Welcome to SORTEDfood and welcome to FridgeCam.
Sometimes, we like to copy all of the formats that
are on television at once.
This is Step Up to the Plate.
One of two trained chefs and one of three normal guys
will be picked at random to work together
to create an attention-grabbing, head-turning dish.
There will be prerequisites, time limits--
One minute remaining.
--mystery ingredients, all tied together by a shameless,
internetty challenge.
But who will it be today?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
James, go on, mate.
You're nearest it.
Pick a chef.
Both chefs.
Both ch--
Does that mean we have a day off?
There's always a twist.
Both normals.
So it's all in.
Teamwork, isn't it?
This is so cryptic.
Go straight to the plate.
[LAUGHTER]
Straight to the plate.
Right, ready?
2, 1.
We're up.
We're good.
James.
I am literally--
And I've got a hand.
Open!
Quick!
#WeddingOfTheYear.
Today, you will all be taking part in the Step Up
to the Plate challenge.
Your task is bigger than ever before as you will
be creating a wedding cake--
No.
No!
--for the royal couple, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
You must research their favorite flavors
and incorporate these into the cake.
It has to look good and taste even better.
You have a whopping four and a half hours--
Oh.
--from once you've selected your ingredients.
That is actually not very long.
Four and a half hours?
That's not long for a wedding cake.
I mean, I made your wedding cake,
and it took me eight and a half.
No.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
The overworked and underpaid production team
have prepared an abundance of inspirational produce and tools
to aid our precious YouTube stars
in this really hard challenge.
Can I start off by saying, this is not our strong suit,
and I think we should identify our weaknesses
before we move forward.
We can't decorate cakes.
No.
So I like the look of the fruit because you
can chop stuff up and dump it on the top,
and it still looks quite good.
So tradition says, the top tier should always be a fruit cake.
Given who we're making for, I think
we should have a carrot top.
[SNORTS] You've got to have tiers.
It's a wedding cake.
A different cake on a different tier.
Because one could be a no-bake cheesecake,
which just needs chilling.
Oh, sorry.
He's the man.
That makes more sense.
This guy.
And one can be a sponge.
I like the idea of one layer being a cheesecake.
Banana.
When Meghan made the tease announcement
of them getting together--
Yeah.
--they did-- she did it with bananas, didn't she?
Prince Harry and Meghan want wedding cake made from banana.
And like a banoffee cheesecake.
I mean, what about American and British coming together?
Oh, smart.
Well, a Victoria sponge is the same as a pound cake, really.
So that's--
We're nearly three minutes into this video,
and there's been no cooking.
So let's just say, some decisions were made.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Bottom layer of cake is a nice cross
between a classic Victoria sponge and the American pound
cake.
Basically, 4 ounces of butter, sugar, and flour with 2 eggs.
[DING]
Except I've timesed it by three for each layer.
A cake that size with a diameter that size
needs to go in an oven about 170, 180 degrees Celsius,
until it's golden cooked through and the skewer comes out clean.
So Ebbers has started on the cake.
We sent James out shopping.
Hello, mate.
I was phoning because we need biscuits.
Barry has drawn this diagram, and now, I'm
going to explain our logic behind it.
So our base layer, the foundation is the royal family.
It's a Victoria sponge cake with plum jam.
We're going to give it a biscuit crumb
and put fresh fruits on the top.
Our middle layer is a banoffee cheesecake
with honeycomb shards.
Our top is a carrot top with apple roses on the top.
I went to McVitie's.
Right, so far, I have made a delicious plum jam
with plums, a bit of sugar, and lemon juice.
Then, cooked that for about 15 minutes
till it turns into a lovely, little mush.
Lol.
I've been given carrot peeling and chopping for a reason,
and I know it.
The carrot top is going to be a classic carrot cake.
Lots of grated carrot with brown sugar, oil, egg, flour,
bicarb.
But we're going in with two lots of dried fruit,
softened in orange juice, mixed spice, and to make it
extra gingery, grated root ginger.
The boy's next task is to--
[DOORBELL RINGS]
Sorry.
I think that's my Amazon delivery.
My plan from the start was to get Ben to do the cakes.
[OOHING]
So what I've done is to do a cheesecake,
made a base with digestive biscuits--
Why me?
--and butter.
And I have made the filling, which
is cheese, cream cheese, double cream, maple syrup,
icing sugar, and chocolate chips.
Yummy.
And I've had Barry do the banana stuff.
Um, I'm having some trouble.
You've forgotten how to peel a banana.
Well, I don't eat bananas, so I never open bananas.
And I'm suddenly going, this doesn't feel right.
Hey, everyone, I'm teaching Barry how to peel a banana.
Frying bananas in butter still doesn't do it for you,
banana-wise.
I can tell by your face.
You're like this.
Fried bananas in brown butter, and some dulce de leche,
and a splash of rum.
And light it.
[BLEEP]
Whoa!
Gets me every time!
Maybe take the silicon spoon out.
Ah! spoon!
[LAUGHTER]
Honestly, I forgot it was going to happen.
Do I have eyebrows still?
You OK?
Really hot.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Oh, no, you put too much rum in that.
Oh, and when you're finished with this hob,
you can turn it off.
Oh, please!
Two cakes in the oven.
A jam done.
Caramelized bananas.
Cheesecake ready to construct.
One hour gone.
Three and a half to go.
I am making our buttercream.
So we're going for an American buttercream
because Meghan Markle is American.
We have powdered sugar.
We have butter, unsalted.
Vanilla extract has just gone in.
And we've got some milk.
I'm just going to stir them all together till they
look butter creamy.
Now, that sounds like something I could do with little effort
before I started.
It turns out, it's exhausting.
And I made a stupid decision not to use a mixer.
And the worst thing of all is that I've probably
got to do it again.
I'm knackered!
Oops.
Oh, no.
Are you OK?
I have sugared myself!
And it's been drawn to everyone's attention.
Oh, no.
Let me just get that for you.
A bit lower.
A bit higher.
A bit.
Perfect.
[LAUGHS]
This is weird.
We're so close.
The plan here is to not go for anything too fiddly and fancy
because we just can't do it.
So instead, rustic.
We're talking about biscuit crumbs,
and in this case, honeycomb shards.
So sugar, golden syrup, whisk in bicarb.
Leave to cool.
Mix it in--
[DING]
--like that.
Yeah.
Mm, yeah.
Oh, that's going to be so good.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
I'm putting this in the freezer over there.
I know what you're thinking.
Yes, he's cute.
But the reality is, he'll take you out for sushi,
rooftop cocktails at the Wolseley,
hold your hand as you walk along the Thames,
have a fondle in the Uber home, but will he call you back?
No.
Shall I just-- should I blitz a bunch of biscuits
and we can look at the colors?
Exactly.
All right.
I'm building sandcastles, James!
Biggest part in, out.
Clean.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
As is always the case with carrot cake,
it generally tends to burn a bit on top
before it's cooked through.
If it's this big, tinfoil top.
I do feel like we got to the point
where it's a lot of waiting.
Still doing buttercream, but this time
I'm using the machine.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
We're going to try and make these beautiful apple
roses to stick on top of our carrot cake.
And to do that, you have to cut your apple very, very thinly
and then soak that in warm, melted butter.
That will then basically soften the apples.
Then, we can fold them or wrap them around each other
to create roses.
In order to put the weight of a cheesecake onto a soft sponge,
we need support.
So what I've accurately done with the teaspoon
is measured our pliths.
[LAUGHTER]
[DING]
Good jam, Baz.
Decision here was a bold one.
We're not putting cream in the middle.
I know that WI would probably hate that,
but there's plenty going on the outside,
so it's not going in the middle.
WI stands for Women's Institute, and Ben is the first person
since 1982 to mention them.
And he's the figurehead of this online content channel.
The for-sale sign goes up on Tuesday.
Get it in the fridge.
How's it looking?
Carrot cake, nice.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Oh, man.
This is going to be mental.
You know the other advantage of ombre?
No straight line.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Ah!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[THUD]
[BLEEP]
Ben, my heart literally just went--
It's held its form!
Oh, oh, oh.
Mike.
Don't be a tease.
Fat change of that happening, Mike.
I can't see what you're doing, but you're doing a great job.
Thanks, mate.
So this cheesecake is quite crumbly.
And I'm nervous.
It makes me nervous.
So we're just going to sort of go with this.
If it's particularly brittle now and you try and transfer,
it's going to fall apart.
Do you want to slide it now?
Mostly I just want to run away from this video now.
Well, that's not going to help, is it?
Should we just try it?
Let's just try it.
Bring it down.
OK.
Foo, foo, foo, foo.
Ready?
Ready, ready, ready, ready, ready, ready, ready?
3, 2-- oh.
Oh, man.
There was a flop at the end.
This is the epitome of panic.
Can you reach?
OK.
You got this.
Yeah, I got finger-- my fingers!
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
After 4 hours and 15 grueling minutes,
Barry, Ben, Mike, and the loverat
begin stacking their three-tiered, three-flavored,
bespoke, royal wedding cake.
And it looks suboptimal.
I don't know what you were expecting.
You threw biscuit crumbs at it in five different colors.
There is a strict no-animal policy in the SORTED kitchen,
except for Ben's high horse, who occasionally
makes an appearance.
You guys just don't understand.
With little time remaining, it's toss it in glitter time.
One minute.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
And 5, 4--
[INAUDIBLE], mate.
--3--
Just stop.
Just stop. --2--
Just stop.
We're done.
--1.
Dear Prince Harry and soon-to-be Princess Meghan,
here at SORTED, we put our heads together
to offer up our wedding gift to you.
They say love is blind, and it's what's
inside that really counts.
So please, please, remember that as we present to you
our three-layered, triple-flavored, bespoke
wedding cake.
Both monarchy and relationships are
built on strong foundations.
Our bottom layer is a regal Victoria sponge,
sandwiching a royal purple plum jam.
At the heart of your cake, we play homage
to your shared love of the banana
with our banoffee cheesecake.
And the crowning tier, a carrot top.
Moist carrot, walnut, and ginger cake because, let's face it,
we're four basic bitches, and a ginger joke
is the best we could do here.
And by the way, Hazza top job on the Vegas stag do.
Big Willy knows how to go massive on the Mezcal
We wish you both all the happiness in the world.
Love, SORTED.
It's a good job we made two.
I think, you know what?
I think the ombre effect has kind of worked.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, hey!
Nearly.
Oh, look at that.
OK.
So let's go bottom first.
The buttercream is good.
The jam is great.
Banoffee cheesecake.
That is so decent.
All right.
Yes, that piece.
Yes.
Oh, I thought you were trying to push it off the table.
Thanks. That piece.
[CHUCKLES]
Cheesecake as a wedding tier makes no sense at all--
No.
--until you taste it.
I think that's the good bit about it
is that I still forgot that it was a cheesecake until I
ate it.
And then carrot top with fresh ginger.
Each of them. Fantastic.
I couldn't be prouder of the flavors
that we've put together.
I think it works bang on.
I agree.
I think the textures work beautifully, too.
I've got such mixed feelings.
Like, I'm kind of proud.
Yeah.
Because it tastes unbelievable.
I kind of hate it a little bit.
Yeah, I know what you mean.
And I kind of like it a little bit.
I don't know anyone who's ever made a wedding cake like that
in four and a half hours.
No.
Like, wedding cakes take days.
It makes you realize how talented these people are who
just focus on wedding cakes.
Well, I think it's clear what we think.
But why don't you comment down below your thoughts?
Hey, here's a good idea.
Oh, no. Why don't you suggest--
Oh, no.
--who we should step up to the plate--
Oh, OK.
--in [INAUDIBLE] next.
No more cake.
Let us know.
No.
To be fair, that is the best-looking sandcastle
I've ever seen.
[LAUGHTER]
Now, the end result might not have been exactly what
we were looking for.
But for the amount of effort that went into it and time,
it's got to be worth a like, isn't it?
Absolutely worth a like.
Nothing more to say.
Have a lovely week.
Harry, Meghan, we know you watch.
Have a lovely wedding day.
Goodbye.
Congratulations!