 3:30pm/4pm

[@vickytaylor9155]

Butter and line the tin Joel always. I always use 3 eggs.

[@lissahammond2249]

I love the mistakes. Makes you human and relatable ❤. Btw ..I thought it was Taylor. Tayla is such a pretty name!!!

[@rebeccajanemae]

Thanks for the clip of Oscar! Happy belated Birthday🎉 I don’t understand people who don’t like sweets either🍪🧁🍩🍦🍮🍰🍫💜🙂

[@lakephillip]

In America we have PAM which is a no calorie spray on oil that helps with sticking. Joel did you read the instructions on you new camera? It really does help. Last comment I know was a throw away, but Joel there is nothing Stupid or little about your life. Coming from a 67 year old Californian.

[@lelandpeck4585]

Thanks, Joel! that really was a fun video in spite of the fact that you had camera problems. Would love see you a Taylor baking together. Funny, I'm from New England and evidently in certain sections we put "r's" on words like Cuber (for Cuba) and similar. When I went to university everyone said, "oh we know exactly where you're from" because I used to put "r's" on the ends of words ending with an "A". That cured me. Don't do that any more. Anyway, Joel - what is a "hit" class? That puzzled me.

[@thesilverdragon1963]

It’s actually HIIT, for High-Intensity Interval training--very cardio intensive, with weights as well

[@thomasbanaszak2688]

The cake looks delicious.

[@neutrino78x]

13:18 yeah that's called a non-rhotic accent. In places like Manhattan, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, which is the "Standard" or "non-regional American accent" (basically the American equivalent of "received pronunciation"), we have a rhotic accent, so we pronounce "Taylor" and "Tayla" differently (as you demonstrated). It does sound kind of weird to us the way you guys say things like "America" and make it sound like "America-er" lol. We know it's not done intentionally. It is endearing!😀 There are some areas of the USA that still use a non-rhotic accent, though, the most notable being the Boston area. In Boston, if the person has the stereotypical "Boston accent", "heart" and "hat" are nearly indistinguishable. 🙂(well, I guess a fellow Bostonian could hear the difference. lol) I've always wondered when exactly the American accent started deviating from the British accent. We know from Edison's first audio recording that, by then, Americans already sounded different from the British. I wonder if it was already different in 1776? In 1776, the British colonies in North America had already been there roughly one hundred years.

[@faithhudson4576]

I am American, and I hear AVA 🤷‍♀️

[@ptjzmemory]

I live in Washington. You wouldn't believe how many people pronounce it as Warshington State. I don't understand it. 🤣🤣😭 No worries about the camera, Joel. You put out quality videos and learn quickly. We have your back! 😊

[@HomoErectusSum]

That's 'Warshington' state, not D.C

[@424cmac]

Could you do a voiceover for the part you need to speed up?

[@joannunemaker6332]

Your cake looks simply delicious! To me, it looks perfect. Your new camera has a nice, clear picture. I think you might be forgetful because you are so busy! That's okay. It's human.😊❤

[@chrisc1243]

I think you or Keegan recently put Tayla’s name spelled out on a recent video (“Tayla-Cam” or something) - I had also thought it was “Taylor” before that. I hadn’t seen that name before - is it common in the UK? Thanks for the video. Good luck with the new camera.