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- Hello and welcome
back to another episode
of Meals for Mars.
Today, I'm cooking with Oleg.
I have not cooked with Oleg
yet, but I'm really excited
because he's really good
at doing baking items.
And today, we actually
have a recipe that is a
Dark Matter Cake by
Aquilla Elfindale.
And so, what's unique about this recipe
is some of its ingredients.
Oleg, are you ready to get baking with me?
- Absolutely, let's do it.
- Yeah, so let's look at the
ingredients we have today.
We have
flour,
sugar,
baking soda,
cocoa powder.
Now, the key to this
recipe is, she calls for
hazelnut cream coffee,
and so what we have is three
cups of hazelnut coffee,
tropical hazelnut, and then mayonaisse,
vanilla extract and salt.
And so, the reason why we're
doing this recipe today
is because it's a special
occasion, right, Oleg?
- Yeah, absolutely.
It's someone's birthday today.
- Yeah, Yajaira's birthday,
and so we though we would do
something special for her,
and this is it.
We're gonna make her a
dark matter chocolate cake,
hazelnut chocolate cake.
- Yeah.
Which is pretty exciting.
- So,
it is!
Have you ever used hazelnut
before to bake with?
- No, I drink hazelnut coffee before
and I quite enjoyed it.
- Oh good.
- I never used it as an ingredient,
so I'm kinda curious
how this will turn out.
- I'm the same way.
I can't wait.
So why don't we start mixing.
We'll mix
- Alright.
- Our ingredients together,
and see how this turns out.
- Okay.
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- Okay, so now we've got
our dry ingredients in.
We're gonna add in our coffee,
and so, this is gonna look good, I think.
The smell is amazing.
- (sniffing) Smells great.
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- Wow, that looks really good.
- Yeah.
- Smells good too.
- Yeah, it's getting to the
desired consistency, I think.
- Now, what's interesting is
that the recipe calls for mayo.
So I'm gonna start whisking,
putting this in as you blend.
- Yeah.
(blender motor whirring)
I'm a little skeptical about the mayo,
but we'll see how it turns out.
- Yeah, I've never actually
put mayo in a cake before,
so this is new territory
for the both of us.
But I imagine the mayo is just replacing
butter or shortening
that you would put in.
- Yeah, probably.
- Yeah.
- There we go, how's that?
- Wow, that looks really good.
- Yeah, okay.
- Do you want to taste it and see?
Just a little bit of that.
- Sure.
- On your finger.
- Yeah.
Absolutely, yeah.
Mmm!
Yeah, surprisingly delicious.
- Really?
- Yeah, yeah.
- Let me try it.
Alright, okay.
Oh, wow, that is really good.
Yeah, I think that's gonna
make some really good cupcakes.
Okay, so we have our batter,
and we have our cupcake pan
that's been greased with mayo.
And, I have a measuring
cup for you to pour in.
- Okay.
- Okay, so here is our cupcakes.
Our dark matter hazelnut
chocolate cupcakes.
We're gonna pop them in the oven.
They're gonna bake for thirty
minutes at 350 degrees,
and then we'll come back
and we'll add a little
frosting on top of these.
- Yeah, should be fun.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Looking forward to it.
- Okay, Oleg, our cupcakes are done.
They stuck a little bit
to the bottom of the pan,
but they still look good.
- Yeah, yeah, we can make them look good.
- Yeah!
- We can repair them if needed.
- That's correct.
So now we have our stardust
frosting that we made
and we're gonna decorate our cupcakes.
And then we have some re-hydrated fruit.
- Yeah, should I start?
- I think so.
Go on in.
- Okay, this is my very
first time doing this.
- Here, I'm gonna grab one too.
- Oh, does this work?
Is this like spreading,
spreading it like butter?
- Yeah, spreading it like butter.
And then you have to
get that, that nice arc,
where it goes all the way around.
- The art
- Such an art to this
endeavor.
- Yes,
of frosting.
But like that, look.
There's my first one.
What do you guys think?
We'll just put that right there.
- Okay, here's, oh.
I see yours look a little different.
- (laughing) You can pick it up.
- Okay, I will pick it up.
Place it next to yours.
- So once we get these
with some frosting on it,
we can take some of our dried fruit,
for example, raspberries, and
sprinkle a few of these
on top, like that, see?
What do you think?
- Oh, that is gorgeous.
- Yeah.
- So, Oleg, we made our
cupcakes for Yajaira
and her big party tonight
to celebrate her birthday.
They look pretty good.
- Yeah, they look gorgeous.
- Yeah, so, thanks for joining us,
and I hope you tune in again sometime
and see what's cooking in the hab.
- See you next time.
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♪ Happy birthday to you, ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you, ♪
♪ Happy birthday to Yajaira, ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you. ♪
♪ And many more. ♪
- Yay, yay, now blow out the LED candles.
(clapping)
