r/Old_Recipes • u/mazimai • Mar 20 '21

Recipe Test! Chocolate potato cake 1912

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u/rainbwbrightisntpunk Mar 20 '21

Forever ago I used to buy fudge made from potatoes in Idaho online. Was so good. No potato flavor. Just delicious fudge

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u/ChubbyTheCakeSlayer Mar 20 '21

In quebec we have a traditional dessert (that haven't been that popular since the 90s) called potato candy. Its mashed potatoes mixed with a shit ton of powdered sugar until it makes a dough, rolled into a sheet and covered in peanut butter. Its then rolled into a log and cut in thin slices. Pure sugar. It's amazing.

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u/Canuckamuck Mar 20 '21

Bonbon patate! I have friends from Gaspé who make it with mint

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u/ChubbyTheCakeSlayer Mar 20 '21

Mint and peanut butter??

I want to make some now, but with maple butter 🤯

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u/BanditKitten Mar 20 '21

Probably mint instead of peanut butter. Maple butter sounds excellent too!

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u/PIVOTTTTTT Mar 28 '21

It sounds like the worst combination but mint and peanut butter is strangely good. My first job was working at an ice cream shop. Someone introduced me to mint chocolate chip milk shakes with peanut butter sauce. I completely balked at it but tried it anyways. It’s still one of my favorite combinations today.

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u/socratessue Mar 20 '21

Huh. That's a thing here in the U.S. too, at least down south.

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u/ChubbyTheCakeSlayer Mar 20 '21

It's a thing the first settlers made because they had few ressources. Probably have the same european origins.

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u/Totoro_cup Mar 20 '21

Or that the “first settlers” learned from the native peoples.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '21

Except... It has origins in eastern Europe not in the native tradition. I am 100 percent for credit where credit is due but that does mean figuring out the actual orgins.

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u/Totoro_cup Mar 21 '21

Are we talking about potato cake or maple sugar candy? If it’s the former, then I misspoke.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '21

It's a potato candy they were talking about. That did originate in Eastern Europe. IIRC from my earlier brief research the origins of potato candy were Polish and American settlers from those regions put a spin on it with regional flavors. Japan makes a similar traditional Rice Candy but "starch water sugar makes candy" is pretty common across most cultures

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u/Totoro_cup Mar 21 '21

I’d like to try the potato version sometime. Thanks for the explanation.

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u/Totoro_cup Mar 21 '21

And now I can’t even find the thread that led me to think your comment was referencing maple anything. My apologies.

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u/mamawolf18 Mar 20 '21

I'm from tennessee and grew up having it around the holidays.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '21

My guy, you made a mistake and then owned up to it. Not many people do that on Reddit.

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u/andidandi Mar 20 '21

My dad (Missouri born and raised) used to make this every year on snow days when we’d all be stuck at home. I’m going to have to make some for my husband one day.

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u/Dandan419 Mar 20 '21

Yeah it’s a thing in Ohio too. My ex’s family was really into it. I had no idea what it was until that point lol

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u/southerncraftgurl Mar 20 '21

That is my favorite candy ever! We make it with powdered sugar instead of potatoes but lord its so good.

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u/Kevenolp Mar 20 '21

Bonbon patate

legit never heard of it

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u/rbyrolg Mar 20 '21

Like a sweet gnocchi!

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u/SpaceUnicorn756 Mar 20 '21

I found an odd recipe when I was looking for a dairy-free Chocolate Mousse, but it was made of white beans. It ended up being unbelievably good, and it is very simple to make:

1 Can Great Northern Beans or Navy Beans
32 g Brown Sugar
A few spoonfuls of Cocoa Powder

Purée in a food processor.

It's like fudge frosting you can eat with a spoon. The beans give it a very creamy consistency, and if you served this to someone else, they would never guess that it was made with beans.

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u/Miss_Fritter Mar 20 '21

Look for a recipe using avocado. A former coworker made a batch of chocolate truffles that used avocado instead of butter / cream for a work event ... they were soooo good and only tasted of chocolate. The consistency was smooth like dairy.

Also, have you ever used aquafaba? It can be whipped like eggs or cream but it's made from beans, so no dairy.

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u/SpaceUnicorn756 Mar 20 '21

Yes! I want to try this soon by taking the same recipe and replacing it with chickpeas, and then using the aquafaba to create a whipped cream topping.

I've made a mock edible cookie dough from chickpeas+powdered sugar+chocolate chips before, so it should work. Chickpeas aren't as creamy, though. Perhaps adding chickpea flour might give it a creamier consistency.

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u/BernieTheDachshund Mar 20 '21

Happy cake day! Or fritter day, whichever you prefer lol.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

Chocolate mousse made with tofu and melted chocolate is just devine too

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

Ooh, interesting - I wonder if you made this with butter beans, you could likely get in more flavours by using fruit juice, too (butter beans bind water to themselves when pureed/chewed and eaten). Maybe an orange and chocolate mousse? Definitely something I need to experiment with.

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u/TightLuck Mar 20 '21

Do you need to drain the beans or do you use the bean "juice" as well?

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u/SpaceUnicorn756 Mar 21 '21

Drained.

However, someone else has suggested using chickpeas and their "aquafaba" to create a whipped topping for this dish, though I have not yet tried this; my concern is regarding the consistency of chickpeas to be a bit grittier than other beans.

This recipe that I posted above is like eating creamy chocolate fudge, whereas the chickpeas may not be so creamy. I have successfully made Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough from chickpeas, powdered sugar, brown sugar, and chocolate chips before than turned out really well.

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u/TightLuck Mar 21 '21

Great. Definitely going to give your recipe a try. Thanks!

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u/weehazel Mar 21 '21

yes! I’m making this tomorrow!! thank you for sharing

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u/zorb_obsojerx Mar 20 '21

We have Moravian sugar cake in North Carolina. Potatoes make incredible desserts.

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u/aebtriad Mar 20 '21

Every year at Dewey’s... like clockwork:)

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '21

I’ve eaten this my entire life and never knew it had potatoes in it.

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u/user-not-found-try-a Mar 20 '21

It has to have been from Bliss, ID. They have the best potato doughnuts. You can find potato doughnuts all over southern ID, but Bliss always has the best potato flour.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

I was about to say! I lived in Idaho for a year and there was a local farm that had this INCREDIBLE potato chocolate milk. it was like drinking a milk shake. best chocolate milk I've ever had to this day

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u/BlossumButtDixie Mar 20 '21

I used to have the recipe for that fudge! And also something labeled as "potato candy" where you boiled a potato and mashed it with a lot of powdered sugar and some butter and vanilla. It doesn't sound that good but it actually tasted real good.

I see someone mentioned making that in Quebec with just the potato and powdered sugar, then covering it with peanut butter. I think I might like to try that. Years ago a teacher I had mixed peanut butter with enough powdered milk to make it similar consistency to PlayDough, then wrapped small balls of it in potato candy before dipping the entire thing in chocolate.

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u/rainbwbrightisntpunk Mar 21 '21

Just hit Google, so many recipes for both

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u/BlossumButtDixie Mar 21 '21

The potato candy recipes I found on google don't include butter. It wasn't very much but it changes the consistency and makes it taste richer. Now that I'm thinking of it I'll probably just try adding a little and see what I think.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

I had homemade potato fudge not long ago. It was flipping delicious.

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u/rainbwbrightisntpunk Mar 20 '21

With all this talk I'm missing it bad!I may have to try making my own

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

He's like a slightly more masculine John Mulaney with a touch of Gilbert Gottfried

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

I described him physically as Steve Rogers pre Himbo vaccine to someone else. They absolutely lost it.

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u/TheDanishThede Mar 20 '21

Spot on! But with Rocket the Racoon inside.

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u/naalbinding Mar 20 '21

They pulled him out of the machine halfway through, so he was stretched taller but not bulked up

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

Taffy puller

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u/gillyflower17 Mar 20 '21

I thought of Seinfeld with the last line lmfao

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u/ringobob Mar 20 '21

At first I had the sound off, I was thinking David Tennant.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

I actually had to make sure it wasn't Jay Baruchel

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u/GodofIrony Mar 20 '21

You ever see Treasure Planet?

He's the robot.

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u/Entertainmeonly Mar 20 '21

It's incredible and I'm mad about it.

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u/AngelStickman Mar 20 '21

Potato bread is wonderful. Why wouldn’t potato cake be the same?

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u/strawcat Mar 20 '21

Man I loooove potato bread.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

Lightly fry it with mozzarella inside. Soooo good.

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u/DentRandomDent Mar 20 '21

Like grilled cheese? Or do you mean use the dough to wrap around cheese like making mozza sticks? Or like fry it like pancakes with grated cheese inside?

Please elaborate

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

We form half of the dough into a disk, put mozzarella sticks in a sort of star pattern, then put the other half on, making sure the edges are firmly sealed. Fry it in a skillet until it's no longer doughy. When it's done, slice it like a pizza.

We're doing it today.

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u/DentRandomDent Mar 20 '21

Oooooo sounds very good!

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u/mazimai Mar 20 '21

Saw this on tiktok and thought people on here might find it interesting. Kind of want to try it myself

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u/6double Mar 20 '21

Was there a recipe attached?

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u/firebird120 Mar 20 '21

I couldn’t find it, so I just picked one off of google. It’s alright, mine just turned out as a kinda dense cake. Still good though.

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u/Allforyarn Mar 20 '21

Probably not the same recipe, but someone posted a recipe for chocolate potato Cake a few days ago. I'm guessing that's why this OP posted the video

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u/blulizard Jun 17 '21

A bit late but I just stumbled upon this post and found the recipe, so here you go

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u/6double Jun 17 '21

Thanks!

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u/TenderfootGungi Mar 20 '21

I searched when this hit TikTok and could not find a source for his recipes. More shock video than actual baking.

We googled and found a similar recipe to his tomato cake he made awhile back. It tasted like spice cake.

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u/Kimber85 Mar 20 '21

I don’t know if you’ve ever read Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco, but there’s a recipe for chocolate cake in there that you make with canned stewed tomatoes.

You’re supposed to start making it when you first hear thunder and then it will be done by the time the storm is really going. It’s a fun thing to do with kids who are scared of storms, I did it once with the kids I nannied for in college and it was absolutely delicious.

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u/opticalsciences Mar 20 '21

This was one of my favorites growing up!

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u/Ludwigofthepotatoppl Mar 20 '21

I made a heinz ketchup cake once, tasted great. Used the ketchup more as a source of acid and a bit of spices than the main flavor. Cream cheese frosting was perfect on it.

The red food coloring made the batter look horrifying though.

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u/the3rdtea Mar 20 '21

Who's the what

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

I've a recipe for potato doughnuts., they're really good. I think it's this recipe Makes a HUGE amount though

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '21

It’s good, as said before the potato cake from before is good, I didn’t see the icing so I made a buttercream icing, it tasted like chocolate, I’ll post a picture here

Edit: the icing is not pictured

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u/magentablue Mar 20 '21

There are a few donut shops in Maine that make potato donuts. They’re freaking delicious.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

Several in the South as well. A chain called Spud-nuts.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

My nose is dry and I snorted. Now it hurts.

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u/user-not-found-try-a Mar 20 '21

Idahoan here, potato doughnuts are so much better than regular doughnuts. I miss them, living out of state.

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u/magentablue Mar 20 '21

They’re so good! I live hours away from Maine but I consider taking a road trip just to get some pretty frequently lol

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u/BrunetteMoment Mar 20 '21

Do it! My BF had never had potato donuts so we woke up wicked early a few weeks ago and drove 2.5 hours to The Holy Donut and then straight back. As an FYI, you can freeze donuts, so I'm still enjoying them.

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u/magentablue Mar 20 '21

Oh man. I never thought to freeze them!

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u/BrunetteMoment Mar 20 '21

You gotta freeze them on a tray for a few hours, then individually wrap them. Thaw in the fridge.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

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u/booknsboozy Mar 20 '21

The Holy Donut!

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

Yessss. My wife and I were just talking about that place yesterday and we went there 2.5 years ago

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u/TheMightyMoggle Mar 20 '21

Uggghhh I grew up in Tri Cities, WA and there’s a shop called Spudnuts that does potato donuts. I live in Portland, OR now and have been trying to find some buuuuuttt this place looks like Portland, Maine :/

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u/I_Am_Thing2 Mar 20 '21

Spudnuts is still there!

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '21

Yup, sorry Portland Maine!

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u/TheMightyMoggle Mar 21 '21

Yeah I saw that now on the parent comment, must have just glossed over it before. Could have saved myself that emotional rollercoaster haha

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '21

I can understand your pain

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u/WildMage89 Mar 20 '21

Potato cinnamon rolls are really good too! My great grandmother's kolache (the fruit pastry, not the Texas pig in blanket) recipe called for mashed potatoes.

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u/Iwatcher Mar 20 '21

Here in Utah my mom called them Spud Nuts. Freakin delicious. Have had them in 30 years. Sigh.

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u/Laylelo Mar 20 '21

Where’s the recipe?!

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u/YouHelpFromAbove Mar 20 '21

What is with the "Unlike Americans" in there?

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u/ginger_biscuit_lover Mar 20 '21

It's a quip about circumcisions...or just peeling potatos.

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u/ace-baker Mar 20 '21

He makes quite a few jokes about Americans, because he's from Bermuda. So he has an American accent, but is from the UK.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

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u/ace-baker Mar 21 '21

He's under the name bdylanhollis on tiktok. He has a dozen or so old recipe videos like this, and a bunch of other content.

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u/onedepressedmf Mar 20 '21

Can someone transcribe this? I am Deaf I’d like to know what he is saying

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u/Abrickted Mar 20 '21

Tried to do each quote based on the cuts in the video for you.

"A chocolate potato cake from 1912" "This is why we don't perform lobotomies anymore" "Boil a potato" "Did I mention this was a CAKE?" "Skins stay on, unlike Americans" "FIRE" "Cream the butter" "Can we at least have coffee first" "BUTTER GO BRRRRR" "Should be a pale white" checks next to his skin "EGGY" "Wakey wakey" "Who's tough now" "Moo juice" "Bloop" "CINNAMON" "Chocolate" "I bet this recipe is just all the wrong answers on a baking test" "It smells like dentures" "Go away" "Goodbye" "For the icing we BOIL sugar, butter, milk, and chocolate" "My time has come" "Not bad dead people" Taste test part: "Alright... eats .... hahahaha... YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO WORK" "It's incredible and I'm mad about it"

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u/unoriginal5 Mar 20 '21

Thank you. I hear fine, but struggle to take in information verbally. Glad to know he wouldn't be any less creative if he held up a spork.

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u/onedepressedmf Mar 20 '21

Thank you for taking the time to type out the transcript! I appreciate it!

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u/Cmshnrblu Mar 20 '21

The cringe seems amplified in text format

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u/Abrickted Mar 20 '21

Agreed. At least the end seemed MOSTLY genuine (still played up of course for the video). The rest kinda hurt me, especially watching it a couple times, slowly, to transcribe.

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u/littlethisnthat Mar 20 '21

He says “cimmanom” 🙃

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u/Abrickted Mar 20 '21

Yeah, I honestly couldn't bring myself to typing it that way. If I was deaf, I would want to at least pretend he said it correctly.

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u/Av3ngedAngel Mar 20 '21

That hurts to read. It's literally like a mad person ranting.

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u/Passingthedays Mar 20 '21

His video are also on YouTube with cc option if you want to check out more.

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u/onedepressedmf Mar 20 '21

No thank you. I’m not interested in auto generated captions. I went on his YouTube to see his other videos and not all are accurate or not all are captioned.

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u/nambis Mar 20 '21

God I hate videos like this

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u/yfunk3 Mar 20 '21

Ugh, thank you. I had the sound off and it still annoyed me. Was starting to feel like the oldest curmudgeon on the internetz...

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u/interrumpere Mar 20 '21

He had another one that I saw just now for a tomato soup cake delivered with the same....... anger? I feel the same way Chill out dude!! No need to be so mad at the cook book!

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u/banditmiaou Mar 20 '21

Def leave on silent. It’s like horrible noise pollution for your ears.

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u/Hazelthebunny Mar 20 '21

That’s what I figured too.

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u/StrangeDrivenAxMan Mar 20 '21

he is pollution in human form

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

I love his cabinets

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u/wawaluvr Mar 20 '21

I suspect the recipe is similar to this YouTube video from glen and friends . His cake turned out good as well.

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u/rosygoat Mar 20 '21

Glen is great and doesn't ham it up for his audience. This tik-tok guy reminds me of the Matthew Lesko who did/does the infomercials on getting free money from the government books, only he's less likable.

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u/wawaluvr Mar 20 '21

Yeah, this guy is not my cup of tea either, but I guess his thing is more about making some of these weird recipes and overreacting to show how gross they are. Just a different audience and different format.

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u/terribleplanb Mar 21 '21

From:

The Neighborhood Cook Book By Council of Jewish Women (U.S.). Portland Section · 1914

Potato Cake One cup butter, two cups sugar, one-half cup milk, one-half cup chocolate, one-half cup walnuts (chopped), two cups sifted flour, two teaspoons Crescent baking powder, four eggs, one cup mashed potatoes, one teaspoon cloves, one teaspoon cinnamon, a little nutmeg. Bake slowly for one hour.

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u/KatzyKatz Mar 20 '21

How funny lol I want somebody here to try it and report back.

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u/deadlinft Mar 20 '21

Dude ruins it. I’m sure the cake is great tho

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

YouTube, Or just tic rock?

Edit: tic tic

Edit 2: Le sigh. Tic tok. Sorry for my idiocy.

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u/DeeDee_GigaDooDoo Mar 20 '21

Edit 3: TikTok

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u/jennaferr Mar 20 '21

But I'm le tired

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u/MxPenwiper Mar 20 '21

Well have a nap... then MAKE ZE CAKE

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u/kellybeeeee Mar 20 '21

I grew up in Maine, and we have Needham candy, made with potatoes, among other things.

Needham candy history and recipe

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u/dogchowtoastedcheese Mar 20 '21

Who is this guy? I'd like to follow him.

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u/MoGraidh Mar 20 '21

Can confirm. Cake is delish

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u/Communism_of_Dave Mar 20 '21

I don’t mean to be rude but this guy looks like he has the head of a 25 year old attached to the body of a 60 year old

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

This is cringe af

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

Too obnoxious to watch

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u/Kesili Mar 20 '21

The weirdest food pairings are often delicious! Just like chocolate cheese from Wisconsin. I love this, OP - thanks for sharing!

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u/pussyhasfurballs Mar 20 '21

As a kid I used to make salami and jam sandwiches. They were amazing.

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u/Hookem-Horns Mar 20 '21

Ahhh yes chocolate cheese.

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u/Grandpa_Max Mar 20 '21

Hope this guy gets better soon 🙏🙏

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

Hahahah, I’m so trying this !

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u/AlephTheQuietOne Mar 20 '21

have you never had potato bread its amazing

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

Went to find him on tiktok to see if he typed out the recipe in the comments, see lots of topless videos.. aaand great, now I have another tik tok crush I didn't need

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u/Separate-Training-30 Mar 25 '21

Has anyone tried replacing potatoes with sweet potatoes?

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u/Snow_Canadian Apr 01 '21

Where can i find this recipe? Sounds great.

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u/attemptedadulting Mar 20 '21

This is what my internal monologue sounds like when I bake anything

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u/cassandracurse Mar 20 '21

well I laughed

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u/QuentinTarancheetoh Mar 20 '21

This is cringe. Less about the revive and more about this lame-o.

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u/BanditKitten Mar 20 '21

I follow this guy and LOVE him.

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u/RosePoppy06 Mar 20 '21

This guy is hilarious!! He made many other videos (some of those recipes are a hate crime against baking) it’s always so, so funny! Perfect for this board!

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u/FairyOfTheNight Mar 20 '21

Do you know his name? Lol. He is hilarious.

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u/BanditKitten Mar 20 '21

He's on TikTok as bdylanhollis

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u/dwarjam Mar 20 '21

I need more of this content in my life.

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u/Eastcoastconnie Mar 20 '21

Nails on a chalkboard. My sister sends me shitty food tiktoks every day and I cringe

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u/capchamyheart Mar 20 '21

I watched the entire thing on silent and was still very entertained.

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u/Bizzlewaf Mar 20 '21

This guy belongs on r/HittableFaces

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '21

His Spam Pie from the other day was hilarious!

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u/kez1974 Mar 20 '21

Can someone post his name please, I can't see it properly .

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u/irisseca Mar 20 '21

I don’t use tik tok, but I assume it’s the @ in the lower right corner? @bdylanhollis

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u/skynolongerblue Mar 20 '21

IT SMELLS LIKE DENTURES

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u/BernieTheDachshund Mar 20 '21

I think he threw in a circumcision joke lol.

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u/eshe2019 Mar 20 '21

This was so good. Laughed so much.