Giant Jiggly Castella Cake | Anything with Alvin

[@KazeMemaryu]

I can only imagine Alvin walking up to Andrew, head hung down, asking if he can have 54 more eggs... twice.

[@lizzzlouise]

😂

[@SammyNail]

3 times!

[@Hey_its_nathan89]

I give Alvin credit for not wasting food. This food experiment couldn't have been cheap.

[@notaword1136]

I may or may not have read this wrong and imagined Andrew hanging from the ceiling like a vampire with a giant pile of eggs underneath him... In my defense it is 2am

[@collinfant5146]

Thrice

[@erica9443]

I really like that the babish team keeps mistakes in the video, like the egg whites that didn't fluff up, and that they made extra desserts with the leftover eggs!!

[@K0wface]

Agreed.

[@christyb6916]

YES! its so refreshing to see that even the professionals make mistakes, and that those mistakes can be salvaged into something and dont have to be trash!

[@0-Kirby-0]

It does feel a little silly they didn't point out how risky it is to separate all eggs from one big bowl. Even a small amount of egg yolk can keep egg white from fluffing, that's why people do them one-at-a-time.

[@Stipopedia]

It also teaches people how imporant it is to be really careful with some of those steps.

[@coolcycles]

They got to do it, as long as they keep Alvin in.

[@flammablewater1755]

If you have leftover castella cake, you can fry slices of it in some butter and it basically turns into instant french toast.

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

That sounds amazing. Maybe add some cinnamon with it as well.

[@doctoreplay]

“Remember, it’s ok to get a little bit of white in the yolks, but never a little bit of yolk in the whites” - Chef John (I think)

[@funakfunak2740]

Yeah, does not take a lot of yolk to make whites unwhippable

[@HiddenWindshield]

Surely you're yolking!

[@Smithers888]

@@HiddenWindshield I dunno, that sounds white to me.

[@Kannamoris]

Chef John is the alpha and omega of foodtubers.

[@rosie2292]

@@Smithers888 your confidence is eggcellent!

[@danir9289]

"the cake was not done baking yet" Understatement of the year! Beautiful episode

[@ARabidPie]

And I'm just sitting here thinking: "They could have checked that with the toothpick test..."

[@kalliste01]

@@ARabidPie They did. You see a skewer (or maybe it's a knife) go in and come out fine at 8:40

[@TheGalantHamburger]

Babish crew: Goes to store Babish Crew to store staff: Eggs please Store Staff: How many? Babish Crew: Yes.

[@RichCsigs]

Babish in his best Ron Swanson, "Wait. I'm worried that what you heard was 'Give me a lot of eggs.' What I said was, 'Give me ALL the eggs you have.' Do you understand?"

[@MerikRelian]

@@RichCsigs "Please and thank you."

[@DaDragon555]

Babish Crew singlehandedly responsible for the rise in egg prices

[@EvelynnNystrom]

Can we please talk about how normal it is for this channel to make mistakes, use them for the audience to learn, AND not waste as much food as possible? Like that's such an easy thing to cut out and they just don't and it's so cool

[@Eulangelo]

Literally all the food they say they bring home will go into the trash as soon as they turn the cameras off but keep telling yourself that

[@EvelynnNystrom]

@@Eulangelo wow! your life must be very sad!!

[@sweetgrassOW]

@ you can literally watch him pack food away into carry-out containers multiple times throughout the video... what are you on my guy

[@fluffernutter6633]

@@Eulangelo Just because you're an incredibly wasteful person doesn't mean everyone else is.

[@Smithers888]

I love that they keep the mistakes in the video (because mistakes are human and we need to normalise that as a society) and also show how to find the silver lining in the cloud (pun intended).

[@OhioUltimate979]

Goodness, the Babish chaos factor was present in the kitchen for this one.

[@FarFromtheSuns]

Almost makes you wonder if Andrew was rolling through sabotaging things Dropping egg yolks into the whites when nobody is looking, turning down the oven, resetting timers.

[@OhioUltimate979]

@@FarFromtheSuns I want to believe that so bad. I want it with bodycam footage.

[@andreiareis1301]

About the origin of this kind of cakes... It seems that they were created in old monasteries in Portugal. Later the recipe was brought to Japan in the XVI century during the discovery age. We call it "pão de ló".

[@lucinae8512]

Was it named after Castile, because Portugal at time was part of the Iberian Union?

[@didioriol]

@@lucinae8512 nah, the name comes from "claras em castelo", which is the way the egg whites are beaten

[@borismuller86]

That explains why they’re so popular in Nagasaki.

[@Xalerdane]

I think most baked goods in Japan were introduced by the Portuguese.

[@northstarjakobs]

Insane that a cake that ridiculous was created in a monastery, given the earthly decadence of it all. Then again, there were plenty of monastaries in Medieval Europe that weren't too big on the whole asctetic life of prayer and contemplation, many of them peopled by younger sons of nobility who weren't going to inherit who were given over to the church as a tithe but still expected the same quality of life they had experienced growing up.

[@MissingRaptor]

I absolutely hate food waste so every time you guys say that the extra is being taken home by the crew and you make something new with the leftover ingredients, I am filled with delight 💖

[@Onyxkokoro96]

So many fails but I love Alvin for including them 💛😊 homie is a kitchen improv genius

[@sparkax]

All the shout outs to Rachel, the real MVP of the Babish Team!!!!

[@racheldolfi6533]

❤️❤️❤️❤️ team effort always!!

[@Aiodiam]

I think every baker out there professional or not, has had a day were just nothing seems to be going right. Refreshing to see it, great job team!

[@larryscott9583]

Shoutout to Alvin, who is just so entertaining and such a value add to this channel - Babs is lucky to have him.

[@p0larb3arzer0s]

I love how this devolved into making many desserts out of the scraps.

[@RDB93]

12:38 The final product reminds me of that succulent loaf of bread Aladdin and Abu share with those kids in the alley 😂

[@chazjohannsen]

I’d like to see the behind the scenes of this episode, like a BOTCHED BY BABISH style.

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

I second this!

[@vampgoosh]

accidents with alvin

[@henrygutierrez3243]

I'm honestly kinda more invested in the flan than the jiggly cake. Really wanna see how that turns out!

[@racheldolfi6533]

The flan was AMAZING

[@colinperry8923]

Can’t make a cake without cracking cracking 54 eggs. I’d be lying if I say I didn’t enjoy the multiple attempts. Bravo.👏🏽

[@isab7146]

Rachel is 100% the backbone of this kitchen. Without her these boys would be in constant crisis.

[@squiddy1132]

A beautiful and messy baking journey, very inspiring

[@K0wface]

If they bake and make mistakes you can too!

[@sarahwatts7152]

Spiritually speaking, working here on Alvin's filming days must feel like the chocolate factory scene from I Love Lucy

[@matteopinamonti1867]

"Anything with Alvin" truer than ever, since this time he actually made anything and everything at the same time XD

[@NOGRIZZGUY]

they used half the cities egg supply for this video

[@lerneanlion]

Castella cake seemed to be the best cake for me since it has no cream involved whatsoever. So thank for baking this cake, Alvin and the crew!

[@kerseyHarding]

I really appreciate you guys showing how to use scraps and mistakes to decrease food waste

[@KrisKrisKrissy]

I really love seeing the mistakes. And the side projects to make sure nothing gets wasted.

[@rocketbooste]

Amazing episode. Not only did you show off all the trial and error, but you also turned those errors into other treats (and errors)

[@jaywizardess]

I absolutely love this episode. The mistakes are on camera and just lovely. Shows that everything doesnt always go to plan!

[@Tikuros]

With the egg prices I heard in the US, this might be the most expensive project in the history of the Babish Culinary Universe :D

[@ItsJustLisa]

About $3.25 per dozen for large eggs in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota where I am.

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

Nah, I would say Babish's video for Red Dead Redemption II would probably be more expensive since he made a stew using multiple meats, including bear meat, which isn't common and probably is expensive. Sadly, the gaminess of the bear ruined the whole dish because it overwhelmed everything else 😅. But Babish got fully into character and actually went out into the woods, even putting on a western accent, lol. Really fun episode (please don't ask me to find it, it was years ago).

[@lorensolomon1419]

8$ for 60 eggs in the Midwest

[@maromania7]

Egg prices have slowly returned to normal in most areas. About $1.50 per dozen where I live.

[@realcanadiangirl64]

​@maromania7 Wow. Here in Canada the cheapest I can find is over $4/doz and some are over $8

[@wtfjackaboy]

It’s always nice to see how this channel ensures no food goes to waste. Food wastage is one of my biggest pet peeves as someone who’s experienced a lot of food insecurity (and still does) so it’s a relief to come here and not have to worry about food being unnecessarily chucked away like I unfortunately see in a lot of cooking videos.

[@00Resev]

FYI. Castella's original recipe come from the Portuguese traders when they first visited Japan in the 16th century. In Portugal, the cake is called "Pão de Ló". Its a very common cake here. Can be made in a few different ways, but by and large its a rather simple and unimpressive sponge cake. Its also, as far as i can tell, not originally from Portugal, as the same base recipe or some slight variations could be found throughout Europe.

[@DefconMaster]

I love how Alvin always manages to turn his scraps and mistakes into snacks for the whole crew

[@RasMatti]

"a little vanilla" - dumps the rest of the bottle 🤣😂

[@everettehungerford2858]

The slow, calm, complete chaos that is this show is wonderful.

[@Kiwifluffs]

Babish crew is going to have enough dessert after this episode for the next two weeks! xD

[@D_ytAcct]

These were great - and i love the different iterations, it made the video feel so much realer in terms of learning

[@Hamy3k]

I love how you show what you're doing with the mistakes and leftovers. Changing plans when things don't go exactly right is a very useful skill in the kitchen

[@reddy272]

Episodes like this are so much more interesting to me. It's cool seeing people try different things, adjust, research, and try again. And thank you for not throwing away 108 eggs.

[@wolfieswap]

The way my heart dropped when i saw the yolks break 😭

[@Anita_Chen]

For real! I was like "He's not gonna use that for meringue, is he? That's way too much yolk mixed in... Hmm... well, maybe he won't be doing that and it'll be fine...?" Lo and behold... 🙃

[@ohafomob]

yeah i dont think cracking them all into a big bowl then separating is the move

[@XavierTheNeonTiger]

Flashbacks to 10yr old me 'ruining' 5 eggs worth of whites when one yolk immediately broke into the bowl. You learn pretty early to transfer your clean whites to another bowl between cracks.

[@JetstreamGW]

@@ohafomobI reckon this is why Cakes by MK uses three bowls for egg separation :P

[@KairuHakubi]

@@XavierTheNeonTiger yeah Alton Brown used a little 'quarantine bowl' to catch each white before moving it to the big bowl. though he loves using extra bowls. Basically the lesson here is, if you don't want to ruin _grosses_ of eggs, study, pay attention, and look up "things that can go wrong while baking X" beforehand.

[@titytitmk2738]

the local store must have thought you were feeding an army with the amount of milk, condensed milk, evaporated milk and eggs you must have bought for this.

[@ninac4815]

in this episode they cracked 164 eggs and somehow managed to use all of them that’s fantastic

[@preparetotakeaim66]

I feel like a better title is "Giant Jiggly Castella Cake (and several side quests)"

[@chippeswe]

Its so amazing that Alvin gets to continue the big foods here, like in the olden days 🤪🥰

[@pedrolycus]

Once my mom messed up a Pudim (brazilian pudding). The taste was amazing but the consistency wasn't. She made ice cream with it, the best homemade ice cream I've ever tasted. Never tasted it again because she never missed a Pudim again. Maybe next time you could make ice cream out of a mistake :)

[@BrokenSoul79x]

the texture of the chocolate cake looks absolutelly amazing

[@BlondLanfear]

I love love love showing all the different trials and tribulations on the way

[@bt4637]

That overcooked flan is looks like a combo of clotted cream and dulce de leches. Which sounds delicious tbh

[@GAWOP00]

Babish supplying the egg farms with yearly profits. Great video.

[@jeremymcguire8186]

The first time I ever heard of a castella cake was from samurai champloo and I've wanted one ever since

[@bastimixacoustic3958]

Welcome to Botched by Alvin^^ Seriously though, I like it when they include their mistakes.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Jiggly! The best kind of cake! 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤

[@StarCrusher.]

oh yeah😏

[@zekelyness]

Clouds feel like chilly thick mist or one of those really light misty rains. (rocky mountain visits sometimes you can drive trough them and I absolutely stuck my hand out the window)

[@nvanveld81]

Seriously, there were so many egg yolks in the whites I don’t know how you thought it was going to whip

[@harutran4703]

honestly as much as I love watching these videos, my heart hurts seeing all the eggs wasted in the underbaked castella cake 🥺 I'm perfectly fine with watching videos without Alvin having to make everything GIGANTIC in order to minimize food waste 😭

[@thejoshuahatcher]

This. Everyone has been talking about how amazing it is that they don't waste food by *gasp* actually EATING it when it's done, but what about cavalierly throwing away 54 eggs by not being careful about the structural integrity of your monstrosity of a cake before taking off the braces?

[@wanderall2712]

"A little bit of vanilla." Proceeds to pour the rest of the bottle's content in the batter. Yep, that's Babish alright.

[@rebekadoczi2136]

8:55 This moment hurted me on a psychical and spiritual level. 😖😱 Although, the leftover usage and the end result are fantastic. 😋

[@JDSleeper]

This felt like watching Bob Ross. There were no mistakes, just happy accidents.

[@Kabbijcakes]

I’ve come to love the random side dishes Alvin makes along the way sometimes.

[@wantacchiii]

i would've cried with so much going wrong- and yet, you guys made everything work! thank you for not letting anything going to waste and for sharing your learning process with us!

[@LilCatSillyTheSillyOne]

I remember watching Alvin on Tasty. His vids where honestly my favorite to the point where I really only watched those ones. Its so nice to see him thriving here doing still those kinds of vidoes he enjoys!

[@iankunx]

I genuinely love the fails in this video, it's actually really encouraging for making stuff myself. Also love taking the leftover eggs and making even more desserts with them.

[@ASV9399]

That was one rollercoaster of an episode....

[@Pearls_Have_Eyes]

what a phenomenally chaotic episode

[@justme3457]

I can finally live my dream of eating memory foam

[@joscreen3252]

I love the Alvin episodes so much! Not only do we get the mistakes but also ways to repurpose them.

[@JoeyRetro]

I really like this. Show the mistakes and then regroup and make it again.

[@lucaslegz]

I absolutely love that you show the mistakes.

[@PinkieOats]

Dungeon Meshi when??? The veggie tart with the red pepper crust please!

[@TCCflow]

I dont remember when Andrew brought Alvin aboard, but i love his videos. Great addition to the cast.

[@hasaniennis442]

I like how they try to cheat the recipe and it fails; then when they do it right it's so satisfying 😊

[@angyeliz]

Glad to see that even pros struggle with baking fails! Thanks for keeping honest.

[@blade2718]

Love that you rescued as much as you could.

[@Springdude11]

Now THAT'S an eye catching thumbnail

[@xXCUSHBEASTXx]

That was a wonderful video. The resiliency of this chef scientist is unmatched. Bravo!

[@willromancini]

Literally Anything with Alvin. Get one recipe and transform it into anything

[@jkid4855]

Didn’t expect any English Channel to make these classic 古早味蛋糕 of Taiwan.

[@Cats-TM]

Glad you show using of the leftovers, one of my favourite parts of your serieses.

[@smielezocker]

20% actual recipe & 80% of "Oh no we f.cked up, what do we do?!?!?!"

[@kccccccc]

This video makes me feel better about all the mistakes I’ve made in my life.

[@PeppyDoABarrelRoll]

Just loving the fact that everyone gets cake to take home like a celebration.

[@brianahawkins8124]

Have you every tried cooking Ponyo's Milk Tea & Ramen noodles?

[@gfear24]

If you've ever walked through a thick, misty fog, you've walked through a cloud because that is exactly what a thick, misty fog is.

[@lauralittlemark4079]

oh gosh, I love it! And I really love all the mistakes made in the making, it was absolutely fun!

[@wunnup3229]

Mistakes Were Made: The Cake Arc

[@Memetic_BB]

In this episode, the BWB team empties a chicken farm of their entire stock.

[@mauvrion_fries]

In this episode of Anything with Alvin, Alvin literally makes anything and everything

[@butrfli777]

I so appreciate you guys sharing your mistakes!!! We're learning along with you guys!!

[@Virtual01Gamer]

I used to watch this channel for babish voice overs and the amazing food he has cooked. miss you babish.

[@dimmingstar]

many mistakes may have been made along the way, but the end result looks AMAZING :Q________ I've always loved bouncy-textured foods as a Taiwanese person, and am craving this cake so much now ..

[@lukasschrauber]

50% of the time I am happy to see a new BCU video and only then realise it is an Alvin video. Can we give that man his own channel? I am here only for Andrew.

[@AmraphelofShinar]

Alvin is awesome! All of the staff in the kitchen with Alvin are awesome, too!

[@neonshadow5005]

Looks awesome. You could have probably used the left-overs to make some desert bread or sandwiches since you said it was like a sweet, fluffy bread.

[@Ms12369]

Love the disastorous chaos of this video. If "in too deep" was a cooking show 😂

[@miguelalmendras3126]

This isn't poor Alvin's day. May the chickens show mercy on him.

[@cassiedlp847]

This is the most chaotic video so far 🤣🤣🤣

[@FabulousKilljoy917]

Fun fact (courtesy of max miller) castella cake came to east asia via the Portuguese, along with tempura

[@Thirmite6-tu1sp]

Clouds are actually just well water vapor and if it is raining then it's probably just cold water vapor so touching a cloud will probably just feel like touching steam hot or cold 6:04

[@amandalatchman890]

I love this entire video, well done Alvin and team. I especially appreciate the great efforts made to not waste any ingredients!😍

[@constancep7632]

So many misadventures! I wish I could have been there to nibble on all of these!