Infomercialism: Dump Cakes

[@JudgeTyBurns]

(Cue all the people in the comments angrily instructing you how to properly use the cake mix.)

[@sukamamule]

I know really XD In the end it doesn't matter what ingredients he used, IT'S STILL A BULLSHIT INFOMERCIAL!

[@Genin99]

Yeah I think Mike would have the same results if he used Sprite instead of Coke.

[@TheKingNaesala]

Genin99 But the thing is it *wouldn't* be the same results. My grandmother made cakes professionally and always used 7 up instead of water.

[@bleughmacaroni5754]

KZbin, where everyone is a dump cake expert.

[@risadalsing2717]

Genin99 I agree. Also, whenever cooking with fruit it is always better to use vanilla cake rather than chocolate. The coke definitely worked better when the ingredients added where chocolate but lighter sodas and cake mixes definitely work with fruits!

[@juangonzalez9848]

To be fair, the second cake had you dumping that stuff onto an already mixed cake batter.

[@Freako]

9:20 That seriously looks like actual lumps of shit. They're called Dump Cakes for a reason.

[@Larry]

Lol, we got that book a few years ago. Came with that Cook Xpress thing she was spamming, complete pile of shit. it's just an oversized sandwich toaster.

[@johnmcdiarmid7010]

It's just like Ashens only with better crockery.

[@logandh2]

I'm pretty sure you were supposed to use a fruity soda like Sprite or Fresca

[@Gatorbox]

I'm pretty sure Mike went with three ingredients that don't "go" together just to spite the lady who said it was "guaranteed" to taste good every time.

[@seanblack1320]

He followed based on specifically what was said.

[@reeda35]

+Sean Black They said peaches, chocolate cake mix, and coke zero? Please tell me where in the video that was said?

[@Gatorbox]

At around 40 seconds in the lady from the ad says "fruit, cake mix, and soda". Technically that's what Mike used. He just picked out three things that absolutely would not taste good together.

[@seanblack1320]

Michael Jordan right when he shows the recipe they mention. They specifically say fruit, cake mix, and soda. At one point even pointing out "your favorite soda". And they continue to mention how this is fool proof so it shouldn't matter.

[@reeda35]

Sean Black In the infomercial they used ingredients that go together, and he did not. Fucking moron

[@Juxtavarious]

Mike, I love you, but she is clearly using a lemon-lime soda, not a dark cola. Both Pepsi and Coke are going to give you taint flavoured results. If I still have a copy of the book in the shop where I work, I'll pick one up for you so you can take another crack at this.

[@Juxtavarious]

Also, she used a white cake mix and you used a chocolate. That's going to be another big difference. If you want to get similar results, you have to use similar ingredients. There's reviews on plenty of recipe sites that have people changing all of the ingredients and bake times and then writing a review of recipe A after changing it to something completely different. If I give you a recipe for spaghetti sauce and you end up changing it to come out as sushi, that's not my bloody fault. You're better than that, man!

[@Nightenstaff]

These are far funnier when the product succeeds or fails on its own merit. This was just... it felt like a filler episode.

[@BarHonigfeld]

Juxtavarious Oh yesss. I hate that. I recently read a receipt for a tomato-curry sauce on the German receipt platform chefkoch.de. The top comment on that was, and I am pretty sure it was genuine and not a troll: "This receipt makes no sense, I changed all those things you did wrong and it STILL didn't taste any good."

[@thisisMYname223]

You see there you are implying that a dump cake can go wrong and not be delicious. Cathy Mitchel says nothing can go wrong and it will be delicious every time. Are you calling Cathy Mitchel a liar?

[@DrunkenGlums]

I dunno, the infomercial seemed to stress the easiness of it and how you could use whatever you wanted. She does just say 'cake mix' and 'soda' as well :/

[@supernova743]

The moistness is provided by the liquid in the soda, there's a lot of sugar already in the soda so everything turns out sweet. The mixing is done by the carbonation in the soda. He even comments that it's moving around. The recipes do seem to work even though his flavor combinations aren't the best.

[@zephroth]

dump cakes typicaly will have yellow cake mix, fruit pie filling, butter, and some sort of liquid. They are pretty foolproof. enough so that we had it in scouts all the time because of how foolproof it was. you do sometimes get dry mix and such but when your out camping none of that matters.

[@hodgepodgebuhgodge3739]

You can't cook with anger, mate. Your results will never be pleasing.

[@kohinarec6580]

That's a fact. Cooking or baking when angry and/or hungry results in culinary disasters.

[@ultralordking]

mike, in the commercial u missed a crucial part. the cake mix may have already been made, then shit just piled onto it.

[@BarHonigfeld]

That book is probably kinda old and predates the sweetener Aspartam to be used in diet soda. This is important, since it breaks apart at temperatures of around 60 C° and gets really weird. Also we use a cake receipt from scratch at home (no cake mix) that is actually requiring a glass of Fanta at some point, so the concept, as weird as it sounds, can work. The receipt we use includes eggs and mixing and quite a bit of work though.

[@VicvicW]

Interesting!

[@TheApey]

It doesn't sadly. Aspartame became common in diet sodas in the mid 90's and this book is only a few years old. Cathy Mitchell has no excuse.

[@Smaxx]

It's actually similar to cooking with wine. The carbonic acid works as a replacement for baking powder/soda, making the cake more "fluffy". In the end I think the bigger question is what the original recipe wants you to add. Some recipes want you to add some liquid only, which should work fine, while others require more, e.g. eggs, butter, etc. Those wouldn't work that way (or at least not as good).

[@kittensolar]

I think that the recipe is very old and she simply republished it. I guess the idea was to take something like a club soda to replace the baking powder, than it would be similar to baking with wine. I doubt it would actually work very well with sweet sodas. In any case, there are tons of simple recipes one can make from scratch, which are very simple.

[@80smusicfanNO1]

Bär Honigfeld This book absolutely does not predate aspartame, aspartame has been used as a sweetener for ages.

[@skane6560]

Jean Claude 'Van Dam is on hand in case we need help. That was so random and hilarious.

[@wilsonwijaya.design]

dat chroma keying is surprisingly on point!!!

[@Bogwedgle]

I'd say this was a waste of coke zero if it wasn't, you know, coke zero.

[@MrOrcshaman]

Hey coke zero is great... For cleaning the toilet with!

[@RatRatRattyRatRat]

*Serves cake with spoon. Puts spoon down.* "I need a spoon." *Gets new spoon out of drawer.* Why? Why?! WHY?!

[@kitsunekid16]

E Valenic thats a serving spoon. he needs a normal spoon to eat NOT A SHOVEL

[@sethsanta5159]

may thus you thy stop fighting

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

There are actually a lot of old recipes that use sodas as their prime form of liquid ingredients in cakes. They're actually quite good and I would recommend you make them yourself rather than buying them in the store since mass-produced soda cakes (Spite, Crush, ect) are so nasty. There's nothing better than home made.

[@johnalogue9832]

My mind: Soda + chocolate? SOUNDS GOOD! Chocolate + peaches? WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG HERE?!

[@wthwilliamd1085]

HAHA LOL😂😄

[@LordMabalon]

It actually goes together a lot better than you'd think.

[@SimplyAnime101]

Chocolate coke cake is delicious.

[@10191927]

I love how Mike literally replicates the recipe straight from the infomercial.

[@DarknessViper99]

And poorly at that.

[@RyuHayabusa]

Dump and bake, the results look like a real dump.

[@penatio]

It looks like something Chef Excellence would make.

[@Darkwolfpocco]

+Big Boss An Excellent cake

[@therevelry1606]

An excellent dump

[@aidangarvey7049]

+HarrisonKid Lol

[@Headbanger142]

My mom always made a sponge cake made out of Sprite and cake mix and it was fucking delicious. Gluten free too.

[@NerdySatyr]

That actually sounds pretty good! What exactly did she use? I kinda wanna try this myself :o

[@stitch626123]

TopHatCat I too would like to know!

[@ShadowZekromX]

Big But 5 Hey, fellow furry!

[@karambiatos]

Sprite, cake mix. gluten free somethings not adding up here

[@Headbanger142]

DIET sprite.

[@1andonlyzara]

Let's go over what just happened. You tried to recreate what she did. And what she did was use frozen peaches, angel food cake, and ginger ale. What you did was use canned peaches, devil's food cake, and cola. Neither mixture makes any kind of culinary sense in my eyes, but at least her mixture sounds more appetizing on paper! Of course yours is gonna taste like crap! I mean, who mixes peaches with devil's food cake in the first place! That sounds nasty enough without the cola!

[@arniecalang4583]

agree

[@beyondbeyond1965]

It's still the format. It may be horrible but eh.

[@ECL28E]

+Zachary Matthew James The recipes are still ill-conceived, don't cook properly, and are all terrible, regardless

[@duffer108]

She said "peaches, your favourite cake mix and your favourite soda" never specified what type of anything

[@WobblesandBean]

That is also heavily edited and for all we know she did explain the recipe properly. You can clearly tell that's white cake and ginger ale.

[@souperman72]

I can't believe it's already been a year since this came out. I could have sworn it's only been a few months.

[@SirMexicanYCP]

And now it’s been 7 years.

[@RainaThrownAway]

It looks like what you end up with is closer to a crumble or a cobbler, rather than a proper cake.

[@martisbvk]

I'm so glad I found this channel. Mike is hilariously funny.

[@NerdySatyr]

I'd love to see you return to this one Mike and try out a Sponge mix and Sprite soda or something, Like the infomercial!! Lemonaid pop rather than Coke. I'm pretty damn curious!

[@NerdySatyr]

ALSO she clearly put the ingredients for that brownie ontop of the cake mix :P you did it in the wrong order xD

[@Smaxx]

TopHatCat I thought they put some in there before and some after, didn't they? Depending on the consistency of the "dough" this shouldn't really matter though.

[@NerdySatyr]

Smaxx Can't imagine it matters too much besides ruining the base of his bowl after it burns haha xD

[@9559ns]

Could have at least tried to follow the instructions in the commercial.

[@thomasjenkins7506]

he did. the commercial just said "your favorite cake mix and soda." he followed it the letter.

[@9559ns]

Thomas Jenkins Well Its not the products fault that he like to drink swill. And typically they deliberately leave out steps in cooking commercials so that people have to buy the book to get it right.

[@ShaunDreclin]

Thomas Jenkins by "your favorite" she clearly meant "my favorite"

[@ACHU-DETE]

ns9559 "typically they deliberately leave out steps in cooking commercials so that people have to buy the book to get it right." He literally said that he cant judge the product properly since he didnt have the book and that it would be based purely on what the commercial says to do. Stop being a Meg.

[@pseudohippie55]

ns9559 So...now it's NOT that he didn't follow the commercial, it's his choice of drink? If you're going to bitch about something, at least keep it consistent.

[@BloodylocksBathory]

So... no one else is going to mention the appearance of Jean Claude Van Damme? Did I imagine that? Am I having a stroke?

[@beeleo]

what possessed you to use chocolate cake mix with the peaches? Yes, it said 'your favorite cake mix..." as long as it's white or yellow cake. And I kept expecting you to say, "and now Grommet, how about some cheeeeeeezzze?"

[@beena7698]

I don't think that peaches would be good with chocolate cake and cherry Pepsi maybe cherries

[@beena7698]

sorry coke zero

[@coltenmeyer2775]

Yeah cherry coke for the smores one but that one was wrong it was just supposed to be cake with smores added.

[@GamersCharisma]

Actually, the fruit+cake mix+soda is a real thing I've done while camping... though you are supposed to use peaches, vanilla cake mix and lemon-lime soda. Doing so and cooking it in a dutch oven makes a really good peach cobbler.

[@Graylord88]

When I saw you used the Jean Claude footage, I knew it was going to be great!

[@wanderingpunk]

I say eat pasta meal that you cook in the oven. It should be safe. I have had lasagna many times with uncooked noodles in it. The noodles will cook and become soften because of the moister it gets from the sauce/beef and I'm pretty sure the beef will cook too, but it may come out as giant hamburger patty if you leave it in a giant pile like it she did you'll probably have to spread the beef out in the pan . But the main question is how long you should cook it for. I highly doubt 5 minutes will cook it. It will probable be closer to 30 minutes to an hour to cook it. Fingers crossed you don't get sick. And I am following you on twitter.

[@falconJB]

This is why he should probably follow an actual recipe instead of just making it up, since he clearly has no idea how to cook anything. If he follows a recipe it will likely be fine, but if he just makes it up off the top of his head he is going to get really sick.

[@tyronemitchell3516]

Are u high?

[@ciarangrainger2465]

BUY MAH DUMPS TODAY.. I know you got ten dollah ;)

[@RuNeN00b]

For the one with peaches, if you have vanilla cake mix and Fresca, it might be really good.

[@reececrump8483]

my mom makes dump cake all the time, but she doesn't use soda. that's a terrible idea. she puts melted butter on top of the cake mix

[@hashbrowns137]

I see that damn book all the time where I work. Maybe they made only like 100 copies and sent it to one place.

[@FreeDjinn]

How the hell did you get Jean-Claude Van Damme to be in your video?

[@FreeDjinn]

mkombat5 They probably met through Jason Statham during tea time.

[@FreeDjinn]

mkombat5 I can see that.

[@nightwishfan60]

You do realise that it was video editing right and that he wasn't really there? pause it and take a look lol.

[@theoriginalmrjguill3803]

nightwishfan60 Good editing. I assumed he was his friend or something. Since JCVD is french, he would most likely be living out there by Mike. So he could honestly have known him. Honest mistake.

[@FreeDjinn]

nightwishfan60 Nah twas toats legit.

[@coalterputnal3451]

This isn't foreign to me. However, for better results, you'll wanna use a white cake mix and a citrus soda (eg sprite). It turns out pretty well, great for pancakes too!

[@Gunbudder]

I guess soda cake is not a thing in england?

[@CWINDOWSsystem32]

+Gunhaver It's a thing here in America?

[@johnalogue9832]

+CWINDOWSsystem32 Not that I know of. Maybe it's some kind of crazy health-food trend.

[@FaeQueenCory]

+CWINDOWSsystem32 yes. Specifically cola chocolate cakes. You can make one simply by following regular cake mix directions, only instead of water, add that amount of Coke/Pepsi. They're really rich and sweet.

[@ToxPhy]

+ProbeVoyages soda cake doesn't exactly sound like a health food.

[@johnalogue9832]

randman Yes, but the type of trend I'm referring to also includes those people who claim their subway sandwich contains yoga mats.

[@Clay3613]

Canned peaches? Could you have chosen a more bastardized version of fruit?

[@thomasjenkins7506]

best work jean claude has done in years.

[@scrivenq2762]

The infomercial is vague, but you are supposed to use a clear soda, and a large cake pan with a whole box of cake mix spread thin if you want to do it this way. There are all sorts of recipes out there that let you make cake using just instant mix and a can of soda and while it does technically make "cake" there is always something not right about it flavor wise. That being said, dump cake is actually really good, and even really easy when done right. My part of the US calls it upside down cake but its really just a sweet cobbler. You take two large cans of fruit with the juice and pour it into a long square cake ceramic or glass dish then sprinkle the cake mix on top in, you want to cover the fruit decently but make sure its not too thick anywhere. Two large cans and one premade cake always work out perfect together. Then you take pats of butter or small scoops of margarine and place them in rows all over the cake mix with 1-2 inches between each pat. Cook at whatever temperature desired until the butter melts and soaks the cake mix, pull out, let cool and serve the most lazy delicious thing you have ever tasted. Personally I find canned cherries and yellow cake mix to be the best but traditionally speaking most people use pineapple.

[@charace519]

Adding lemon lime soda is an actual thing. It's actual pretty good. It substitutes the egg

[@ALurkingGrue]

Lemon Lime doesn't have any protein in it so I have no idea how that would be a good substitute for an egg. You may as well be using a damn Cadbury Creme Egg for all the good it would do. You would end up with mush.

[@charace519]

www.livestrong.com/article/466534-how-to-bake-a-cake-with-soda/

[@bradlee1950]

I have a copy of the ebook for this, where do I send it to? The pasta mince/shit thing won't kill you, it will be rank, greasy and chewy but if you cook it long enough it'll be safe.

[@Estlib]

wheres that jean claude van damme from? its clearly an impersonator, but i dont know where its from

[@bozombieslover9594]

You have the same cutlery as my Nan and Grandad which they got as a wedding present 43 years ago

[@LMaruchan]

Are people angry about how the cake was made in the video? Wow. Don't fuck with cake...Religious beliefs? Yea. Politics? Yep. But cake? God help you if you fuck with cake.

[@LMaruchan]

Miles Prower Shame on the news media for not covering dump cakes! Those bastards...

[@BChart781]

I'll fuck with religion, politics, AND cake. Fuck Jesus, Conservatives, AND devil's food cake with diet coke!

[@LMaruchan]

Brandon Chartier That's a lot of sugar from the dump cake on your system then, lass.

[@FatBoris2oo0]

+- BChart2 - Oh yeah? Well i'll make sweet sugary love to Mohammed, The labour party and angels food cake with regular pepsi.

[@EpicLuigi24]

+- BChart2 - Yeah, preaching kindness and shit. Awful.

[@JacobKinsley]

Trust British people to mess up recipe for slop

[@CalebJimmy]

rawr rawr rawr MIKE U DON IT WRONG RAWR WARRWA RAWRAWRA RAWRW I actually couldn't give two shits how he did it, I actually do this funny thing called "Enjoying the Video"

[@picklerick4944]

I've got that same mug, and I broke it but I love it so much I glued the handle back on!

[@ariandynas]

Actually, the Americans have it right. The world Biscuit is derived from the French "bis scu-ee" meaning "Twice-cooked" referring specifically to hardtack and travel bread. Whereas Cookie is derived from the Dutch "Kookjhe" meaning "little cake". Suck etymology Limey! (derived from the 18th century British navy's tendency to keep lime trees aboard ships to prevent scurvy.)

[@beyondbeyond1965]

It didn't just refer to hardtack and travel bread, it referred to all twice-baked products, and at the time the biscuit (UK usage) was often twice-baked to make it drier.

[@ariandynas]

Of course. But at the time the term was coined, there were no buscuits.

[@95Grumple]

you're wrong the second you try to justify anything in the English language

[@metalmakodragon]

Yes, except cookies aren't cakes as they're made from dough, and biscuits and cakes are intrinsically different as biscuits soften over time and cakes harden, thus making more sense to have the baked, hard product that is the biscuit derived from something which is baked or twice baked as some biscuits are, rather then being derived from something referring to little cakes which, if scandinavian in origin, probably is some sort of pastry or hard sponge. Always understand semantic change or your logic will be intrinsically flawed. So suck that entymology from British linguist graduate.

[@ariandynas]

Oh ho ho! I notice a spicy little bit of the Jaffa Cakes case sinking into your rhetoric there. Legally speaking, absolutely, as determined by parliament. In my case however, I was using the origins of the words to make a joke, rather than actually thinking Mike is a pillock for his comment.

[@SailorSolarStar1]

The "Dump Cakes" are something that has been around for years, but they are usually called "Soda Cakes" There is many combinations but I have seen them made with something along the lines of Ginger Ale, Sprite, 7UP, etc. Clear sodas. Here is a link to several flavors you can try out, but do NOT add fruits. That is the dumbest part of the dump cakes - it can mix bad with some soda flavors. www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/27/easy-cake-recipe-use-soda-be-bubbly_n_5717767.html

[@CattyMintgum]

Coke, Fruit and Chocolate was just a disaster waiting to happen.

[@Dave2108]

You made the round cake completely different to how it s shown in the infomercial.

[@MrSoulbucket]

Just make Brad eat it he will eat anything

[@austinchavers2025]

I remember seeing this ad and wondering if it would work. I guess I will never really know.

[@pisforpearl]

i work at target in the USA. when i was stocking shelves i saw the "dump cake" book- i always assumed there was some sort of "dump cake" informational item, like a "dump cake, cake maker". because if it's just recipes- anyone can just google that.

[@DurradonXylles]

I know a lot of people down here are yelling at you, Mike, for fucking up the dump cake recipe; but to be fair, the infomercial was what made the outlandish claim to mix any cake mix and soda you fancied. Words of wisdom: DUMP CAKE DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT! There are multiple recipes for dump cake, and the reason it isn't just "throw any fruit/candy, cake mix and soda you find into a pan and bake" is because only certain cake mixes will work with certain sodas. Colas like Coke and Pepsi almost never work with any cake mix due to the heaviness of the kola nut syrup left behind while its baking, and the leftover syrup not mixing well with the powder mix (even Coke Zero, since it still has syrup from the kola nut). Devil's food cake mix will work if you use the right sodas to mix with it, but your choices are limited since it's heavier than the angel food cake or vanilla cake mixes that are typically used in dump cake. If more people take that infomercial literally like Mike did, they're going to end up wasting huge amounts of cake mix, soda and other ingredients, and potentially ruin their baking pans. Dump cake may be quick and easy, but like any other food you need to prepare, you still need to follow some instructions to not ruin it. This infomercial not only fails to convey that, but are misleading anyone who watched it by lying about how you can make it.

[@fdk7014]

So it's a book on how to use cake mix? Doesn't it say that on the package?

[@dakotalally520]

Okay, so i'm picking up a theme here. While this is clearly a retarded idea, in a "desert island" scenario, I could see some of these things working. Chocolate cake mix and other chocolate or inherently desert things such as biscuits (WTF do ya'll call regular breakfast biscuits if that's the name for cookies?) go well together. If you are going to add fruit, go with an angel food cake mix, that's what is pictured in the infomercial, though they did say "favorite cake mix"... I guess the soda adds the moisture, and the CO2 makes it rise? Definitely wouldn't go with an aspartame based diet soda, aspartame turns to formaldehyde at 87F, i've experienced this from Diet Coke left in a hot car. Very unpleasant taste, makes you nauseous and dizzy. Did I forget to mention that formaldehyde is poisonous?

[@astrwolf5507]

ew, kind of scary that I've been drinking something that can turn into a form of formaldehyde

[@MagdalenRose]

I wish I had known you needed this book because they sell them at our local grocery store right at the checkout stand.

[@vampirica89]

I'd be possibly better if you added non chocolate cake mixtures in fruity bowls with non coke sodas.

[@vampirica89]

It'd*

[@thefatecontrol]

I saw her book at a grocery store. It looks like you can buy it on Amazon now

[@The_Haze]

That really is Jean Claude, why? How? I am so confused.

[@Godsecution]

I dont know

[@datoneguy825]

My aunt had that recipe book. I do know your suppose to do certain cake mixes as instructed by box and then add to the mug. She had made several of the recipes and they turned out fine. I'll see if she has an extra copy.

[@WrecklessEating]

Very.......Wreckless of you ;)

[@linkkokiri3080]

WrecklessEating you guys are everywhere

[@kbarts316]

Eyyy I love you guys. 😂😂😂

[@penholmes688]

I don't know why you did this without the recipe book. I hadn't realized it was such a strange concept to use soda in cake recipes. My friend's grandma made 7-Up cake for every major holiday for decades.

[@lapytop]

Time to get your plungers out we're making dump cakes!

[@bridgetleekobold9979]

i actually got both books for christmas from my mom. they actually are really good if you have the book. its actually an easy book to find in the states. I have had trouble at times getting the cake mix still looking powdery around the edges at times tho.

[@Katya_the_Pyrate]

Although I enjoyed the literal take on the infomercial, It lies, as one would expect. Here is what an Amazon reviewer had to say. Most Helpful Customer Reviews 33 of 34 people found the following review helpful and have enjoyed doing them By Linda Martin on July 17, 2014 Verified Purchase The TV Commercials for this book claimed that you have no more than three ingredients, and you don't even use a mixing bowl. You just dump one ingredient over another right in the baking dish. This is not true. I've used several recipes from the book, and have enjoyed doing them, but there's an extra bowl and ingredients you must use. There may be very few of them in this book that qualify, but over all, if you're looking for a "Dump Cake" recipe book, dump this book!!!

[@LeonKerensky]

I've actually tried searching for it on amazon, and I've been given errors every time I've tried to purchase it, or 404 errors when I click on the product. I wonder if the "Guaranteed" pat of the commercial got them sued.

[@aflockofseacowsesquire]

I like to eat tinned pineapples. pineapples are great. as long as they're not on pizzas.

[@thomasjenkins7506]

pineapple + canadian bacon = win

[@SEVENTEENPOINT1]

Thomas Jenkins That sounds awful, sounds as good as chocolate chicken.

[@thomasjenkins7506]

X VII.I it's delicious. you don't know what you are missing.

[@SEVENTEENPOINT1]

Thomas Jenkins I do and it is awful. To me at least. I generally hate conflicting flavors.

[@dennett316]

Tinned pineapple is OK, but it absolutely pales in comparison to the fresh stuff. Fresh pineapple needs a little more effort, but once you learn how to cut it properly, it's a pretty quick process, and the fruit tastes a LOT nicer than tinned.

[@ShojoBakunyu]

The mug cake is actually something I made today. Mix 1 box angle food cake mix with 2 boxes regular cake mix in a zip top bag or tin, then use 3 tablespoons mix, 2 tablespoons water or soda, and microwave for 1 to 2 minutes depending on your microwave. The extra egg white powder in the angel food cake mix makes it work.

[@DoctorCowley]

Dude, break up the lumps while its still in the bag.

[@Themaniacnextdoor]

I remember seeing these ads on TV...I don't trust it myself. I mean...i once followed a recipe exact for a pumpkin loaf I like that said not to premix the dry ingredients...and not to overmix the batter. Ended up with streaks of bitter, bitter baking soda, was almost inedible. ALWAYS MIX STUFF.

[@MegaHasmat]

Whenever someone says they have pineapple and brings out a can it makes me want to smack them in the head. On another note; What do cookies refer to in the UK? Is the word only used to talk about computer cookies?

[@Wexdarn]

MegaHasmat In the UK cookies is generally only used to refer to stuff like chocolate chip cookies, but any other kind of American cookie, like Oreos, used in this video are just called biscuits.

[@TwoDecadesTooLate]

Cookies in the UK are a specific type of biscuit. Usually the stereotypical chocolate chip cookies are what we would call cookies.

[@MegaHasmat]

I see, thanks.

[@kyletowers9662]

TwoDecadesTooLate alright now what to you guys call our american biscuits

[@TristezaR]

Kyle Towers Dumplings

[@ryuzakikun96]

You aren't supposed to use soda with the chocolate Smores cake one. And you were also supposed to put the cake mix in first.

[@6661313]

you really didn't put the effort into trying to do this the way they intended at all, anyone can intentionally make something bad

[@michaelsanchez1869]

Please try making the Cuppa Cuppa Cuppa Cake from the film Steel Magnolias. 1 cup flour, self-rising. 1 cup sugar. 1 cup fruit cocktail with the juice. Pre-heat oven to 350 F. Mix all ingredients together until well-combined. Bake in greased pan or skillet until gold and bubbly, about 40-45 minutes. Serve with ice cream on top, to cut the sweetness. (optional, but encouraged)

[@shanneldaigle1610]

dump cakes are an actual thing even before the book. this is why following a recipe is important lol

[@ButtonMasherReal]

But the point of dump cakes is that you shouldn’t need a recipe. You literally just have to dump a bunch of ingredients into a cake tin and bake it. If a combination doesn’t work, that’s just a part of trial and error.

[@MadHatter42]

I'm surprised Mike couldn't find it, maybe Google is different in the UK, but I found a number of sites selling the Dump Dinners cookbook for just $10 (or 6.56 pounds sterling, for you bodacious brits).

[@hobojonas]

This would of been a brilliant collaboration episode with *****, he loves inedible food.

[@imthescatguy]

Yeah, if someone sends him the book, that would be a great time to make a video with Ashens.

[@hobojonas]

Make it so!

[@Malkmusianful]

hobojonas a century egg dump cake made out of 25-year-old microwaveable cake mix, Surge, and the melted remains of a Game Child do it I wonder if that would allow Ashens to finally understand the PCP Station

[@CommNagrom]

I actually looked up dump cake recipes online after watching this video, and apparently that is basically the gist of how it works. one recipe i found was literally just dump blueberries, cinnamon, and sugar at the bottom of a pan and stir, pour on dry cake mixture and DON'T stir, then pour on melted butter (presumably this comes out more like a cobbler) and bake for 30 minutes the problem is that you shouldn't use coke for cakes, if you used sprite it'd probably taste a bit better, still sounds like it'd come out a bit dry and grainy though...

[@Monsieurdavidinf]

Just like in the infomercial, you used a white cake mix and a "spite" like soda. Oh wait you did not so you failed at listening to1 min of a video BRAVO BRAVO !

[@emmittmorgans8076]

Why did I not hear anything about this JCVD "Make My Movie" contest until a year after it took place!?

[@RamenLewis]

dude i understand that its stupid but seriously coke isn't soda if you heat coke it turns into some kind of black tar

[@CorCat8700]

no, thats if you boil out all the water in it leaving behind all the sugar and additives, its take a long time for that to happen. not saying its not gross or anthing, just saying coke is soda, it will happen with all sodas

[@ALurkingGrue]

You need the protien in the egg to hold the cake structure together. At least that's what I learned from Alton Brown and Good Eats.

[@misseskimo1]

He used coke zero. so no that wouldn't happen.

[@htmlephant]

The "black tar" is actually just caramelized sugar. Since the color of the soda is dark, once the water boils away and evaporates you're left with the sugar, flavoring and other stuff which is essentially flavored, dark colored caramel. This happens with literally every other soda, just coke turns black because of the color. Common knowledge.

[@RamenLewis]

i know i just felt like describing it that way :P

[@TheCloverskull]

All I can think is from what movie was that Jean Claude clip taken from

[@SHarriet]

Does everyone need reminding that the whole point of the concept of dump cakes is that there's no need for a proper recipe and that it's "mistake-proof"? Are you really going to argue that he fucked up throwing ingredients haphazardly into an oven? Seriously?

[@missyrogers7098]

There was a reason she was selling a cookbook

[@DoctorEviloply]

You can find recipes online and almost all of them use butter as well as the coke and say that it's really more of a cobbler than a cake.

[@garethbraint]

I think you should do this again. Use the right ingredients. She used a white cake mix and what looked like lemonade. Using coke or Pepsi is going to make it taste weird. Like wise using chocolate cake mix when your not supposed too. I like your videos but sometimes your not very fair on the products.

[@VicvicW]

Firstly, I don't see what he does as a review, he more just takes the mick. But I do think someone should send the book to him, and he should do them properly.

[@michealvaldros1755]

She said "Use your favorite cake mix and soda", so he used his favorite cake mix and soda.

[@aninterestinusername]

Why didn't you just order the cook book off the website in the commercial?

[@vinesauceobscurities]

Cursed video.

[@Kaboomboo]

There were tons of copies of this and the dinner book at my local Fry's electronics.

[@WobblesandBean]

Gross eating noises are gross.

[@mrkalius1926]

Wear headphones, then turn it up, and close your eyes and don't turn it off, and put it on replay forever.

[@schindlerteejay94]

I only made a cake in 20 mins, waited for it to cool down, then decorate. the soda has to be flat in order for the 'Flavour'.

[@skintstudios]

any idea if maybe dump cakes themselves contain some sort of dried egg/milk substitute that is 'activated' with the pop?

[@Suga6000]

I've made dump Cake before, but I didn't use soda. I thought that was pretty odd. I used melted butter instead and it turned out great. A can (size does not matter) of raspberries, yellow cake mix and whatever amount of butter you want. Give it maybe 20 min or follow the cake mix instructions and your done. Serve hot with ice cream and whipped cream. You don't need the book. It's a waste of money. Their are also lots of recipes on KZbin on how to make great dump cake. Everyone should give it a try. :-) .

[@heidifedor]

My late fiancé gave me this book as a gag gift. Most of the recipes you have to stir together like most baked products.