The Science Behind Yellow Cake- Kitchen Conundrums with Thomas Joseph

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  • Thomas Joseph helps you tackle the science behind yellow cake and what it takes to create this light-textured and delicate cake that’s a perennial favorite.
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  • @lucvankasteel1378
    @lucvankasteel1378 6 років тому +303

    This is a "1-2-3-4 Batter" (1cup of butter (225 grams), 2 cups of sugar (400 grams), 3 cups of flour (400 grams), and 4 eggs (200 grams).

    • @jacintateresa3428
      @jacintateresa3428 6 років тому +18

      Luc Van kasteel such a clever way of remembering it :-)

    • @brooksstevenson7874
      @brooksstevenson7874 5 років тому +8

      It’s on every box of Swan’s Down Cake Four... this is the first recipe I learned as a little girl making cakes with my Nana!

    • @masoomehtanghatari8750
      @masoomehtanghatari8750 5 років тому +3

      Really IT is😊 thank you for this clever formula

    • @quietmike4791
      @quietmike4791 5 років тому +6

      Where's the milk?

    • @luisad2252
      @luisad2252 4 роки тому

      Luc Van kasteel great observation

  • @21z3jbyrd
    @21z3jbyrd 5 років тому +13

    I made the light and fluffy version of this recipe, and all I can say is wow! I’ve made some pretty good yellow cakes over the years, but this is the first time I’ve made one that satisfied me. This will be a go to recipe for me.

  • @arooj456
    @arooj456 6 років тому +100

    I need a Thomas Joseph in my kitchen, that's my conundrum.

  • @vaya247
    @vaya247 5 років тому +6

    I’ve made this twice now. And it’s the best butter/yellow cake I’ve made even with my crappie oven, and by far the best one I’ve eaten. Perfect in every way. Thank you so much for sharing.

  • @johnemory7485
    @johnemory7485 6 років тому +159

    From wikipedia: "Yellowcake (also called urania) is a type of uranium concentrate powder obtained from leach solutions, in an intermediate step in the processing of uranium ores. It is a step in the processing of uranium after it has been mined but before fuel fabrication or enrichment. Yellowcake concentrates are prepared by various extraction and refining methods..."
    Wait, I'm not sure we're talking about the same thing...

    • @igloo9893
      @igloo9893 6 років тому +3

      Well, technically yes.

    • @jonathanbaker247
      @jonathanbaker247 6 років тому +4

      Is this the basic 1234 cake? (1 cup of butter, 2 cups of sugar, 3 cups of flour, 4 eggs)

    • @jsal7666
      @jsal7666 6 років тому +22

      1 cup of uranium powder, 2 cups uranium ores, 3 cups rocks 4 uranium mines
      (what the hell am i saying)

    • @jonathanbaker247
      @jonathanbaker247 6 років тому +1

      J Sal About Crooked Hillary's real collusion which is the uranium deal with Putin?

    • @kevingallagher8650
      @kevingallagher8650 6 років тому +10

      Yes but how do you get light and fluffy Urania ? LOL !

  • @nadkudo1798
    @nadkudo1798 6 років тому +98

    Another protip: when taking these "lighter" batters (when you want them to rise quite a bit) move some of it from the middle to the sides instead of making it even, since the middle rises more than the sides, it will be even once baked... It makes it a lot easier to fill/frost it :)

  • @elbadilan462
    @elbadilan462 6 років тому +8

    Love it when Thomas Joseph takes over this channel :P

  • @massabielle2821
    @massabielle2821 5 років тому +1

    Thomas Joseph: You are amazing! Such an excellent teacher, great manner of relating to your students! Thank you so much!

  • @picantesworld7723
    @picantesworld7723 5 років тому +3

    This is the best explanation of the science of the yellow butter cake. Thanks Thomas 🙂

  • @bearheart2009
    @bearheart2009 6 років тому +16

    I do that egg white technique with a banana, walnut and date cake and it really does make a fluffier texture, its amazing!

  • @weezybabe126
    @weezybabe126 6 років тому +1

    I love all the explaining you do! It's like I'm getting a baking class. I absolutely love this channel!

  • @quietmike4791
    @quietmike4791 5 років тому +9

    I love your explanations it's been helping me make more efficient decisions in the kitchen, and it's taking the anxiety out of making a recipe my own. Understanding the different ingredients and methods is giving me a lot freedom.

    • @thelegend4449
      @thelegend4449 Рік тому

      Thanks so much, can you help to make the list of your ingredients here and what is the measurement of your cup flour? Thanks so much please I need a quick answer.

  • @chukmug4104
    @chukmug4104 6 років тому +1

    I learn a great deal about baking from your videos Thomas. Your explanations are priceless. Thank you. Well wishes.

  • @JackCarver_Reporting_in
    @JackCarver_Reporting_in 6 років тому +16

    Really good video. The writing, the filming, the set, the host. Great job.

  • @scarletrosi
    @scarletrosi 6 років тому +1

    I love your videos! You're a great teacher and so easy to understand. You explain everything so well. Thank you for your videos!!

  • @nadinekore6308
    @nadinekore6308 4 місяці тому +1

    That was a fantastic show!

  • @mannysmom
    @mannysmom 5 років тому

    LOVE how you explain the usage of the different ingredients! Thanks for the info! MUCH Love! Happy Holidays!!!!!

  • @523morena
    @523morena 5 років тому

    I love all of your explanations for everything you do

  • @medolcevita
    @medolcevita 6 років тому

    Very informative and explicit. Thank you Mr. Joseph.

  • @shotpin
    @shotpin 6 років тому +1

    Another great video! Always learn so much, thank you Thomas!

  • @jujubees
    @jujubees 6 років тому +2

    I'm so happy he tasted it!

  • @sonya6343
    @sonya6343 6 років тому

    Love Love Love your explanations! So easy to follow, I learn more here then I did in culinary school!

  • @jcm4347
    @jcm4347 6 років тому

    This is a wonderful and thorough description! Thank you!

  • @mimie52296
    @mimie52296 6 років тому +1

    I love this segment of Everyday Food!

  • @arifa9070
    @arifa9070 6 років тому +3

    This is the first time I've fallen for a chef. Joseph, I love you.

  • @mon_cheroha
    @mon_cheroha 6 років тому +2

    I love all of your videos! so pleasant to watch!

  • @craftymind2913
    @craftymind2913 4 роки тому

    This video was so helpful for understanding the science behind each ingredient, thank you so much for making this!! All the other videos I've found so far do not have as deep an explanation as this one does along with the amount of ingredients. thank you again!! I'll recommend this to my people!!!!

  • @Rose.Bright
    @Rose.Bright 6 років тому

    Wonderful step by step explanation. Thank you for your help 🙂

  • @marinaaquino6945
    @marinaaquino6945 6 років тому +1

    Thank you so much for explaining the science you are amazing,

  • @ceritadapursusi
    @ceritadapursusi 5 років тому

    Thanks Thomas....i loves to see your video n your sharing knowledge about baking / cooking...it's so helpful a lot...

  • @xenah.1899
    @xenah.1899 3 роки тому

    Thank you. Excellent video! It was very educational

  • @limnancy5146
    @limnancy5146 4 роки тому

    Good stuff Thomas- always enjoy your shows

  • @elizabethoden1461
    @elizabethoden1461 4 роки тому

    Best how-to baking video I've watched to date!

  • @bird271828
    @bird271828 6 років тому +2

    Thomas, I love your videos and your explanations. Thank you for sharing :-)

  • @mpoberagerard4716
    @mpoberagerard4716 6 років тому +1

    Wow thank you very much for the knowledge

  • @beppo0816
    @beppo0816 6 років тому

    Excellent you have marvelous way of teaching! From now on I will follow you thank again

  • @dancebrittany23
    @dancebrittany23 3 роки тому +1

    Making a birthday cake next week for my sister, doing a bit of research. Great video, I love learning the science behind food and baking!

  • @wadoodkhan7666
    @wadoodkhan7666 6 років тому +3

    You explain so well! Keep it up 😀

  • @375f6
    @375f6 6 років тому +1

    As always, very well explained, loved it!

  • @jacintateresa3428
    @jacintateresa3428 6 років тому

    I've been baking for a while but this video was so helpful!

  • @leylalo4927
    @leylalo4927 3 роки тому

    I have learn so much from this man

  • @thekhanpups7010
    @thekhanpups7010 4 роки тому

    Really well explained! Thank you!

  • @karlareyes4688
    @karlareyes4688 6 років тому +2

    my God!!! so glad I found you!! you just got a new subscriber. loved this video...very helpful and easy to understand and to follow. I gotta give this cake a try!!! please keep posting!🙌🙌🙌

  • @hamidehorra4849
    @hamidehorra4849 5 років тому

    Very interesting, thank you so much. I really enjoyed this video.

  • @Nosipho846
    @Nosipho846 Рік тому

    Thank u so much, explaining everything helps a lot🙏❤️

  • @mariadiantherese9663
    @mariadiantherese9663 4 роки тому

    What a comprehensive lesson. Excellent - thank you. I promised my Dad a yellow cake. This is the one I'm making. Awesome teaching!!!

  • @anthonyvenedicto518
    @anthonyvenedicto518 2 роки тому +3

    When it comes to chocolate goods such as Brownies or chocolate cake variations I love a dense and fudgy chocolate dessert. But for vanilla or red velvet cakes I honestly prefer them to be as light as air

  • @Jagdragon
    @Jagdragon 6 років тому +2

    Just made the fluffy version.....the family agrees it is the best cake I've been able to bake. Now my "go to" vanilla cake.

  • @itmustbednesh
    @itmustbednesh 6 років тому +2

    I learned a lot, thanks Thomas :)

  • @czarinagujelde5636
    @czarinagujelde5636 5 років тому

    Hi Thomas! Great notes specially for beginners like me 😊 Learning a lot from your channel!

  • @johnmcglynn2125
    @johnmcglynn2125 5 років тому

    Thank you Thomas.

  • @carolinetherrien3400
    @carolinetherrien3400 6 років тому +1

    thankyou for the video!!!

  • @rebeccasewing
    @rebeccasewing 6 років тому

    Thank you. Love your videos.

  • @kaanbalci
    @kaanbalci 6 років тому

    love watching TJ's videos that's for sure!

  • @rosamoro8749
    @rosamoro8749 3 роки тому

    Just tried it, great recipe!
    Better than the other recipes I’ve tried from other UA-camrs.

  • @dianabarnes
    @dianabarnes 4 роки тому

    Excellent lesson.. my cake came out well.. soft and spongy.. thank u!

  • @angieskitchenpastriescooki6758
    @angieskitchenpastriescooki6758 6 років тому +1

    mmm looks good thanks for the tip

  • @mariajosebarros5094
    @mariajosebarros5094 6 років тому

    Great recipe!

  • @nursekat6497
    @nursekat6497 6 років тому +4

    Just watched with my kid, mixed it and now it's in the oven. I had him teaching her how to bake, cause I am not an able baker😂! Fun experience! Wish us luck!

  • @chl0beary
    @chl0beary 3 роки тому +1

    For lighter fluffy cakes mix in the egg separately with the egg yolk first after creaming the butter n sugar together but do it slowly or else butter separates and deflates
    For flour don’t use all purpose but use cake flour cause it has less protein and less structure
    Add baking soda so that it reacts to acid in buttermilk for another level of leavening
    Don’t overwork the flour and toughen it so it is still airy
    Whip egg whites into soft peaks and fold into batter to make it even fluffier

  • @angelicaalvarado2638
    @angelicaalvarado2638 6 років тому

    I love your videos. I've learned so much from you. I wish you would do more videos more often.

  • @ACakeStory
    @ACakeStory 4 роки тому

    I love this guy.

  • @lizasaniefard3724
    @lizasaniefard3724 6 років тому

    what a great video! you really broke it all down for us! gonna use the tip on the eggs for the chocolate cake of my dreams!

  • @kaffepojke
    @kaffepojke 6 років тому

    As a new baker, I love the "Science behind" videos. Thank you !

  • @Naton
    @Naton 6 років тому

    loved it... awesome video.

  • @whatgetsonmytits
    @whatgetsonmytits 5 років тому +4

    I love this channel!!! Can you do a video about the science behind the creaming method vs the reverse creaming method and the texture of cake they produce?

  • @anitamohan7981
    @anitamohan7981 3 роки тому

    Dear Thomas Joseph - please start your own cooking school - you are wonderful; a fun and excellent teacher

  • @carlapereiraj
    @carlapereiraj 5 років тому

    Well done! My cake is delicious.. Thanks guys.. I Love It.

  • @VardhanShrivastava
    @VardhanShrivastava 6 років тому +79

    the only reason I am here on this channel, dis guy!

  • @swarupakale1501
    @swarupakale1501 3 роки тому

    Really good information

  • @barry4988
    @barry4988 6 років тому

    Love this guy

  • @deborahmelo7993
    @deborahmelo7993 6 років тому

    Love love love your videos!!!!!!!!

  • @altann5959
    @altann5959 6 років тому

    You are great, thank you

  • @weeannie7337
    @weeannie7337 4 роки тому

    Thk u for good knowledge of making successful cake.

  • @Shivanthi6
    @Shivanthi6 4 роки тому

    I used u'r fluffy cake tips to my butter cake recipe and works out. TKS 4 sharing u'r tips.

  • @som_o_tube2536
    @som_o_tube2536 4 роки тому

    You VDO is different than other normal baking show. It explains me how we can control the outcome that we want. Thank you and I will look your other VDO clips. Thank you for sharing.

  • @ruthespinozapure2016
    @ruthespinozapure2016 6 років тому

    Thomas I love your videos! They are really helpfull 😆

  • @ugochinnamdi9275
    @ugochinnamdi9275 4 роки тому

    100% cool teaching. You are the best! Pls do more videos on cake science.

  • @johnd5574
    @johnd5574 6 років тому +8

    Love this. I'm impressed with the tip about the egg whites. Will definitely try this, because I like a lighter, fluffier version as well.

  • @izaaac
    @izaaac 6 років тому +1

    we love thomas

  • @kilroyscarnivalfl
    @kilroyscarnivalfl 6 років тому +50

    Here's something I'd like to see for a future Kitchen Conundrums: how to adapt to baking in various size pans. I bought some smaller pans (6-inch rounds and 4-inch springform) and I have just been lowering the baking temp by about 10 degrees F and starting to check them about 7 minutes earlier than instructions for an 8-inch round. Could I also bake most recipes in a quarter-sheet pan if I wanted to cut them into shapes and make mini cakes? I assume then the baking time would be very short but should the temp be lower?

    • @tsunderechild2777
      @tsunderechild2777 6 років тому +1

      If your making them in a sheet pan for mini cakes, just bake at the regular temperature for the regular time and if that doesn't cover it, wait until a cake tester comes out clean.

    • @colepdx187
      @colepdx187 5 років тому +1

      When I use a different size pan than the recipe uses, I use the same oven temp and start checking at 1/2 of the baking time stated in the recipe. If you wait for a skewer to come out clean you've probably over baked the cake. I usually remove from oven as soon as the top springs back.

    • @anjaleeranasinghe4881
      @anjaleeranasinghe4881 3 роки тому

      Try the cupcake Jemma masterclass!

  • @catherinemifsud4396
    @catherinemifsud4396 4 роки тому

    Great tips! ty

  • @seacoast4950
    @seacoast4950 5 років тому

    Good teaching 👍🏽

  • @ruthehoule934
    @ruthehoule934 5 років тому

    Man this video is beautiful ❤ and Thomas makes it more beautiful ❤

  • @elre6270
    @elre6270 5 років тому

    Thank you

  • @hudakhizarrr1987
    @hudakhizarrr1987 4 роки тому

    Wow very good 👍

  • @lauraj.sawyer9171
    @lauraj.sawyer9171 6 років тому +26

    I hope they do one on humidity and altitude. As someone who lives in a high-altitude location, it would be really helpful.

    • @madhandagr8
      @madhandagr8 3 роки тому

      Swear I read it as humility and attitude and was wondering what was wrong with Thomas Joseph's attitude! 😂

  • @user-ub8er9pe2h
    @user-ub8er9pe2h Рік тому

    Enlighten us Thomas...we all have to know this. ❤️🙂🌟✨

  • @smarsya84
    @smarsya84 4 роки тому

    thank u!

  • @sindhusankaran6674
    @sindhusankaran6674 6 років тому +1

    Hi chef, as usual an amazing explanation! I would be grateful if you would do a video on croissants!!! Please

  • @enjoy5868
    @enjoy5868 3 роки тому

    It's Martha Stewart's recipe 🤩I've tried it and it taste yummm

  • @jqiyemajier3568
    @jqiyemajier3568 2 роки тому

    Very informative. Thank you for explaining things that most don’t.. “Why cake flour & why adding one yolk at a time” thank you

  • @mfung7757
    @mfung7757 4 роки тому

    Thank you for the explanations - had always wondered why we have to use buttermilk and why we sometimes use baking powder and sometimes baking soda.

  • @keke9830
    @keke9830 5 років тому +1

    Thank u for this video because I have been really trying to figure out why my cakes was coming out like a pound cake and thought it was the number of eggs. Now I see it’s because I didn’t separate the eggs

  • @ladydevon1216
    @ladydevon1216 6 років тому

    Lovin' this guy now..

  • @60Airflyte
    @60Airflyte 3 роки тому

    Thank you. I gave up on making yellow cake because I didn’t like the texture. I’m looking forward to making this.

  • @indravargas1388
    @indravargas1388 6 років тому +11

    Thank you so much for this video Thomas! I really appreciate the fact that you explained the reason behind each ingredient and process.

  • @victinity
    @victinity 6 років тому +70

    10:05 spread into the corners. Which corners, Thomas?

    • @madelyn3073
      @madelyn3073 6 років тому +2

      Nando Annunziata lol

    • @elizabethwood1059
      @elizabethwood1059 6 років тому +12

      The bottom corner.

    • @Sweetthang9
      @Sweetthang9 6 років тому +15

      There is a corner where the side of the pan meets the bottom of the pan.

    • @DaveH82
      @DaveH82 6 років тому +2

      +Nando Annunziata Cylinders have corners.

    • @colepdx187
      @colepdx187 5 років тому

      The corners where the tall bubbles are of course.

  • @limken9724
    @limken9724 5 років тому

    Oh this recipe is too sweet

  • @arpitakhamaru6586
    @arpitakhamaru6586 3 роки тому

    I love to watch ur videos.can u plz make a video on different types of sponge cake.will be very helpful.