- I ain't afraid of a couple of Twinkies.
- Look at that, look at that. - See, it's like a commercial.
- Yeah, they googled that (beep).
- Ooh.
- It is Halloween themed and it does look like throw up.
Where did you get all the Oreos?
Talk about cheaters over here!
(upbeat jazz music)
- Welcome to another edition of "BFF Bake Off".
Today's contestants are Gadiel y Curly, and Ivan y Eli.
- Me and Eli are here to take away
Gadiel and Curly's victory.
- I gotta go against two people in Curly and Gadiel.
I love Curly and I can't stand Gadiel.
- Gadiel and I, we always have fun no matter where we go,
so a challenge like this is more like,
are we gonna have fun?
Yeah.
- Curly and I have been the reigning champions,
we've won this before.
(screaming and laughter)
It was so easy.
- And the one thing they're baking today
is Halloween themed cupcakes.
They have no recipes, they're doing this from scratch,
like I do my baking, so that's exciting to see.
- Let me tell you, I'm a little bit worried about Eli
because he is not the best chef.
- Eli don't know (beep).
Every cooking challenge, he does the bare minimum. (laughs)
And then he gets mad when he looses. (laughs)
- So if anyone is driven in this competition, it's me,
because I've lost every single time
and I'm going to win today.
- I'm gonna be judging them on presentation and taste today.
Let's see how well they do.
- All right, let's get started.
- All right, let's do it. - All right.
- You're going down.
- We're color coordinating.
- Look y'all.
- I ain't afraid of a couple of Twinkies.
- You're like brown on the outside
and like white on the inside, get it?
Twinkies?
- That's pretty deep.
- I'm gonna show you how to make a proper vanilla cupcake.
The first thing that I like to do,
is mix the butter in well.
And the secret is to have soft butter.
So, you're gonna mix it well and then add your sugar.
- Two blocks of butter.
Can I have you heat this, uh--
- Yeah.
- heat this for like 30 seconds?
- Should we just use one butter?
- The secret to everything delicious is,
put everything butter.
- So I'm gonna use the eggs, but two eggs right now.
Or maybe I should go three.
- So I'm gonna start with the dry stuff.
I think that's the flour.
- I'm gonna start with the liquid stuff.
He's heating up the butter.
- I'm gonna add one cup of sugar.
I like to add all my wet ingredients first.
Uh, half a cup of whole milk, mix it well.
You're gonna add two eggs.
Then you'll add your dry ingredients.
Like I said, mix your dry ingredients very well,
that's another secret.
- Cup of sugar.
We gotta mix the dry stuff first and then the wet stuff, so.
Put, put two eggs here.
- Damn they're doing different things than us.
- Well that's good, why do we have to copy them?
- You know the secret to success in life is--
- Do your own thing.
- mind your own fucking business.
- [Ivan] Yeah that's right
- [Gadiel] Oh, that's true.
- A cup and three quarters of flour, a dash of salt,
a quarter of baking powder.
If you do put too much baking powder,
you tend to get a really dense cake.
Don't over do it, the batter, it just all depends on
the amount of cupcakes you're gonna make.
- Look at this masterpiece right here.
- Hell yeah, you want, you need a spoon?
- Let me see how it looks. Oh wow!
- You see how, how often we've looked over at theirs.
Not once. (laughs) - None, not once.
- And then you'll mix it in slowly.
Don't mix it all at once 'cause you'll get a lumpy batter.
- The Salvi and Dominican versus the two fake Puerto Ricans.
- All right, now let's slowly put this.
- Say that again. (laughs)
- Don't say that again.
- Don't say that again, Eli keep talking.
- The last thing I like to add
to my batter is the flavoring.
So, I'm gonna add the vanilla extract.
- Put it, put it.
- I'm done with my cupcake batter.
Don't overfill the cups.
If you overfill the cups, you're gonna have a hot mess.
Fill them half way.
- Look at the beautiful consistency of this.
She's thriving, she's living.
You wanna see what a hater looks like?
Zoom into this face over here.
- Why you came to work like that?
You look like you're unemployed.
- This is called style bro, look it up.
Ask my IG followers, they love my style.
I don't care about what you think.
- All 200 of 'em.
(laughter)
- Oh I'm sorry.
- So my cupcakes are ready to put into the oven.
We're gonna preheat the oven at 350 degrees
and leave them in the oven for 15, 20 minutes.
You wanna eye ball them just 'cause every oven is different.
As a pastry chef, I've been doing this for five years now.
I'm gonna be able to judge the guys and critique them,
on presentation and taste, on how they make their cupcakes.
So I'm excited to see that.
- Oh snap!
Look at this, look at this, look at this.
- [Eli] Look at this, this is art.
- We gon' put marshmallows in there.
- We should put Oreos on the bottom.
- To have like an Oreo bottom.
- Base, yeah. - Base.
- Look at that, look at that. - See, it's like a commercial.
- Yeah, they googled that (beep).
- Ooh, well I guess we're done with ours.
- There we go, we ready.
- I mean, it is Halloween themed
and it does look like throw up, so I guess you're on brand.
- We're done, let's put it in the oven.
Ooh, hot!
Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot.
- Yeah!
- Bam!
- [Curly] There you go.
High five.
(spooky music)
- All right, so the cupcakes are baked.
- They're done, ready to go!
- We're gonna focus on the top
That's what's gonna bring the attention to the cupcakes.
- Yeah and also the cupcake itself.
- Eli! - What?
- No, no, you focus on your own thing.
We don't have Oreos anymore.
(humming)
- [Ivan] We can make the icing brown and then,
where did you get all the Oreos?
- Mind your mother (beep) business.
- Wow, cheaters!
- Can you go get Oreos and I'll start mixing.
- We have these.
- Oh, this is how you do it Curly, you see this?
- Ye. - Wow.
- Looks beautiful.
- Not gonna lie, this color looks great.
It's not at all what I'm looking for
but it looks really cool.
Let's crumble some Oreos in there.
- That one's a ghost.
- It's spooky.
(suspenseful spooky music)
I feel like we're creating a different theme here
and I'm not mad at it, it looks cool.
The Oreo that is in the cake, it's actually like bones.
It's a body, so you bite into
and it's crunchy and it's white.
It's all story people, it's all story.
- Yeah, what Eli says.
- [Curly] Oh yeah, that's great.
- All right Eli, let's go for it.
No, don't (beep).
- Just (beep) stick it in the grass like this.
- What the (beep).
- What do you mean what the (beep)? That's a tombstone.
- Oh!
That looks cool, yeah, yeah, I was not getting it.
- Looking around, I just noticed that we really are men.
(laughter)
Oh nice!
Oh I love that!
Damn, Curly!
- This is my-- - I'll call you a vampire.
- Yeah, exactly. - God damn!
- I think we ready.
- [Ivan] Want me to cut the RIPs?
- Wow, yours look so good!
- Oh the idea you stole from us.
- Yeah. - Oh, that makes sense.
- Curly hasn't even--
- That's not the same idea, 'cause y'all had Oreo cookies,
I have Herseys. - Literally the same idea.
- You a hater.
Hater, hater!
I'm gonna make sure none of us make cupcakes.
(laughter)
- Yeah please, no one ever bring cupcakes.
(suspenseful spooky music)
- Oh wow, okay.
I like.
Ooh, googly eyes. (laughs)
Okay, well I like the color.
I like the M&Ms, it's very festive,
very Halloween, so it does scream spooky.
Love the bright orange, but this one's the one that,
you know, got my attention.
The googly eyes.
Very creative, very festive, I love it.
I wanna taste it. (laughs)
- All right.
- It's good, has M&Ms in here?
- Yeah.
- They sunk all the way to the bottom, but it's good.
Imma be honest, it's a little dense.
It's not as moist as I like it,
but the flavor, the taste is there.
It just needs to be a little bit fluffy.
This is cute, oh my God!
I like it!
You guys got RIP on the cookie, very creative, I like it.
Very nice presentation, so this is,
it looks like a chocolate cupcake.
So let's give it a taste.
I like the gummies in it.
It's falling apart, it's good.
There's an Oreo in here too?
It's crispy.
The cake it's not fluffy, it has a little crunch to it.
It's good, the flavors good, the flavors there.
But the one that (speaks foreign language),
the one with the, it's very bright, very festive,
it screams Halloween, so I love it.
This one, I love the presentation as well.
The gummy worms, the sprinkles, the Oreos,
but imma be honest.
This one's the one that popped for me the most.
(screams)
- [Curly] Tell them which one tastes good though.
- Because, the taste will go to Curly and Gadiel.
(cheering)
- [Gadiel] How does that feel?
I feel so glad to move!
- Oh damn.
- Keep it PG!
(laughter)
- But I loved it guys.
- Aww, it's okay.
- I did great. - I'd still eat it!
- Here you go guys.
- Oh, I made room for you.
- [Curly] RIP, here you go.
(laughter)
- I'm taking my cupcakes and I'll share with my friends.
- [Edith] I'm sorry!
- Come on Eli!
- [Edith] But I loved yours!
- Bye!
So long losers!
We don't care, we don't feel bad!
- [Eli] You know what.
- [Ivan] I wanna, I'm gonna take one
because they look pretty good.
So thank you.
(laughter)
(upbeat electronic music)