Cake Rescue! From failed to nailed it | How To Cook That Ann Reardon

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  • If you've ever been in tears over a cake fail, this video is for you. Taking three viral cake fails and showing you how to rescue the cake and make it look amazing.
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  • @HowToCookThat
    @HowToCookThat  5 лет назад +4530

    What's your worst cake fail? I found some crazy ones on Instagram & Pintrest ... but there is always hope!! 😍

    • @shazee7864
      @shazee7864 5 лет назад +148

      Fresh cream cakes.....had so many fails with them, especially in the summer 🤦🏽‍♀️ still haven't figured out how to stabilise the cream properly 😔

    • @TheGamingSeargent
      @TheGamingSeargent 5 лет назад +130

      Dunno actually. BTW finished the captions :)

    • @jennydespot2569
      @jennydespot2569 5 лет назад +166

      I had a cake fail once.. it was in my younger brother's birthday and i really wanted to make a cake on my own. Well.. it was a complete fail. It was a cookie monster cake. The blue icing wasn't blue enough(it was very pale blue though i added a whole blue food colouring bottle) the eyes were... creepy (very creepy, my lil sister almost started crying) and it looked like a complete mess. But it tasted quite good.

    • @chrisbird9196
      @chrisbird9196 5 лет назад +65

      I was making sticky date pudding. Not sure if it quite counts, but it was definitely a fail. To make it you need to boil dates in water then add baking soda, to soften the dates. This releases CO2 gas, and bubbles up a bit. The recipe called for 1/2 tsp of baking soda, but I misread it as 2 TBSP of baking soda (I was like 7 or 8). The recipe said to dump it in and whisk quickly, to stop it overflowing. I dumped in the 4 tbsp and whisked, and hot date water expanded out of the pot and went everywhere. Mum was not pleased.

    • @fartmancentral69
      @fartmancentral69 5 лет назад +54

      I literally froze a cake for like 4 days 🤦‍♀️ Idk what I was thinking 🤣

  • @BasiliskKingOfSerpents
    @BasiliskKingOfSerpents 5 лет назад +7510

    Off-topic, but that little stop-motion animation with the motorbike was very cute

    • @soupyxplant
      @soupyxplant 5 лет назад +78

      Yeetus Defeetus I think what they meant by “off-topic” is the fact that he’s not talking about the cake

    • @soupyxplant
      @soupyxplant 5 лет назад +15

      Yeetus Defeetus yah

    • @LoonieMommy
      @LoonieMommy 4 года назад +82

      @@soupyxplant & @YeetusDefeetus thanks for a kind, grown up difference of opinion solved.
      There was correction without disrespect and accepted without pettiness.
      Sorry, I just need to mention it when I see it as it's more rare than radium these days.
      Stay blessed.

    • @psychott6
      @psychott6 4 года назад +3

      Ikr

    • @shacora
      @shacora 4 года назад +12

      In the comment section the phrase, "Off-Topic" doesn't have a specific purpose!😂

  • @vociferonheraldofthewinter2284
    @vociferonheraldofthewinter2284 5 лет назад +5485

    My best cake save was for my daughter's 16th birthday. The cake just fell completely apart when I tipped it out of the pan. (Red velvet from scratch. I didn't pull it off) I called my husband at work and told him to buy 3 dozen bouquets of Walmart roses.
    While I was waiting for him, I cooled the cake and then arranged the pieces on a large white platter. There was NO way this crumbly mess would take the buttercream frosting so I warmed it slightly and poured it over the cake. It wasn't thin. Just barely warmed enough to flow. Managed to get a cake shape out of the whole thing.
    When hubby got home I went to work (for the rest of the night). I picked the best buds and blossoms from the flowers, then went to work ripping the rest to shreds. Pulled all of the petals off. Coated the flower petals in a thin egg white/water wash, then tossed them in sugar. Those went in the dehydrator for a few hours until the coating was dry. Then I covered the cake in rose petals, I mean the WHOLE CAKE. When I was done, there was hardly any cake to see.
    I arranged the whole flowers and buds on a corner of the cake and held my breath.
    The next day, my daughter cried with joy. Said it was her first 'grown up' cake. Her friends were impressed. Moms were impressed and asked me where I got the inspiration. (I confessed to one of my friends that I 'pulled it out of my butt.') Yes, people ate the candied rose petals. (Not with the cake. As a candy.)
    You couldn't even tell that the cake was mangled underneath.
    Then I wiped the sweat from my brow and had a glass of wine. lol!

    • @nourelnour9079
      @nourelnour9079 4 года назад +604

      Mother of the year 😘😘😘

    • @evecampbell3069
      @evecampbell3069 4 года назад +345

      That's amazing, Go you! But people really ate Rose Petals?

    • @vociferonheraldofthewinter2284
      @vociferonheraldofthewinter2284 4 года назад +759

      @@evecampbell3069 Yup! It is an old fashioned legitimate treat. Once I told them this, people were more than happy to give them a try. They don't taste half bad.
      With that said, I wouldn't recommend anyone eat Walmart roses. Lord knows what's been sprayed on them or what they've been soaking up in the water. I did rinse them well before sugaring. And I did tell people where I got the roses as I was serving the cake and told them that if they didn't find roses appealing to feel free to pick them off. I wouldn't be bothered. Nobody suffered a negative reaction, so this worked out well.

    • @evecampbell3069
      @evecampbell3069 4 года назад +225

      @@vociferonheraldofthewinter2284 That's good. Not sure if I would ever try it though, new fact everyday! My stepsister tried to make a birthday cake once, but she rushed it and the cake wasn't cooled. The middle layer of frosting made the cake slide around, so she speared the cake in 4 places to keep it in place. It looked like a Frankencake. It was delicious though. Absolutely covered in frosting and Sprinkles.

    • @zfaki1919
      @zfaki1919 4 года назад +205

      Many Asian countries eat rose petals .They consider it as a herb .
      American eat Macdonald but not a rose petal.

  • @kiwikk3337
    @kiwikk3337 4 года назад +941

    So my mother was making a cake for my older sister and while she was finishing the cake, she felt like she was very sick and then BAAM!she accidently pushed the upper part of the cake....(i was decorating the house)when i went into the kitchen, i saw my mom panicking about the cake but i had put her to rest then i saw some of these cake rescues and i went for the dirt theme because she was a plant lover.So i made flowers on the cake with the dirt .when my mom and sister both came in they were like....THAT IS SO COOOLLLL especialy my sister So Thank You Ann!Without you, I was never gonna make this cake right!

    • @soha786sajju
      @soha786sajju 4 года назад +48

      Aww gosh I love that little story!! :D

    • @TheHydrakeHydra
      @TheHydrakeHydra 3 года назад +24

      That’s really sweet, I’m glad!

  • @psychodboy1511
    @psychodboy1511 4 года назад +2329

    The last cake made me laugh way more than it should've because in my head I see the parent slamming it in front of the kid and yelling "THERE!....WHY ARE YOU CRYING!?"

    • @cutiepiekhaling
      @cutiepiekhaling 4 года назад +92

      Omg I died laughing at this comment

    • @beetrootsoup3130
      @beetrootsoup3130 4 года назад +50

      They didn't even care lmao

    • @nameisnico
      @nameisnico 4 года назад +7

      LMFAO!! 🤣🤣🤣

    • @Cindyisadog
      @Cindyisadog 4 года назад +170

      How on earth does that even happen? It’s like the cake just got disintegrated lmao and they were like “well, screw it we’re having this cake pile”

    • @reallyyfunny0o048
      @reallyyfunny0o048 3 года назад +12

      When Ralph decides no one can eat cake 😂

  • @kathrynpotts3318
    @kathrynpotts3318 5 лет назад +14706

    Broke: buzzfeed nifty telling you to turn all your failures into cake pops
    Woke: Ann reardon telling you how to actually fix your failures

    • @OscarGeronimo
      @OscarGeronimo 5 лет назад +329

      Cake Rescue! From broke to woke.

    • @thesarahdilemma9752
      @thesarahdilemma9752 5 лет назад +58

      Kathryn Potts it cant fix me tho

    • @ClurTaylor
      @ClurTaylor 5 лет назад +177

      Cake pops aren't even that nice!

    • @lilysnape6520
      @lilysnape6520 5 лет назад +217

      @@ClurTaylor And they are more difficult than trying to fix the cake

    • @THANKYOUFORTHEVENOM
      @THANKYOUFORTHEVENOM 5 лет назад +67

      @@lilysnape6520 oof I like cake pops 😂

  • @tiacat11
    @tiacat11 5 лет назад +3041

    It's a common joke among programmers to say "It's not a bug, it's a feature!" when code winds up doing something you didn't quite intend, but actually somehow makes the program work better.
    This seems like a similar philosophy.

    • @jonathandpg6115
      @jonathandpg6115 5 лет назад +67

      In a lot of cooking you can do that a well. Something goes wrong most of the time you can fix it.

    • @tiacat11
      @tiacat11 5 лет назад +71

      @@jonathandpg6115 Exactly! Crumbling the cake wasn't a "mistake", you did it on purpose! No one's gonna know unless you let on.

    • @janani1826
      @janani1826 5 лет назад +43

      tiacat11 Yh on bake off or master chef one year they tried to call their not very frozen ice cream soft serve- if she wasn’t laughing she would have been fine 😂

    • @zanthor5422
      @zanthor5422 5 лет назад +13

      It's not a failure, it's just something that builds a little bit of character.

    • @ICantMakeUpAName100
      @ICantMakeUpAName100 5 лет назад +7

      I thought the it's not a bug it's a feature was a meme about people clowning on Microsoft for acting like a bug was intentional in order to save face from backlash. Not necessarily a beneficial side effect, in fact usually detrimental

  • @missjakson9028
    @missjakson9028 4 года назад +264

    This reminds me of one of the cutest story about my parents early relationship...
    It was my mom's birthday and she made this very light and fluffy (and fragile) cake /tart with egg white merangue on top
    Around 2 hours before the guests where supposed to come, she decided she should pop the tart in the oven some more to give then merangue a more golden brown colour.... What she didn't consider was that she borrowed the cake pan out to a neighbour after she finished.... No problem, she took 2 smaller rectangular pans, turned them upside down and put the cake on the bottom of the 2 pans in the oven.... Surely , the cake melted and started falling apart in between the pans
    When my dad arrived (earlier to help her out a bit) he found her crying in the kitchen.... He listened to the problem and asked her for a bowl and a big spoon.... He scooped out the cake, packed it in the bowl and flip everything upside down like making a sand castle.... And it held its shape, mom made some whipped cream and covered it all up and no one had any idea
    My dad was a. Handy man and it turns out he was also good at cooking.... He is no longer with us, but he still lives in our hearts and our memories

    • @addie1080
      @addie1080 2 года назад +23

      that's such a sweet story! ♡

  • @zixiong681
    @zixiong681 4 года назад +1959

    moral of the story: Don't tell people what cake you are making and what it will look like before you finish the cake.

    • @feelinit213
      @feelinit213 3 года назад +16

      😂😂😂

    • @kittymarie397
      @kittymarie397 2 года назад +39

      under promise over perform thats the motto

    • @Takapon218
      @Takapon218 2 года назад +25

      This is so true of any art, honestly. Unless someone commissions you for a very specific thing, never tell them what your end idea is. You WILL have to change it up along the way!!!

    • @TheThunderStrikes
      @TheThunderStrikes 2 года назад +3

      Saves you a lot

    • @maraisfan4life517
      @maraisfan4life517 Год назад +1

      Of time and effort

  • @puppyhowler
    @puppyhowler 5 лет назад +11644

    i guess bob ross was right
    there are no mistakes
    just happy accidents

    • @wowee9929
      @wowee9929 4 года назад +227

      but i'm an accident and i'm not happy. :[

    • @anniejohnson5494
      @anniejohnson5494 4 года назад +79

      in this case happy delicious accidents LOL!

    • @theotterone4111
      @theotterone4111 4 года назад +57

      **runs over cake**
      Yup! Only happy accidents

    • @el.c.8858
      @el.c.8858 4 года назад +11

      xPastell _Tears 😩😂

    • @casamagika4042
      @casamagika4042 4 года назад +15

      Unless it's nuclear power.

  • @fuyuhikokuzuyuruu4644
    @fuyuhikokuzuyuruu4644 4 года назад +4449

    Ann: *making beautiful cake fixes*
    Me, eating cheerios at 8 am and pretending I'm a foodie: Ah yes, a true work of art, the piping is delectable.

    • @benny_lemon5123
      @benny_lemon5123 4 года назад +98

      You have a heartbeat and tastebuds (presumably lol). That's all the qualifications needed to enjoy cake and it's accompanying videos 🍰

    • @waffleauflauf4213
      @waffleauflauf4213 4 года назад +67

      The fact that your username and profile are Fuyuhiko make this infinitely funnier.

    • @idvemmawoods
      @idvemmawoods 4 года назад +25

      Fuyuhiko: Ultimate FOODIE

    • @Alphonse007
      @Alphonse007 4 года назад +2

      Tbh, same

    • @citrusuu6537
      @citrusuu6537 4 года назад +12

      boss baby

  • @Joe-3.
    @Joe-3. 4 года назад +3402

    *bash up the oreos from the frustration of your cake not turning out how you wanted it to be*
    mom: where’s the oreos?
    me: gone. reduced to atoms.

    • @kaliyanelson6106
      @kaliyanelson6106 4 года назад +145

      Thems' TASTY atoms.

    • @alicechen9149
      @alicechen9149 4 года назад +15

      @@kaliyanelson6106 lmao

    • @aboyer8096
      @aboyer8096 4 года назад +18

      This made me laugh wayyyyy to much😂

    • @nattyL0609
      @nattyL0609 3 года назад +16

      Ah I see another man of culture

    • @auletteJ
      @auletteJ 3 года назад +4

      Ah yes

  • @iheartTH1203
    @iheartTH1203 4 года назад +531

    I thought you were going to turn these fails into some extravagant nearly impossible cake designs, but I love how easy and practical these fixes were! Simple steps, anyone could do them. Thanks for the video & tips.

  • @montykemsley9479
    @montykemsley9479 5 лет назад +2216

    It’s about time someone made one of these that wasn’t “make it into cake pops!!” Because that’s not the point in having a cake!!!!! This was such a good video, top job as always Ann ❤️❤️

    • @HowToCookThat
      @HowToCookThat  5 лет назад +178

      i agree Monty ... cake pops are actually really fiddly and, to be honest, most of the time they're not that nice either!

    • @FaerieDust
      @FaerieDust 5 лет назад +19

      I saw someone else link this - idk how I missed it, but it turns out Ann's had a magic brownie recipe up for years! Made with cake scraps!! My mind is BLOWN tbh ruclips.net/video/82mxKiqZyxI/видео.html

    • @dreamwolf7302
      @dreamwolf7302 4 года назад +10

      I've had some decent cake pops, but they were supposed to that way from the start, and it was very different from those videos...my grandfather made, them, he would make cake 'hemispheres' make a solid chocolate pop, put the hemispheres around the chocolate, seal with sweat cream frosting, and dip in white chocolate, cover with various goodies (my fave was crushed nobake cookie)

    • @Silver_wind_1987_
      @Silver_wind_1987_ 4 года назад

      @@dreamwolf7302 hmmmm I would wanna make chocolate hollow cake pops lmao. Fill them with whatever 😍

    • @alenasemkina1723
      @alenasemkina1723 4 года назад

      @@HowToCookThat 😂😂 I read your comment in Australian accent and I'm Russian 🤣

  • @TristanReveur
    @TristanReveur 5 лет назад +2706

    Wow, using a bowl and frosting for a save is genius! I’ve never seen that before. Amazing! :D

    • @ohthereyouarepeter1435
      @ohthereyouarepeter1435 5 лет назад +80

      She's the Bob Ross of cakes

    • @davidscothern6900
      @davidscothern6900 5 лет назад +22

      Agree. There... might... be quite a lot of frosting in that, mind... the ultimate sugar high birthday?

    • @TristanReveur
      @TristanReveur 5 лет назад +27

      David Scothern maybe you don’t need such a thick layer? I’m not a huge fan of frosting, but I suppose you could do with a thinner layer if it covers up the lumps enough to make it smooth.

    • @RealmofRuss
      @RealmofRuss 5 лет назад +15

      yeah, it'd be great for a barbie doll or princess dress cake too.

    • @isabelthomson5179
      @isabelthomson5179 5 лет назад +4

      Russinka 1984 yes I was thinking she might put a doll into the cake could also put edible glitter on the outside for the dress

  • @00cuckoo00
    @00cuckoo00 4 года назад +581

    8:10 when she said "or even some bugs!" a literal bug crawled onto my screen and I stared at it for a hot second wondering how a bug effect was edited into the comment section...
    And then I realized it was real and nearly screamed :))))

  • @glassofmilk101
    @glassofmilk101 4 года назад +220

    By the way, thanks for saving the ganache! Some RUclipsrs just act like everyone has enough ingredients for a full second batch, so thanks!

  • @thomasdavies225
    @thomasdavies225 5 лет назад +6092

    Ann couldn’t make a cake fail even if she tried!

    • @HowToCookThat
      @HowToCookThat  5 лет назад +515

      haha, oh i don't know about that! 😝

    • @symphoniaIX
      @symphoniaIX 5 лет назад +25

      so true

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 5 лет назад +71

      Thomas Davies
      She clearly can, but she can also rescue the fails. (Of course, she generally doesn’t bother with the extra step of creating the cake fail first.)

    • @kittenmimi5326
      @kittenmimi5326 5 лет назад +99

      @@ragnkja ....she kinda can't. Her attempts to purposefully fail a cake still looks rlly good conpared to the real cake fail😂

    • @montanatigani7807
      @montanatigani7807 5 лет назад +10

      She literally made a fail and fixed it 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

  • @chelciesugar
    @chelciesugar 5 лет назад +910

    I love that you used everyday utensils too!, it can be so discouraging to have failed and then try and fix it and bakers only use fancy tools you don't have.
    Thanks Ann, your creations always take the cake
    😌🙏

    • @Flat_s0da
      @Flat_s0da 4 года назад +2

      michal's keeper no pun intended

    • @aojsodjrri
      @aojsodjrri 4 года назад +4

      @@Flat_s0da lool

    • @Goog_googy
      @Goog_googy 4 года назад

      Hmmmm that dad joke physically hurts me 🤕

    • @shaunapurcell9436
      @shaunapurcell9436 3 года назад +3

      🥁🥁Ba dum tissssssss🥁🥁

  • @ghornisbae1653
    @ghornisbae1653 4 года назад +3527

    Conclusion: Frosting is the glue/ duct tape of cake making.

  • @iamnotreal6459
    @iamnotreal6459 4 года назад +342

    Ann: **Shows literally any cake** Now how do we rescue this?
    Me: It can't be done, it's destroyed.
    Ann: **fixes**
    Me: woa

    • @Rgoid
      @Rgoid 3 года назад +2

      Millennials: Just buy a new cake instead
      Me: I don’t know . . .

  • @EvilRachelable
    @EvilRachelable 5 лет назад +1573

    My mum always tells me when I'm freaking out about cake disasters that "Frosting can hide a multitude of sins!" So far she's been right. 😂

    • @shawncromwell2230
      @shawncromwell2230 4 года назад +100

      Cooking rule of thumb: If it's a sweet food that doesn't turn out, add icing or chocolate. If it's a savoury food that doesn't turn out, add cheese. 😉

    • @Luubelaar
      @Luubelaar 4 года назад +19

      Icing sugar dusted over the top hides a lot of stuff too.

    • @georgie488
      @georgie488 4 года назад +6

      What if your fail is the icing ;)

    • @Luubelaar
      @Luubelaar 4 года назад +4

      @@georgie488 - pour ganache over the top. And/or add sprinkles.

    • @_leidybug
      @_leidybug 4 года назад +2

      @@Luubelaar What if you fail at ganache?

  • @christhebirb
    @christhebirb 5 лет назад +1007

    The last one was my favourite! Building the cake up from the frosting to the center is just genius!
    And if all else fails, take the cake chunks and turn them into brownies!

    • @HowToCookThat
      @HowToCookThat  5 лет назад +62

      haha, yes brownies are a very tasty last resort 😀

    • @Primroseintheskyforever
      @Primroseintheskyforever 5 лет назад +10

      the video ame out a couple minutes ago but it says u commented 12 hours ago!? 😂🤔

    • @HowToCookThat
      @HowToCookThat  5 лет назад +47

      Patreons get access to the video 12 hours early 😀

    • @sallylulu2457
      @sallylulu2457 5 лет назад +4

      All of them are genius...

    • @Primroseintheskyforever
      @Primroseintheskyforever 5 лет назад +4

      @@HowToCookThat Oh i didnt know! thanks ann! ❤️

  • @everettliu5157
    @everettliu5157 4 года назад +112

    I do love how she says the word "chocolate." It's like this happy sort of tone near the end. Like choc-late!

    • @notdanny4985
      @notdanny4985 3 года назад +5

      It makes chocolate more chocolate- y

    • @partimelobster
      @partimelobster 2 года назад

      I like how she says buttercream 🙂

  • @nimeryaspawnbrd1049
    @nimeryaspawnbrd1049 4 года назад +292

    9:38
    You can replace buttercream with gelato, freezing it a few hours, and you'll basically have a zuccotto, a traditional dessert from Firenze 😊

    • @marsfeathers
      @marsfeathers 4 года назад +19

      That's a really good idea! That dessert sounds delicious :00

    • @cinziac.1624
      @cinziac.1624 4 года назад +5

      Azz, non ci avevo pensato

    • @Goog_googy
      @Goog_googy 4 года назад +5

      My brain when you said that :O my mouth when you said that :O💦

    • @lookatmyfacern
      @lookatmyfacern 3 года назад +2

      woah gelato in love gelato especially the cheesecake flavor yum 😊

    • @emilychang2984
      @emilychang2984 Год назад +1

      I’d make that before the cake fail that sounds delicious

  • @toby_wankenobi
    @toby_wankenobi 5 лет назад +1444

    "If your kid doesn't like-"
    Me, Making the dirt cake for my older sister: Yes... Kid... I'll do monster trucks thank you.

    • @Cheshiregrinn91
      @Cheshiregrinn91 4 года назад +135

      well you could also make some kind of favorite animals in a field. I mean if you put a horse on top it would work just as well with the mud theme.

    • @Justice237
      @Justice237 4 года назад +40

      Or you could just crumble it up the rest of the way and do something like the third one

    • @kendallalmazan8954
      @kendallalmazan8954 4 года назад +45

      Tess Golds or put a flower in it like a garden

    • @jeremycrouch4356
      @jeremycrouch4356 4 года назад +38

      If you colour coconut shavings green, they make a pretty good grass

    • @toby_wankenobi
      @toby_wankenobi 4 года назад +7

      @@jeremycrouch4356 that's actually a great idea!

  • @SurpriseKidsFun
    @SurpriseKidsFun 5 лет назад +706

    You're a legend mum! I love how you come up with a new idea one day ... then it just happens by the time we come home from school!!

    • @HowToCookThat
      @HowToCookThat  5 лет назад +110

      awww you boys are so supportive :)😍

    • @SunaAoimori
      @SunaAoimori 5 лет назад +46

      Reardon bros ur mom is super cool creative, hard working n super awesome

    • @havusauruz
      @havusauruz 5 лет назад +33

      Be proud of your mom :3

    • @SeriouslySeriousGrim
      @SeriouslySeriousGrim 5 лет назад +20

      Awww, how sweet! Your mom is an amazing person! She's very skilled. I'm sure you guys take after her.

    • @candaceflynn7935
      @candaceflynn7935 5 лет назад +12

      Awwwww!

  • @amandaburris1854
    @amandaburris1854 3 года назад +23

    This video was a life saver when my brother's Birthday cake started crumbling. I went with the last option and the cake is currently in the freezer and will be out to finnish decorating in about an hour. I hope it turns out well enough because I have a bit of a reputation in my house and I would like to keep it semi intact after this cake. 😂
    Update: The cake turned out great! She's a lifesaver!

  • @princessalia6
    @princessalia6 4 года назад +521

    My 2 biggest cake fails were:
    - Forgot to add sugar
    - Forgot baking powder
    Yyyuupp horrible.

    • @jules2291
      @jules2291 4 года назад +53

      I get you, mine was adding baking soda in place of powder, mmnearly blew up my oven and got a solid lump of flour and sugar

    • @shravastisarmah5363
      @shravastisarmah5363 4 года назад +5

      Hahah been there done that

    • @lillianaoneal9231
      @lillianaoneal9231 4 года назад +36

      I forgot the bannas and sugar in banna bread.

    • @Kid_Cat64
      @Kid_Cat64 4 года назад +10

      @@lillianaoneal9231 bananananana?

    • @TheAmazingDoorknob
      @TheAmazingDoorknob 4 года назад +4

      How do you do that

  • @TheGamingSeargent
    @TheGamingSeargent 5 лет назад +2560

    Trying to figure out if this is meant to insult me due to the quality of my cakes.

  • @naomi-gu1gh
    @naomi-gu1gh 5 лет назад +515

    Ann somehow still fails perfectly.

  • @tingle-tainmentasmr2404
    @tingle-tainmentasmr2404 3 года назад +27

    I’m so glad she’s still making videos. I’m 17 now and I remember logging on to RUclips every day after school in elementary and watching her amazing creative cake videos. The IPad cake, the chocolate book, the Instagram cake.... the giant peanut better cup. We love you. And thank you for making my childhood happy.

  • @recklessrex
    @recklessrex 4 года назад +52

    I love how each of these fixes essentially just made a brand new cake that was potentially even better than the original project

  • @Hellswarmglow
    @Hellswarmglow 5 лет назад +39

    Today I Learned: Keep type of cake you're making a closely-guarded secret until the bitter(sweet) end. Also, all hail frosting as the savior of many a fallen-cake brethren. Thanks, Ann!

    • @clubbasher32
      @clubbasher32 4 года назад

      Hellswarmglow youre so right

  • @emskistay
    @emskistay 4 года назад +406

    “Cover your mistakes with buttercream”
    Guess I’ll have to cover myself

  • @Natalie-lx1wx
    @Natalie-lx1wx 4 года назад +1364

    Watching people put buttercream on a hot cake physically hurts me

    • @camtyto0777
      @camtyto0777 4 года назад +97

      same, it seems like most of these fails would be avoided if the bakers just let things cool down first!

    • @kaliyanelson6106
      @kaliyanelson6106 4 года назад +38

      I've seen many episodes of "Failed It" on Netflix. I just kinda go "He he. He messed up."

    • @bethanycate
      @bethanycate 4 года назад +6

      Yep it is my worst nightmare

    • @victreebeloverlord1185
      @victreebeloverlord1185 4 года назад +14

      It just _hurts_

    • @lunasworld4077
      @lunasworld4077 4 года назад +9

      I did that once i didn't know that. Then when it was a disaster my mom told me that after my disaster

  • @truthhurts2225
    @truthhurts2225 5 лет назад +329

    EXCELLENT! Constructive and practical solutions to salvage the cakes AND encourage the baker! You a brilliant Anne, thank you ❤

    • @HowToCookThat
      @HowToCookThat  5 лет назад +11

      awww thank you ... i was hoping everyone would like this idea 😌

  • @DanielKay06
    @DanielKay06 5 лет назад +385

    That blue lumpy frosting cake could have been turned into a cookie monster to safe it

    • @rasho517
      @rasho517 5 лет назад +1

      I thought the exact same thing xD

    • @user-tg1vg1db5y
      @user-tg1vg1db5y 5 лет назад +3

      @Yeetus Defeetus sorry, I was being a dumbass. I don't think before I comment

    • @Silver_wind_1987_
      @Silver_wind_1987_ 4 года назад +10

      @Yeetus Defeetus not really actaully. Get a butter knife and scrape the icing into a zip lock bag than knead it out before cutting a quarner off. Than get a round cookie cutter or even use a hanger and shape it into a circle. Pipe the icing into the circle using it as a guide and a spoon to spread it out. Grab some candy eyes and a cute candy nose and boom.

    • @gr1m720
      @gr1m720 4 года назад

      I thought more some type of fantasy land with bluegrass for some alien type feel but thats cool too

    • @Goog_googy
      @Goog_googy 4 года назад +1

      I love how your first instinct is COOKIE MONSTER

  • @maxjoubert220
    @maxjoubert220 4 года назад +107

    7:33 you could also cover it in green frosting and then make a small hole somewhere. Put a toothpick with a monochrome flag on (or tape paper on) and it's like a golf course.

    • @victreebeloverlord1185
      @victreebeloverlord1185 4 года назад +4

      Or you could put the frosting Over the Oreos and it will be realistic and impressive

    • @steelpump100
      @steelpump100 3 года назад +3

      Victreebel Overlord11 along with the Twizxler grass, it's perfect.

    • @bungusbajablast2877
      @bungusbajablast2877 3 года назад +2

      or cover it in crushed white oreos, stick a flag in there and it's a moon cake

  • @maryallison0509
    @maryallison0509 4 года назад +146

    I love that cake that was Assembled in the bowl. Then decorated with candies. How cute. I think that would be fun just to try. Even if the cake wasn’t mucked up to begin with.

  • @hiuu
    @hiuu 5 лет назад +214

    This is pretty cool constructive advice for some of us not-pro-bakers. Thanks Ann 😉

  • @catherinecoppola3287
    @catherinecoppola3287 3 года назад +14

    I love that Ann always has some cute stop-animations thrown in through her recipes! They add so much interest! She puts so much care and effort into her videos!

  • @runes5407
    @runes5407 3 года назад +39

    "We never wanted this to be a round cake, we know what we're doing" _Me at any mistake in life_

  • @azc.09
    @azc.09 4 года назад +57

    Worst cake fail was when we confused salt with sugar and ate it before noticing, drank 3 bowls of water that day...

  • @mysticmoonlight7826
    @mysticmoonlight7826 5 лет назад +223

    I hope this becomes a new series on your channel. It's brilliant.

  • @softsix
    @softsix 4 года назад +73

    "Yours is pretty good, Jane. It's still round... and it's still standing."

  • @annikasiller5758
    @annikasiller5758 4 года назад +141

    Everytime when I'm watching a baking competition on TV I already know it is going to be a fail because the time is too short to let the cake completely cool down 🤦🏼‍♀️

    • @fnafvhstapes1983
      @fnafvhstapes1983 4 года назад +24

      Annika Siller that's what the blast chiller is for-

    • @HieuNguyen-dv3ld
      @HieuNguyen-dv3ld 3 года назад +1

      Let it bake and then chill in the fridge while you prepare the decorations

    • @The_Imperatrix
      @The_Imperatrix 3 года назад +1

      @@fnafvhstapes1983 I have never watched a baking show soooo..... Okay

  • @totallynameless8861
    @totallynameless8861 4 года назад +20

    Never mind little boys; I'm a grown woman and I want a dirt bug cake now. That looks awesome!

  • @DaveStraya
    @DaveStraya 5 лет назад +213

    HA! This is epic. I love those Instagram fails ... but now you're working your magic with even them!!!

  • @irajeanineagarao1494
    @irajeanineagarao1494 5 лет назад +16

    Ann Reardon is the best! The hero of saving baking disasters. Always turning something hideous into something so beautiful. Loved this video 💕

    • @HowToCookThat
      @HowToCookThat  5 лет назад +3

      I'd like that to be something that I'm known for ... in all of life! 😁

  • @micahhihello5969
    @micahhihello5969 4 года назад +72

    She protecc
    She attacc
    But most importantly , she rescue snacc

  • @BuraiTributeKing
    @BuraiTributeKing 2 года назад +2

    5:52 "If you fail make it look like it's deliberate." I love that advice.

  • @christinebiju5060
    @christinebiju5060 5 лет назад +154

    I love how much effort she puts into making her videos! xx

  • @havusauruz
    @havusauruz 5 лет назад +271

    Don't worry, i'll fix it
    *grabs spoon*

  • @FelicityJamestudd
    @FelicityJamestudd 4 года назад +12

    I appreciate the fact that this WAS NOT a clickbait 🙂🙂

  • @Ajan-X
    @Ajan-X 4 года назад +5

    I dont bake a lot, and i certainly dont watch regular baking shows, but watching your videos is quite fun. I love the untraditinal approach.

  • @AndromedaCripps
    @AndromedaCripps 5 лет назад +59

    I love how the cake saves are more beautiful than the cakes they TRIED to bake in the first place 😂

  • @reneezyles3528
    @reneezyles3528 4 года назад +242

    How does she fail professionally? 😂

  • @scipunkdollstudios4081
    @scipunkdollstudios4081 4 года назад +13

    2:33 I just love how she says "It will buuuurn".

  • @greenpuffle
    @greenpuffle 4 года назад +4

    That first cake fix turned out so gorgeous and classy. Cake fail turned into a cake WIN. We stan a cake queen! 👑

  • @worrydodo
    @worrydodo 5 лет назад +249

    0:15 yes i can nail it.
    **PUSHES A NAIL THROUGH**
    Ann:
    thats one way to nail it

  • @doc5441
    @doc5441 5 лет назад +48

    love the motorbike one ... Cake Rescue could be a TV show!!

    • @HowToCookThat
      @HowToCookThat  5 лет назад +10

      yes, do you know any TV producers with deep pockets haha :)

    • @Dougiewoof
      @Dougiewoof 4 года назад +2

      I would watch that.

  • @theyoungs6111
    @theyoungs6111 2 года назад +1

    2:30 she sounds so urgent right there, I love how much she cares that people so far away from her that she has never met don't burn their chocolate! I mean she has said this warning again and again in countless videos!!! Thank you so much Mrs. Reardon!!!

  • @platinumare
    @platinumare 3 года назад +2

    I like how you point out what likely caused the fail and then create these simple yet still yummy fixes. You are a gem Ann! Thank you for making this video and saving some of us mums and dads from complete grown up melt downs.

  • @DestinyMarkov
    @DestinyMarkov 5 лет назад +15

    Ok dude. I adore your content. Everything I've seen of you just makes me smile. You're intuitive and clever, resourceful, you care about the truth and lifting others up. You're an encouraging and a gentle teacher. This is just the best wholesome channel I've ever seen. You're awesome and I appreciate everything I've seen of yours.

  • @ytbil5893
    @ytbil5893 4 года назад +13

    I want 10 hours of you saying "chocolate" that's so awesomeee

  • @UglyPotato34
    @UglyPotato34 4 года назад +13

    Man, even her recreation of the destroyed version looks good

  • @zalybrainlessgenius503
    @zalybrainlessgenius503 4 года назад +33

    I love how she has to go out of her way to actually "fail"

  • @dejavu8086
    @dejavu8086 5 лет назад +48

    You know what could really be challenging for Ann? Failing at making a cake

  • @tonibejusca1259
    @tonibejusca1259 5 лет назад +21

    Wow 😮 I never would’ve thought there was a way to get back after some of these fails but you did it. You really did it.

  • @enriqueg8113
    @enriqueg8113 4 года назад +26

    Netflix: we need a new baking show because we definitely don’t have enough but what should the title be
    10:53
    Netflix: THATS IT!!

  • @lannydragonlover
    @lannydragonlover 4 года назад +5

    I remember the one time I baked with my dad. We put in salt instead of sugar, and my dad refused to let us taste the batter, so we only figured it out when our cake came out like a hard brick! Oh the memories

  • @dinolandra
    @dinolandra 4 года назад +141

    What is it with people not letting their cakes cool?

    • @wolfgirl4486
      @wolfgirl4486 4 года назад +9

      I do it all the time, but usually I'm not trying to stack it or use buttercream and I eat it warm with hot custard with my family, YUMMY

    • @generalcodsworth4417
      @generalcodsworth4417 3 года назад +20

      They probably don't know that buttercream or other frostings will melt and assume that letting the cake cool is something done for the cake's sake and not for the frosting. It could also be impatience if they wanted the cake as fresh as possible and waited until the last minute to bake it and, oops, now there's no time because mixing took longer than expected, better hurry up and stack it before I miss the event this is for!

    • @peterbaum9367
      @peterbaum9367 3 года назад +8

      I'd say time pressure or impatience.

    • @tingle-tainmentasmr2404
      @tingle-tainmentasmr2404 3 года назад +2

      Inpatient, brain wanes satisfaction of cake done NOW

  • @ultearmilkovich4973
    @ultearmilkovich4973 5 лет назад +78

    hi ann really enjoy your videos because it calms me down when im stressed with school 😘😘

    • @HowToCookThat
      @HowToCookThat  5 лет назад +5

      I'm so glad. what year are you in at school?

    • @ultearmilkovich4973
      @ultearmilkovich4973 5 лет назад +5

      @@HowToCookThat omg you replied😍 ..im at my 3rd year of highschool

    • @HowToCookThat
      @HowToCookThat  5 лет назад +6

      @@ultearmilkovich4973 my boys had their last day of school today, I hope you've got some holidays coming too :)

    • @ultearmilkovich4973
      @ultearmilkovich4973 5 лет назад +3

      @@HowToCookThat my vacation summer is over about two months ago and i just started school about 3 weeks ago

    • @jesusisthetruth4497
      @jesusisthetruth4497 5 лет назад

      Ultear Milkovich awe God bless I hope you do well. I’m still in summer but I’m going to my second year of high school when school starts and I’m a little nervous but I think you got this lol ❤️

  • @emotionaltechnology8353
    @emotionaltechnology8353 4 года назад +1

    Whoops! You helped people with their problems, supported their emotions, and spoke in a gentle yet direct manner! You're now my maternal figure!

  • @watermelon4944
    @watermelon4944 2 года назад +1

    I like that she is even telling you how to recreate the fail
    btw I really like to binge-watch ur old videos while I'm bored, it never gets old I've probably watched this 100 times now!!

  • @hoperogan
    @hoperogan 5 лет назад +4

    Move over Avengers, Fantastic Four and all of you X-Men. Ann the Cake Savior will save the world with all the sweet goodness she creates and saves. Love you Ann!

  • @mangoneaway9250
    @mangoneaway9250 5 лет назад +12

    I've been watching you since I am 6 years old! Now I'm a teenager and I still love your videos! They're amazing and you are too :)

  • @cocobromhead5612
    @cocobromhead5612 3 года назад +1

    I love how anne doesn’t clickbait. Like that pony cake on the thumbnail was in the video♥️

  • @Marlene-jh3pq
    @Marlene-jh3pq 3 года назад +5

    for the second cake, you could also use shredded coconut mixed with green food colouring instead of the crumbs to make it look like a grassy hill (with flowers etc.) or you could add some plastic bones into the cake to make an archaeology cake!

  • @sarahkapoor29
    @sarahkapoor29 5 лет назад +249

    I'm not first
    I'm not last
    But I clicked on this really fast

  • @frostp3425
    @frostp3425 5 лет назад +211

    Let's share this to five minute craft and let em know what's a hack

    • @harryminaj4608
      @harryminaj4608 5 лет назад +24

      Frostney冻冻 yeah and not putting your fruit in BLEACH!? 5 min crafts seriously needs help lol

    • @iskandarburhannudin4676
      @iskandarburhannudin4676 4 года назад +1

      YESSSS TEA

    • @shionashiel
      @shionashiel 4 года назад +5

      They're gonna copy it doe

  • @kalinkapavlova9398
    @kalinkapavlova9398 4 года назад +1

    As I am typing this I am rescuing a fail by way of example 3 at 8:30. I made the mistake of trying to bake a cake in a pot meant for strews, because I didn't have a petite sized tin and didn't anticipate that the middle wouldn't cook before the outside became biscuit-like...
    ... About 1½hours after my country has gone into a corona virus lockdown, the eve of my daughter's 7th birthday. So I can't get replacement ingredients for tomorrow.
    I wanted to surprise her and thankfully I don't think she'll be disappointed despite my poor choice of bakeware ha.
    I'm glad this video exists.
    Cheers Ann. Stay safe and Happy Easter.

  • @alenasviridova1022
    @alenasviridova1022 4 года назад +3

    "Make it look like it was deliberate" - Best. Advice. Ever.

  • @arkhevist
    @arkhevist 5 лет назад +173

    Challenge: make a cake recipie for me.
    I'm allergic to:
    -All kinds of milk(from cows)
    -Nuts
    -Almonds
    -Chocolate
    Good luck!

    • @ClarisseOrwell
      @ClarisseOrwell 5 лет назад +43

      What does "all kinds of milk" mean? What about "milky" drinks based on soy or grain?
      Anyway. There's loads of stuff. E.g. a classic vanilla sponge (genoise) needs neither butter nor milk. Could be filled with fresh fruit, meringue, caramel, fruit puree or jam.

    • @professorhistoire5349
      @professorhistoire5349 5 лет назад +17

      What about rice milk? All sorts of recipes could be made.

    • @arkhevist
      @arkhevist 5 лет назад +5

      @@professorhistoire5349 That would work.

    • @arkhevist
      @arkhevist 5 лет назад +8

      @@ClarisseOrwell It means all kinds of milk from cows.

    • @arkhevist
      @arkhevist 5 лет назад +5

      Sorry for it being unclear

  • @zhannad750
    @zhannad750 4 года назад +3

    I don't bake, but I learned some valuable advice here, because I would have easily ended up with those insta-fail cakes :) Your voice is so soothing and well-meaning, like a mom consoling a child. I feel happier after watching this :D

  • @inamina1789
    @inamina1789 3 года назад +2

    Ann: “You should see the other fails that are coming later on!”
    Dam she savage 😂

  • @oneshotonehit6731
    @oneshotonehit6731 4 года назад

    you're not just a good baker, you're a very nice person, and it's priceless. thank you for fixing those cakes, and not making fun of the people who failed.

  • @OGimouse1
    @OGimouse1 4 года назад +12

    You're so reassuring I feel like I could actually do these things lol

  • @bruhtendency1901
    @bruhtendency1901 5 лет назад +5

    Wow Ann, those were some really good ideas on how to save cake fails. Looks like there will be no more waste created!
    Awesome video as always :)

  • @Widdekuu91
    @Widdekuu91 4 года назад +2

    I love this video! I've often found people procastinating on their gifts/cards for birthdays and then they want to come up with something nice and start stressing.
    Whenever it's mý mistake/situation, I panic. Whenever its _their_ mistake, I thrive on the stress and create (even if I say so myself) the most awesome last-minute wrapping-paper-ideas, I combine materials, sew cloths together, search for feathers in the garden, add flowers and create the most epic gift-wraps of all.
    One of my favourite moments was when we'd organised a party someone, 20 minutes before midnight, remembered that their (not mine) mutual friend had his birthday.
    And he probably thought they'd been ignoring it, because of a spectacular surprise-party-moment at 12 o clock.
    Nobody had a gift or a card or anything sweet, so I made it my job to organise that his friends would talk to him and keep him away from the kitchen. And one by one, I dragged his friends into the kitchen and asked them about his personality, his life, his hobbies and fun things they recently experienced together.
    In the end, we had about half a papersheet full of rhyming anecdotes and he was pretty moved about the poem. (I decided to read it out, I'd written it, I knew where to put emhpasis and such.)

  • @zzz7903
    @zzz7903 4 года назад +1

    Ann’s videos have given me so much confidence but these fails knocked me back to reality.

  • @norricommander
    @norricommander 5 лет назад +6

    That last one is actually a great idea, use different cakes who's flavors go together and crumble them together for a Frankenstein cake

  • @stuckbetweenfandoms5138
    @stuckbetweenfandoms5138 4 года назад +3

    Anybody else feel like her voice is really soothing?

  • @FlyLeaf010
    @FlyLeaf010 4 года назад

    Ann is the hero all of our kitchens need.

  • @TheSunlitLeaf
    @TheSunlitLeaf 4 года назад

    Where have you been all of my life? These techniques could have saved so many of my cakes!

  • @kevynwang379
    @kevynwang379 5 лет назад +17

    Great stop motion!!! ( especially the motor cycle)

  • @mariesallis192
    @mariesallis192 5 лет назад +4

    This is absolutely brilliant! 😍 No such thing as a failed cake, it just took a different direction!

  • @gr1m720
    @gr1m720 4 года назад +2

    6:49 that frosting would be cool for like some weird fantasy land

    • @ariahhope5707
      @ariahhope5707 4 года назад

      Yes but it tastes nasty, I can assure you😛

  • @jollytithya5157
    @jollytithya5157 4 года назад

    Off topic but i like how she doesnt say "hit the subscribe button and click the bell for notifications" but chooses to explain it step by step. It's cute