That's a spooky,
Well, of course. steamy chocolate cake.
So what we do is we take a little cocoa
Right, uh huh. and a little water
and you dump the cocoa into the water, just like that.
Okay. And then, come on, John.
Come and gimme a hand mate.
I've only got one hand John.
and one claw.
Oh, he's got one hand and one paw.
Not claw, a paw. You give that a nice whisk.
And I'm gonna take the flour,
a little salt, and a little baking powder.
Nice, And combine those
dry ingredients. That's it. We'll kill that heat.
Nice one brother.
And then over here.
Yes. I've got some eggs
and some sugar.
So I dump those together,
and then I've got a little vanilla.
Because what this is, is it's a steamed cake, right?
So it's super moist.
And I call it a spooky cake
'cause we're gonna pour a chocolate ganache over the top.
Oh my God!
That's right.
(audience applauding)
Wow.
So break the eggs, whisk that in with your-
I always do that too.
Flour.
He just kind of blew over that tip.
If you break the yolk, it goes together a bit quicker.
It sure does.
Bust the yolk first and then whisk it up.
Give it a whisk and then a little bit of oil.
Nice.
That goes in. That keeps it nice and moist.
Super moist. Oh my God. And then ganache in it.
Oh, yes. Yes. Please.
Talk about an adult treat.
Exactly.
The kids will love, too, of course.
Hey, what's the family gonna be for Halloween?
Well, Lindsay's obsessed with family costumes.
Right? So you're gonna have a theme.
So this year what we're gonna do is we're gonna do,
the boys are gonna be wrestlers.
Milk or cream?
That's buttermilk, actually.
Buttermilk, awesome.
Yep, little buttermilk.
The boys are gonna be wrestlers.
Nice.
I'm gonna be the referee.
(Rachael laughing)
And Lindsay's gonna be the ring girl.
Oh, of course.
Okay, so John I'm gonna put you in charge of the ganache.
So once the cream's hot, truly you can turn that off.
Right. Dump the chocolate in,
and then you just mix.
And just stir, stir, stir, stir, stir.
Exactly. And then we put the dry ingredients
in with the wet.
Right. It's a very, very easy cake.
But to me-
This is so simple.
Like you could really do this in no time.
I've put the cocoa in with the rest of that ingredient.
Gorgeous. It smells fantastic.
It looks gorgeous.
So you just make sure you mix that thoroughly
and then bring it over here.
Now what I've done here
Now this is so clever.
This is such an important-
It's cool, right?
'Cause it just means, it's like your insurance policy.
You lift it straight out.
You lift it straight out and it's so, so simple.
You get your mix, you dump it in just like that.
I've given it a quick spray as well.
Right.
And then you just get, don't waste anything.
Make sure you get it all.
People always ask, "How do I save money in the kitchen?"
I'm like, "Don't waste anything."
Use everything.
Use it all, every last drop.
Use everything.
That then goes into the oven.
But before you do, Rachael,
you pour little hot water in there.
So we created
You make a little water bath.
Little water bath.
We're cooking it in a jacuzzi.
It's a hot tub.
You're sending it to the spa.
That's right.
It's gonna have fun at the spa.
And then there's two last things to do.
Firstly, you take the plastic wrap
and you're gonna go like this.
And now this just goes over the actual cake tin.
And then the foil that you have, Rach,
goes over the rest of it
and you sort of tent the whole thing like that.
And that way you keep the steam in, right?
So you make it an even better cooking environment.
And then it's like a double spa.
It's like a sauna and a hot tub at the same time.
That's right.
That goes into the oven.
Okay.
Gorgeous.
Okay. So this goes in over here and I'll-
You want me to grab that?
Your magic oven.
We've already got one in there.
We got this guy.
We got it.
What do you call that?
A moppine
A moppine.
Careful.
We use him at home.
And where do I go now baby?
Okay.
Honey, give us a trivet.
Give us a trivet, behind you.
Ooh quick.
There we go.
10 o'clock.
10 o'clock. Moppine.
You know, us monkeys, we just, you know.
(laughing)
You're like a prop comic.
(audience clapping)
Oh!
So. Oh yeah, you better "ooh" and "aah".
So here's the thing.
You lift off that plastic.
I've never cooked in a gorilla suit before,
believe it or not.
And then see how that just lifts out?
Isn't that great?
Isn't that dreamy?
It's dreamy.
Dreamy and steamy.
Dreamy, steamy, gorgeoso.
And what I love to do is I actually slice it
while it's still warm before I pour my ganache over.
Right? Can see all that steam start lifting up.
Yeah, I know, I know.
Everyone wants to eat you now.
Everybody wants the gorilla's chocolate pudding.
And then you take that ganache
and you can do this one of two ways, of course.
Now I'm a lefty. I'll do it with my right hand.
You either pour that straight over like this,
or if you wanted to,
you could pour it over before you cut the cake.
(John and Rachael groaning)
(audience clapping and cheering)
The cake.
But I want to get them both on there.
Right.
Yeah. There ya go.
Absolutely beautiful.
(audience cheering)
(magic wand music)