Celebrating Independence Day with a Recipe for Disaster

Today, we are celebrating the Fourth of July in a uniquely unconventional way – by attempting to make a five-layer cake and decorating it with red, white, and blue cupcakes. The baker, who remains anonymous, is excitedly enthusiastic about this festive holiday and has taken to wearing a patriotic outfit complete with a red shirt that covers most of their back.

As the baker begins to prepare the ingredients for the simple white cake recipe, they are surprisingly laid-back and confident in their abilities. "I'm somewhat about that measuring life," they say, as if it's a well-known fact that they have made this cake countless times before. However, things quickly take a turn when they realize that they need egg whites, not yolks, and proceed to frantically try to get the right amount while simultaneously whistling along to a catchy tune.

The baker takes a break from measuring out ingredients to ask if anyone loves America – a question that receives an enthusiastic response. They then reveal their latest kitchen gadget, a cupcake dispenser that they have been using for far too long and never actually got around to using. As they begin to assemble the cake, it becomes clear that this is going to be a bumpy ride.

The baker exclaims, "Welcome to America, kids! We're testing our healthcare" as they awkwardly stand on the floor while trying to demonstrate their new cupcake dispenser. The comments section quickly fills with worried messages and jokes about why the baker didn't have wax paper down to protect themselves from getting injured by the moving parts.

As the baker proceeds to decorate the cake, things only get more chaotic – icing is everywhere, and it seems like a major disaster waiting to happen. However, just when all hope seemed lost, the baker takes a deep breath and confidently declares, "Alright guys, now it's time for the super special surprise."

The reveal of the surprise is met with a mix of excitement and horror as the baker proceeds to decorate the cake with what can only be described as an excessive amount of icing. The end result looks like something Martha Stewart would find disturbing – much to her dismay.

As the baker attempts to present their creation, it becomes clear that this cake was never going to be perfect. When asked if they thought the surprise was worth all the trouble, the baker responds with a resounding "no." Despite their initial skepticism about cutting into the cake and revealing what's inside, things only get more confusing as they struggle to determine the color of the top.

The true test of this cake comes when it is time for the final reveal – cutting it in half. As the baker takes their first slice, they let out a sigh of relief that the cake doesn't look too terrible after all. But just as things seem like they're going smoothly, disaster strikes once again – the bottom layer falls apart and looks more like mud than cake.

Despite all the chaos and setbacks, the baker manages to laugh it off and admit that making this cake was actually quite difficult. As they hold up their creation for everyone to see, they can't help but crack a joke about needing a hazmat team on hand to clean up the mess.

In the end, despite its imperfections, the cake has become an unlikely star of the show – and everyone is having a blast watching it unfold.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en(funky music)- Today, we are celebratingthe Fourth of July!- Woo!- And we're real festive todayfor the July Fourth holiday.I think I should have chosesome other decorations.Today, we're going to make this cake.It's a five layer cake.We're making some red,white and blue cupcakes.And some surprise cakes.- You didn't tell me anything.You just said, Hey, put on a red shirt.- The whole back of my shirt is missing.Let me show you my spine.- Cover up.- I was like, okay.- America, it's Trump's world.We're just living in it.Okay, first thing's first.We're going to make one of our cakes.(whistling)- If I don't look at it,nothing bad can happen.♪ Da da da da da ♪♪ Y-M-C-A ♪- So, shat we're doinghere is we're makinga simple cake recipe.- A simple white cake recipe.I'm somewhat about that measuring life.- Do you know how manytimes I've done this?Enough to know.- Why do I let her do the egg whites?No, I need egg whites, not yellows, shoot.- Perfect, I am a professional.- Good for you, just rub it in.Oh no, a little bit of yellow, oh god.- Ready?Catch.(blender whirring)- Do you love America?- Yeah.- This cupcake dispenser thingis probably the coolest thing ever.I bought it so long ago andI never ended up using it.- Mmmm, cake.- Oh God, that's not supposed to happen.(laughing)♪ America America ♪America.Mmmm, it tastes like freedom.- Bake it at 350 until done.- Really?Preheat this oven to 350,which I should have doneprobably forever ago.Do we put them all on the same rack?- Say rack one more time.Oh my god.The surprise is never going to happen.- I don't have time for that.I'm trying to freaking prepare.Look at them!America.I let them all cool off nicely.So these are our America cakes.- Are you okay?- Okay, now we're gonna let it cool.And then we're gonna decorate.(playful music)- Welcome to America, kids.We're testing our healthcare.- I think it's a nice hole.- Is it good?- You may notice that weare on the floor, yes,but I have wax paper downand it is a freshly cleaned floor.- What is wrong with you?This almost went through your arm.- Oh my God, there's icing everywhere.- I'm just going to lightly dump.- No.- Yeah.So sorry.I don't know how to do anything.Wow, real oily.- This is like basically two colors'cause it's not mixed well.Wait don't you have to cutthat into something else?- No.- Wow, so fluffy.- Oh, is it red or is it pink?- We don't know.- I don't think I want to beassociated with this video.- I'm starting at thebottom because I can--♪ Started from the bottom now we're here ♪That looks stupid.- Alright guys.Now it's time for thesuper special surprise.This looks nice.- This is way too much icing.I'm not going to have enough icing.We have to just put a little bitbecause it just has to seal it together.- These are a lot of icing on here.- Oh my God.- Oh my God.- We should shave off this top.I'm just going to shave this off.- Ow, I got my skin!- Surprise.- Surprise!Watch this.- That wasn't the problem.- What was the problem?- Yeah, that's not right.- No, I've only seen better.Martha Stewart is somewherewatching this video, crying.- Alright.- Oh.- Oh my God.- Well that's cool.- The problem here isthat we should have shaveda little off the blue.I'm so sick just looking at this cake.It's all going to look perfectwhen we cut the cake in half.What happened here?- Some things.- Disgusted by everythingthat is happening.- Oh gosh, why are there turds on there?- Oh!- Oh!- I think they look, oh,I just touched your butt.- Touched my but again!She keeps touching my butt!- Now there's icing on it.It's almost like a real cake.- There's icing on my butt!There's icing in my hair.(upbeat music)Now, the real test is cutting it in half.(upbeat music)- If I stand all the way back here,the cake looks really good.(upbeat music)- Here we go.- It's gonna look justlike it did on Pinterest.It's heavy.- Yeah, I know, right?Oh wow, okay, just set it somewhere.- There it is.- I'm so sick of eating cupcakes.- Oh no!- Oh no!Oh no, I just got this.Oh God!- That tastes like a cupcake.I wanted this cake to be perfect.- I thought, I honestlythought we could do this.- I don't like the surprise.- Mmm!- It's really good.- I lost my phone.Surprise.I think I might have bakedmy phone inside of this.Thank you guys for watching.Huge thank you to Jennifer forhelping out with this video.Well guys, thanks for watching.We have to clean up now.I think we might needto hire a hazmat team.Happy Fourth of July.Oh my God, our cake came out perfectly.Zoom in so they think it's ours.Can we just hold it,hold it like this.- Yeah.Hold it right there.- Oh wow!- Guys, it came out perfect!(laughing)- This was actually really difficult.(upbeat music)\n"