- Oops.
Ooh.
It's okay.
Stop, drop, and let your cake continue to cool down.
I'll be right back.
(Saweetie laughing)
Hey, what's up y'all?
This is Saweetie and this is Bake Up With Me.
Today I'm going to be making a homemade classic yellow cake.
Just kidding, it's not homemade.
I really love this cake because it reminds me
of just my childhood and going back home.
And every time my auntie made this classic yellow cake,
I knew it was gonna be a good night.
So I have some cake mix, some eggs, some vegetable oil,
and some rich, creamy, milk chocolate for the frosting.
And then you don't need this, but I like to have this,
the non-stick canola oil cooking spray
so that I can spray it onto my pan to make sure
the cake could can off nice and smooth.
I'm gonna pour the cake mix in first.
All the women in my family pretty much bake.
I mean, baking makes me happy.
I hope it makes you happy.
So, it's not really a secret.
We do have some homemade recipes,
but this is just the quickest and it's delicious.
Both of my parents both cook.
My dad was like more soul food
and my mom is like more gourmet,
but both can really throw down in the kitchen.
So now, I'm gonna pour in my vegetable oil.
Yeah baby.
I know that's right.
And then we gonna crack some eggs.
I definitely have a specific memory of this cake.
I know that it did not last more than a day
and coming home from school, I mean,
you kinda didn't wanna get ya your after school snack.
You kinda had to come straight to the cake.
Otherwise the other kids was gonna eat it up
and you was gonna miss out.
I used to hate when they would demolish the cake
and then leave like crumbs.
And I'd be so greedy, I'd put the crumbs together
and put a little bit of frosting on it (laughing)
and bon appetit.
But, we still in business.
And then lastly, I'm gonna add my one cup of water.
So, I've always had a sweet tooth,
which is crazy 'cause my name is Saweetie,
but I get it from my dad.
Like Now Later's, grape soda, sour candy,
Mamba's, Starburst, he likes all that.
So, that's where I get that from.
Who's my favorite Bay Area rapper?
I mean the list is endless.
I love me some Too Short who I sample a lot.
I love me some E-40.
He's always showing me love.
I'm gonna sample something from him too so stay mad.
And of course, Mac Dre.
Like Mac Dre, I don't care what you look like,
where you from, what your ethnicity is,
if you pass on Mac Dre,
everybody from old people to babies gonna be moving
and going dumb and having a good time.
And I think the cake mix is about ready.
So, who is my actual best friend?
♪ That's my best friend ♪
♪ She a real bad bitch ♪
- I think it's crazy because as you get older
you don't really call girls who you talk to all the time,
your best friend.
'Cause I do have several.
When I think about like my best, best friend,
I remember I met my best friend in seventh grade
because these girls wanted to jump me.
I don't encourage violence, but you feel me?
She had my back.
Because that's what best friends do.
And she was like,
"I am not going to let these girls jump you."
And ever since then, I have loved me some Khadija Gray.
So, shout out to Khadija.
I love you, girl.
And love you for always having my back
through thick and thin.
Now, I've already preheated the oven to 350
so you know your girl is good to go.
I hate when you have to wait for the oven to heat up,
it just slows down the baking process
and I don't like to slow down nothing.
So, let me go ahead and pop this into the oven.
Ooh, la, la.
All right, y'all, so my cake baked for 25 minutes.
You gotta be careful with them new ovens.
My oven is new.
Because if it'll kind of bake quicker.
It said 28 minutes, but I bake it for 25.
So, now that my cake has cooled down
I'm going to add some rich, creamy, milk chocolate frosting.
So what does Saweet, oops.
Ooh!
It's okay.
It's okay, y'all.
This happens.
Stop, drop, and let your cake continue to cool down.
I'll be right back.
(Saweetie laughing)
All right, child, we back at it.
All it took was a couple of more minutes
and I'm just going to gently massage
the frosting onto the cake
'cause we don't wanna be too rough now.
What do I put ranch on?
I put it on half packets.
I put it on pizza.
I put it on spaghetti.
I put it on whatever my heart really desires to,
but those are like my favorite things to put ranch on.
Is there anything that I won't eat?
I definitely won't eat chitlins.
Never really been a fan of those things.
They smell kinda weird.
And I know my taste in seafood is really eclectic,
but I don't think I could ever bring myself
to ever eat live fish.
I've seen a couple of videos.
Gets a little dangerous.
Make sure that no spot is left un-
Oops.
Got a little bit on the edge (laughing).
Oh, we're supposed to be massaging it.
Dang it.
That's okay.
It's still gonna taste the same.
So that's that.
And I know you see my birthday candles.
Look, every day my birthday.
So, we gonna light these up real quick.
All right, y'all.
I think we learned a very valuable lesson today.
No matter what life throws at you,
put the candles in the cake.
Candles in the cake.
♪ I'm getting cake like every day my birthday ♪
♪ No matter what you're going through ♪
♪ Put the candles in the cake ♪
♪ Put the c, c, c, c, c, c, c candles in the cake ♪
Look y'all, we made it.
Don't ever let life you down.
Life lesson.
This is our birthday cake.
So, I'm going to make a wish for us.
I wish you nothing but health, wealth, mental strength.
I don't know, hopefully your makeup stay intact (laughing).
I wish you perfect beat faces and good graces.
I think it's time to take a slice of the cake.
Thank you so much, "Delish," for having me.
A perfect, nice, classic yellow cake
with some milk chocolate frosting
that was gently massaged onto the surface.
I know that's ripe.
It should actually go, Saweetie,
I got pretty, bitch music coming out this summer.
It's a pretty bitch summer.
I mean, I need all my pretty girls to tap in.
And like I said, no matter what life throws at you,
put the candles in the cake.
(upbeat music)