6 Million Subscriber Special - American Pancake Layer Cake

Hello .

We don't normally start videos like this , but I want to formally address this just a few weeks ago .

We hit 6 million subscribers over the last couple of years through all the things that we have seen thrown at us , thrown at life et cetera .

We've seen nothing but unending support and excitement .

Not only around what we do but around food in general .

I think food is more exciting now than it ever has been .

More people are eating , more families are getting together and having a meal together .

It's not just about the cooking , it's about the food culture , it's about the people , it's about ways that food brings us all together and I know it's sappy but it's true and I don't know where we would be without you .

So I have a couple of things for you .

First off from the whole team myself , we wanna say a massive thank you to each and every one of you .

We read the comments , we watch what you're doing .

We love the memes although most of the time they're very inappropriate .

So thanks for some of that next bit for only the next 48 hours .

Starting today's upload .

I'm releasing the shower curtain , the one in my house .

You've seen it there .

It is .

Wow .

The link is in the description to preorder to get it very soon .

Once the 48 hours is up , it's gone forever .

We're not bringing it back .

I really didn't want to release it .

I'm doing this for you .

Second .

We had the most amazing burger event to celebrate the 6 million and so many of you showed up in the thousands to eat this burger .

You made a couple of line cooks wanna quit , but you made it an incredible event .

So thank you last but far from least which is the most important part .

We're doing a kitchen makeover giveaway to celebrate this 6,000,001 lucky winner , submit your best food photo to our Discord under the channel name .

6 million subscriber special will pick our winner at random and you'll get a kitchen makeover new pots pans special from me to you .

Thank you again from the bottom of our hearts .

It means a ton to us .

We work very , very hard for you and much more to come .

So let's move on to the actual video .

Yeah .

Yeah , I made in a pan .

But guess what ?

It's still a cake which has brought us here .

OK .

So today we are making a pancake layer cake , a pancake cake .

Anytime you make pancake better , you're already on the way to making an actual cake .

You might as well spend the extra time .

Uh ok .

You know what , in this scenario , I get it a few hours of processing .

I get that .

Ok , but it's special .

We're making this special for you .

Do I expect everyone to make it ?

No , but if you want a cake that you've never had in your entire life , that is sure to tantalize your taste buds .

You got the pancake cake .

But then we have peanut butter frosting , salted maple caramel frosting candied bacon crumble .

All topped up with a nice drench of maple .

So with that being said , let's make this shall we ?

Wow .

A pancake layer cake for the millions .

The elements are well , pancake salted maple caramel frosting , peanut butter frosting and a millionaire's bacon crumble to represent the millions of you .

First , let's talk about peanut butter frosting .

Very easy to medium sized bowl .

Add one cup or 220 g of softened unsalted butter and three quarters of a cup or 100 and 70 g of creamy peanut butter using electric mixers or whisk .

If you're brave beat this together until and come insert mixing in three cups or 350 g of powdered sugar just a little bit at a time until all that's been added and it's fully incorporated , then add half a teaspoon or 3 g of fine sea salt .

Beat that in then half a teaspoon or 2 g of vanilla extract and lastly two tablespoons or 30 g of whole milk beat that in and it should look something like this .

Now , pop that into a piping bag in onto frosting .

Number two , salted maple caramel in a medium sauce pot at half a cup or 100 and 12 g of salted butter .

A quarter cup of 55 g of green related sugar , half a cup or 100 and 45 grams of maple syrup .

Two tablespoons or 15 g of light corn syrup and set that over medium heat and let that cook together .

And once it starts to simmer , reduce the heat to low , give it a little swirl here and there to emulsify , reduce it for 3 to 4 minutes .

Then pour your ultra light caramel into a medium sized bowl and let it cool to room temp .

I would recommend covering it with something to prevent a film forming .

Once cold begin mixing with electric beaters or a whisk then beat in three cups or 350 g of powdered sugar again in batches , add a half teaspoon or 2 g of fine sea salt which I forgot to add to the car .

No , totally fine .

That's the new recipe .

Now , the one that starts getting a bit too thick , adding two tablespoons or 30 g of heavy cream beat on high until smooth creamy and luxurious .

Next candied bacon peanut crumble .

If you have a peanut allergy , I'm sorry , simply do not use peanuts in a small bowl .

Combine half a cup or 100 and 10 g of light brown sugar in half a teaspoon or 2 g of fine ground black pepper mixed together till combined .

Then add £1 or 454 g of your nicest bacon onto a foil lined baking sheet and generously season your bacon with your brown sugar mix on just one side , then pop it into it in the oven .

Preheat it at 3 50 F and bake for around 20 minutes .

Let it cool completely .

And then rough chop your bacon with a knife .

Get yourself a food processor .

Add half a cup or 75 g of toasted peanuts blend that on high till medium course .

Then add your chopped bacon .

Oh Josh , why did I chop my bacon ?

We pre chop our bacon to make it easier to blend here .

Relax button on high until everything is relatively similar in size and a beautiful medium course like this .

Next pancakes .

So I'm essentially gonna make a basic pancake batter but a little more in a stand mixer or a large bowl .

Oh , so Tarty recipe at let using a stand mixer .

So untenable .

Literally just don't use a stand mixer bowl and whisk just fine .

Anyway , add six cups or nine 100 g of all purpose flour .

Put on that big old ball whisk thing .

Then at three quarters of a cup or 100 and 50 g of grain limited sugar , three tablespoons or 26 g of baking powder , two teaspoons or 12 g of fine sea salt .

Three quarters of a teaspoon or 8 g of baking soda .

Begin whisking that a medium low to combined .

Then mixing four cups or one liter of whole milk , three whole eggs and three quarters of a cup or 170 g of gently melted butter .

Mix it till nice and smooth and homogenous .

Now look , giant cake situation goes a few ways .

You know , they're double this recipe and split it between two sheet trays that have been generously greased and lined with parts from paper or you can do a one time batch and use the scrap as the bottom layer of the cake , which we found coincidentally on another pancake cake from Christina Tosi at Milk bar .

Shout out to her .

Thank you for the inspiration .

Look , it all depends on how perfect you want your cake to look .

I want mine to look super perfect .

So I doubled it , but you should expect a decent amount of scrap , which I'll explain what to do with later .

Now , once you have your cake laid down in your baking sheet , you can actually add and scatter around evenly .

The little maple candy balls from my mcdonald's mcgriddle recipe link in the description for that .

Then just pop those cakes into the oven at 350 F and bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean , remove those from the oven , then transfer to a wire rack and cool completely .

What's room temp use a cake ring that's been set to about 7 to 8 inches .

Punch out your cakes , punching out 3 to 4 if you doubled it and ok , you got scrap w keep it , bag it , freeze it , use it immediately .

You can make cake balls .

There are plenty of things to do with cake scrap Google it .

All right , we're finally ready to assemble to your cake ring , which should still be at the same size when you punched out your cakes and a nice little cake color to fit the ring .

Make a quick simple syrup of a quarter cup or 55 g of granulated sugar and a quarter cup or 60 mL of water heated and dissolved .

Now , assembly time add in your first cake layer brush generously with simple syrup .

A fat layer of your peanut butter frosting , which you will likely use all of it .

Half of your baking crumble evenly spread across the surface .

Then another layer of cake brushed with simple syrup .

Yet again , followed by another generous layer of this time , your maple caramel frosting .

The other half of your baking crumble , evenly spread .

And finally your top layer pancake lightly tent that with plastic wrap and pop it in the fridge for a little slumber overnight to solidify .

Then when you're ready , pull it out , let it temper at room temperature for about 10 minutes .

Grab your sharpest knife , cut it into slices , place a of lightly melting butter on top if desired and hit it with maple syrup so that we can taste test and see if this even tastes like a pancake .

In the first ga dang place .

It's 420 big pancake .

If this isn't a pancake layer cake , then I don't know what it is .

Now , I want you to syrup this .

I really do because it wouldn't really be a big pancake without syrup .

And I intentionally did not over sweeten the cakes that you could add syrup .

So you should , this was completely accidental that this ended up on 420 .

I feel like I'm getting high eating .

It has all the flavors you would have in a pancake breakfast .

You got the salty bacon , the sweet maple .

And if you like peanut butter on your pancakes , you can be my friend .

And I also do you got that peanut butter frosting the maple frosting .

It all works together somehow .

This is like my childhood favorite way to eat pancakes solidified into the perfect actual cake , right ?

They call them pancakes .

This is a pancake cake .

But I'll tell you another thing that has all your breakfast dreams in it .

Be roll .