St. Patrick's Day Explosion Cake! | Green Ombre, Gold Candy Surprise Inside | How To Cake It

This St Patrick's Day, Yolanda Gampp of How To Cake It shows how to make green cake in ombre color pattern. Dyed vanilla cake is stacked with Italian meringue buttercream, with a surprise chamber cut inside filled with gold candy. It's topped with shamrocks, luster dust, rock candy, and candy melts.
Welcome to How To Cake It with Yolanda Gampp. If you love baking and want to learn how to turn eggs, sugar and butter into CRAZY novelty cakes like Yo's famous Watermelon Cake then join us. Each episode includes the A-Z process and recipe of making one of a kind edible creations, gorgeous buttercream cakes, and more! You learn how to make recipes like Italian meringue buttercream, the perfect chocolate cake and vanilla frosting - PLUS tips and tricks on using Simple Syrup, carving, icing, applying and painting fondant, and simple ways to make any cake look amazing. Leave a comment with your cake idea and you may just see it on the channel! New Video Every Tuesday at 8am EST.
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THE HOW TO CAKE IT TEAM
Editor: Orhan Sumen
Cinematographer: Cody Clay
Producers: Jocelyn Mercer & Connie Contardi

[@HowToCakeIt]

Want some more St Paddy's Day baking inspo? Check out this playlist! 💚👉🏽 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZimq2OradqWbdU Happy St Patrick’s Day Everyone!!! 🍀 Although many usually spend today celebrating with friends, I understand that this year is not the same. That said, I want to help share some positivity and levity throughout this time SO if any of you want to keep busy by baking at home (it’s an awesome way to bring some joy to your family), please reach out to me and I’ll send over some recipes or even help with some ideas OR if you literally just want to talk, I’ll try to respond to as many of you as possible! 💚💚

[@FREAKOUT123ism]

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[@juliettewolff1993]

Its my birthday today so i love this cake

[@thehardertheyfall2702]

🌈💚Green with Envy💚🌈Thanks Yo much Love✨🎉🎂🍰🎉

[@josiem309]

Happy st Patrick's day 💚 💚 💚

[@whitealliance9540]

Wow this is one of your rare cakes that someone can actually make. I love the gold filling inside i want to make this with a chocolate cake and practice the empty center part...

[@katiesyoutubechannels2279]

Usually if your not wearing green on St. Patrick’s day it gives everyone else permission to pinch you

[@hayleyjarvis1325]

Yes

[@HowToCakeIt]

I don't know what's worse... a pinch or a punch? Either way, good thing I'm wearing green 😂🍀💚

[@C_isfor]

@@HowToCakeIt depends. You wouldn't want a pinch from me because ei can make it really painful. Plus my punches are weak. But one of my friends can punch so hard you'll be feeling it for weeks. So

[@melloveant9009]

@@C_isfor really can you let them punch me =3

[@AutumnFictions]

Yes, and if you pinch someone who's wearing green, they get to pinch you back.

[@jessicacouren7784]

I don’t know what’s funnier, Orhan’s comments, or Yo’s response 😂I love this cake though, I wanna be you when I grow up!😆

[@HowToCakeIt]

dynamic duo 😅

[@cloverarcondas3049]

"They don't make 30" cake pans." -says the women who almost certainly has looked.

[@hawktalon7890]

Yep! Lol

[@sierramarie85]

Yo: gives entire dissertation on what sixlets are Orhan: What a sixlet? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@HowToCakeIt]

Classic 😂

[@sierramarie85]

@@HowToCakeIt don't you just love Orhan's attention span at times 😂😂😂

[@abmassey5859]

Isis Whitty I love sixlets

[@sierramarie85]

@@abmassey5859 Omggggg me tooooooo

[@saraiburch]

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! 😂🤣😂🤣

[@valeried8542]

The gold painted rock candy pieces look so perfect for this

[@cheriejump8561]

Exactly!!!

[@TooMuchG]

Last time I was this early Walter was still growing on the tree

[@oliviagarcia5914]

You always make my day with your cakes Yolanda ❤❤

[@missshebababy]

Isn't Walter a watermelon? They grow on vines😉

[@TooMuchG]

Basheba Hill watch the video where she made the watermelon

[@rizwanabhojani9591]

This Chanel is woth a lot of gold who agrees

[@hailholyhwasa3773]

Watching your videos steers me away from all that's happening in the world right now. 😌 Thank you Yolanda! 💚

[@HowToCakeIt]

Thank you so much for saying that! We just want to bring some light to this world!!! 🍀💚

[@sierraremsen2619]

my brother would wear a green shirt and then cover it up so people would pinch him and then he would show them the shirt and the pinch them (hard) no matter what they where wearing

[@brianjednat471]

Happy St. Patrick's Day!🍀☘🍀☘

[@HowToCakeIt]

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[@tanyaowens8241]

the amount of butter cream she puts on that cake is crazy!!!!! but it looks BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@breadlover8212]

I loved the cake you did this week it looked awesome!

[@HowToCakeIt]

Thanks so much!! 🌈💚🍀

[@thismustbeisaac]

Happy St Patricks Day from Ireland!

[@bleh8712]

Isaac O’Brien hiii I’m Irish too where r u from Sad Patrick’s day parade was cancelled

[@thismustbeisaac]

Jillian Kenny lmao, i’m from Leinster! 🇮🇪 and yeah, a real shame

[@bleh8712]

Isaac O’Brien lol I’m from cork hah

[@yourmum3742]

LOVE IT!! I'm off school, this is waht I needed 🤤😂

[@HowToCakeIt]

Time to binge watch 😜

[@torianderson9135]

For real though same

[@torianderson9135]

@@HowToCakeIt i love your show so much i want be you as i grow up i love the cakes and ya look stylish

[@warriorforchrist6354]

Hello Yolanda!! You have been my grandma and I's favorite youtube for 3 years now! Thank you for always being so happy and so cheerful even though this rough time. God Bless You, and Jesus loves you!💖💖💖😘😘✝️✝️✝️

[@gillianeburgos9784]

I immediately clicked it when it appeared in my notification. I never knew I needed some good vibes.

[@HowToCakeIt]

always here to give some good vibes!!!

[@nysaleegonzalez931]

Hi today is my dad birthday he loved seeing this cake , it’s amazing keep up the work!♥️🍀

[@beebee2783]

Yo I have been watching you for YEARS and I can say I still don't understand everything but I have learned to love the crazy antics of the HTCI crew!!

[@eleonoramocchetto5343]

I'm Italian and in these dramatic days for my country your videos and your joy console me. Thank you so much. ❤️

[@Raydiat0r]

I’m going to take this as a birthday present bc I’m turning 14.. Also hi, I’m early..

[@missshebababy]

Happy 14th Birthday!

[@michellegutierrez9440]

Happy 14th bday enjoy it :)

[@HowToCakeIt]

Happy birthday!! 💚🎂 Hope it's extra sweet!! 🥰

[@chuz2w8]

Happy birthday!

[@flyingdolphin1015]

Happy birthday! My bday is Sunday

[@holly822]

I thought when the name “Orhan” came up it said “orphan” and I was very concerned 😂

[@gmp8613]

LOL. well he is just foreigner :)

[@theclowns6492]

The same music when she says gold!!!! I love it!

[@natsalie1715]

Whenever I'm sad or have nothing to do I watch your videos! Hi from Ayr, Scotland

[@AussieAngeS]

Oh wow that cake looks magnificent as always 😍 all your cakes are just amazing Yolanda, I really envy your kills and professionalism. Happy St patties day 🌈🍀💰❤️

[@HowToCakeIt]

You're so sweet!! Means a lot, thank you 🌈 Happy St Paddy's!! 🍀💚

[@kaywade115]

Patty = Patrica. Paddy = Patrick. I don't know who Patty is but she ain't welcome here.

[@arcane_abomination]

I know over in the USA it was “pinch” not punch but I did punch everyone for pinching me because I rarely wear any green cause I was and am that weird goth child. My eyes are green though but I was always told that didn’t count.

[@ceceshaffer7817]

Yolanda Gampp... the smartest cake baker of all time

[@caylagaspard3664]

Another gorgeous creation. I love holiday themed foods, especially cake!

[@clarkyyy1706]

‘This episode is quite calm really’ said while wearing a sparkling giant green bow literally says everything new subs need to know😂😂😂😂

[@HowToCakeIt]

LOOL my "calm" isn't really calm for most 😂

[@clarkyyy1706]

How To Cake It honestly me too😂🤣

[@reannahjenkins9720]

I love ur vids , i watch them every time u post , I remember a couples years ago when I was moving around a lot id watch ur vids all the time when I’d feel down 😁

[@HowToCakeIt]

You're so sweet!!! I'm so glad my videos could help you out when you were feeling down! 💕

[@reannahjenkins9720]

How To Cake It ,all g but really I should be thanking u for making my days

[@HorseyKindOfGal]

I look forward to your videos every Tuesday!! Makes my Tuesday much more enjoyable! Also, am I the only one that likes how Yolanda says "gold"?

[@kristentinney2000]

Really satisfying that the cake stand is the exact same colour as the second lightest buttercream stripe. Not gonna say that I didn't pause the video and stare at it for 10 minutes.

[@carriehelenmurray1563]

Never heard the punching thing before lol love the bow. We get a day off for st Patrick's day here in ireland 😃 say hi to Orhan for me 😉💚

[@HowToCakeIt]

me neither!! I'll pass the message onto him 🍀💚

[@carriehelenmurray1563]

@@HowToCakeIt Wishing the whole How to Cake It team a great St Paddys day xx

[@kelsey2333]

In America we get the month off cuz of covid19 lol everyone pls stay safe and healthy out there!!!

[@kelsey2333]

And that's kinda crazy that we do the pinching/punching thing on st Patty's day in America but they dont do that in Ireland. That kinda blows my mind lol

[@caoimhesheridan502]

@@kelsey2333 It's St. Patrick's Day not St. Patty's day. Patty is a womans name in Ireland. Patrick/Paddy is a man's name. Idk where Patty's day is coming from. In Ireland, we say St. Patrick's Day or Paddy's day. We definitely don't say Patty's day. 🇮🇪☘️

[@airabearr7320]

i’m craving cakes now... it looks so good!!!

[@HowToCakeIt]

I'm always craving cake 😂🍀💚

[@becca8237]

can't wait to binge all of the htci vids while I'm quarantined

[@taylorboom6322]

I don't even like cake, I just enjoy watching people bake

[@ndtcssh]

Yo: The primary colours make the secondary colours! Primary colours: red, blue and yellow. I can feel magenta, cyan and yellow twitching from here. (Those are the real primary colours, for anyone who also didn't know)

[@nimblehyena4138]

Yess!! Thank you.

[@duckiehope6521]

You always be making the perfect, yummy lookin cakes :D

[@HowToCakeIt]

thank you so much 🍀💚

[@keara.ls3]

12:08 I agree. It was a very calm episode I must say. I appreciate it😂

[@tawanathompson2594]

Wowwwww!!! Out of sight!!!!

[@isabellakatipa5771]

i cant even, this looks amazig LOVE IT'

[@HowToCakeIt]

🍀💚

[@chloesosing528]

Hi, I've just followed your tutorial I loved the way it turned out. Have a great day

[@valariejones2888]

Yolanda I love watching your videos I have been watching your videos for about 3 years you inspire me to bake !!

[@thekindwanderer]

We need a 4-leaf clover cake with rainbow insides and a secret gold chamber. It would be epic!

[@chuz2w8]

oh my gosh! I'm too early... haha... loving this!

[@HowToCakeIt]

haha never too early 😜

[@chuz2w8]

@@HowToCakeIt yup! But still, I haven't been this early since, well, the anaconda video, so yes, this is a celebration for me! Happy St. Patrick's day!

[@jubileee3]

The punching someone if they aren’t wearing green is definitely a thing. Edit: I have been informed that it is pinching if you aren’t wearing green several times already, so if you’re planning on commenting that, don’t.

[@deshda.almostdaily1008]

I thought it was a pinch 🤏 .... 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@SineadxFay]

It's an American tradition. In Ireland we dgaf if you wear green or not 😂

[@venice6365]

Pinch not punch

[@otakugurl4425]

Good thing I'm wearing green Pickle Rick slippers.

[@genoacampbell4870]

You pinch, not punch

[@zoebreedlove8202]

I rarely wear green on saint Patrick's day 🤣🤣 Good job Yo, also I Love your bow!💗💗💗

[@louisalewis4631]

Yummy an mega St. Patrick's Day cake w a secret chamber.😋😋😋😋 My mouth was already watering from seeing the thumbnail.🤤🤤🤤🤤☘️🍰💚💚💚💚💚

[@mariahhiller5894]

I heard you pinch someone if they dont wear green because it's supposed to resemble a leprechaun bite 😂

[@brookedachook3644]

Damm Im never this early, love you yo!

[@mnshdhdbfnkfjdvebf]

That green buttercream ombré just looks so satisfying tbh

[@HowToCakeIt]

the smoothing it out part 🤩

[@elizabethmckenna9209]

Hi Yo this is exactly what I needed this morning since school got canceled you always know how to make my Tuesday. ♥️

[@dannydbar]

"And you will all understand" = And Yoland-erstand 😉

[@sierramarie85]

Also, since America is practically in quarantine, could you bring back the megaphone? It'll help keep order 😂

[@saraiburch]

Isis Whitty YASSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! I love her megaphone!!! 😂.

[@AmericanBaker]

Love the sparkles! Happy St. Patrick's Day!

[@sanjanavarma2188]

This is by far the prettiest cake ever on this channel ♥️

[@airawrz]

"slight touches of green..." Me: has no green on except socks Also Me: girl you went all out The World: ???

[@lunausnac2827]

2:43 as a Turkish person myself, I'd like to point out that the chances of getting punched on St Patrick's day in Turkey is really low... *but never zero* 😏

[@cryssieg6731]

So does this lead to sneak attacks?! I need to knoooooow!

[@lunausnac2827]

@@cryssieg6731 sshh, it's a secret ;)

[@lauriecochran8459]

Cool candy expolison cake I like Yolanda bow awesome st Patrick's day cake

[@kyliehuhn552]

Also I just want to say thank you Yolanda because May of last year I started a custom cake business all bc I always watch your videos and you inspired me to try and make one of your cakes. I made the vintage suitcase cake for my grandmothers 80th birthday. Everyone loved it so much they convinced me to follow my dreams and now I am a baker at an amazing bakery and learning to become a great cake decorator. Thank you so much for being my inspiration.

[@townleyslack3553]

Yolanda: “Guess what day it is!” Leprechaun: “It’s Christmas!” Me: “Was that Orhan?!”

[@stutters__9467]

Yeep I highlighted my hand green so I wouldn’t be pinched

[@katiesyoutubechannels2279]

Kai Nightmare same

[@HowToCakeIt]

clever!! 🍀💚

[@stutters__9467]

Why thank you

[@hannahirfan4277]

What a cute bow!!❤

[@skyehtlimit]

The cake is beautiful! You out did yourself Yo. Happy St. Patricks Day. 🍀🍀🍀

[@dinolandra]

Happy Wear Green and Drink Guinness Day!

[@JohnSimpson36]

Yo: "I don't want any buttercream in my chamber." Me: "That's what she said!" 😂😂

[@nicanonymus2491]

😳😜🤭

[@amishasandhu5067]

Girl I-

[@johnnyboyy74]

Every week is a gift from How To Cake It thank u💚

[@amandamiller8019]

Top notch! Definitely one of my favorites! And I was taught that it was a pinch, not a punch, but I suppose a punch works just as well!

[@Maddy_-ln6ec]

Why is there no Irish people in the comments. Come on guys this is our holiday 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪☘️💚

[@emeliagifford5864]

Maddy_5290 you know it

[@andpeggy4717]

In America you pinch someone if they aren’t wearing green

[@mariahhhh405]

Yup Also I LOVE YOUR PROFILE PIC!! 😍

[@mariajimenez2113]

Amo ver tu trabajo, tienes una vocación increíble. Muchas bendiciones y saludos cordiales desde Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💓

[@lillianng2649]

St.Patrick’s Day cake looks amazing love it.☘️

[@user-zp3vq9eu1u]

Is this gonna be the normal uploading time? Btw, that cake was so creative, love that!!!

[@HowToCakeIt]

Yes!! We're doing a little updating 🥰 What do you think? and thank you sooo much!!!

[@chuz2w8]

@@HowToCakeIt the time you upload doesn't matter to me. I would always wait for your videos even if it means staying awake till 12MN here in the Philippines! 😘

[@user-zp3vq9eu1u]

Love that!!!

[@Chidimma__n]

Fun fact: We are all reading this without full screen

[@mariahhhh405]

👏

[@ErinLovegood73]

I marvel at how gorgeous your cakes are. Love watching your videos each week. Happy St. Patrick's Day.

[@ibukimoida3340]

I just came back after 5 years, you’re still my favourite youtuber WALTER THE WATERMELON

[@adolphaselrah9506]

“Randomly” said Yo. Hard time Yo has.

[@zoebreedlove8202]

Yo: Explains exactly what a sixlet is. Orhan: What's a sixlet? Yo: Did I not Just explain what they are!🤦‍♀️ Me: 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheLuminousstarlight]

I love this cake too BTW! Sixlett's are my favorite and green is my favorite color! It's like you just made this cake for me 🥰 ha ha! I'm a cake decorator too and I have to tell you how much inspiration you've given me to try new things! I love this show!

[@WhatsMyFandom]

2:59 It's pinching for me and everyone I know Orhan is so funny! Love his commentary. Cake looks cute and SOOO yummy! Love how the gold and clovers look!

[@kshitisedits950]

you could have made a cake where the cake will be a ground with mud and a man is digging and then there is gold inside u know...

[@HowToCakeIt]

ooooooh I'll keep this in mind for next time 😜

[@kshitisedits950]

@@HowToCakeIt by the way this was a suggetion not an advice or demotivating you that "this cake looks bad my idea is better" types your cake looks gorgeous and u know that

[@bleh8712]

It’s a shamrock FYI not a clover There not Irish ☘️ shamrock

[@louvlou]

Jillian Kenny I was going to say that too. It’s not clover, it’s shamrock. Totally different things

[@ciaradowling5960]

Jillian Kenny too right

[@malecthemirrored8228]

Green is my favourite color I love this cake!

[@ShorhondaTemari]

That cake was gorgeous. Colors and embellishments were beautiful 👌🏾

[@caoimheninunain7983]

I'm Irish and the St Patrick day parades around the island were cancelled and no we don't punch people if they don't wear green

[@smile_more4187]

Fourth

[@orangejuiceisgood3491]

Yolanda can I just tell you how amazing your content is? I followed this recipe today, after watching your other videos about how to frost and level cakes, and up your techniques really work for me. Channels like so yummy and 5 minute crafts make me doubt a lot of things on KZbin so when I started doing this recipe I expected a glob of sloppy stuff and when it worked I was completely in awe. I’m determined to make my cakes at least half as good as yours so please, keep doing what you’re doing ☺️. ( P.s I’ll be sure to join members, order merchandise, and participate in camp cake. As well as the Italian meringue butter cream lesson )

[@shilpeemadhani5866]

The decoration is amazingg!! Love you Yo!! I have the same obsession of gold as you!!

[@HowToCakeIt]

Gold everything? Yes please 😜

[@jodicreasapgee413]

My daughter wants to know why your shirt doesn’t say “Cake over the rainbow” or “Cake to the pot of gold.”

[@safiyyahsalman7988]

What does Orhan do? I feel like he's just there to make cheesy jokes and annoy Yo

[@adrianacaycedo835]

He's the video editor.

[@hillarycheatham277]

I needed this video. Thank you Yo!!!!

[@hopegold883]

It’s so beautiful!

[@lilychapman1663]

Okay but is anyone else weirded out with the fact she put gum in the middle of a cake? 🥴 not hating just doesn’t sit well with me 😬

[@user-ns4bo4vv2j]

She's the expert!

[@lilychapman1663]

iiRxinDrxpsii that she is!

[@wilfredodiaz8743]

What a cool idea for a St Patrick Day cake 😄

[@alexwarren7654]

Yum just yum

[@katiec6471]

The rock candy looks SO good colored.

[@danthechick-can6336]

So happy you posted today! The world has been stressing me lately and I needed a little bit of St Patrick's day caking. :)

[@emely902]

this cake looks amazing!

[@mrskess9410]

I think that was your best patties day cake so far! 🤩😍

[@MargaretsMakeandBake]

Another fab cake!...always fun to watch......😊