4 Levels of Chocolate Cake: Amateur to Food Scientist | Epicurious

We challenged chefs of three different skill levels – amateur Keith, home cook Daniel, and professional chef Penny from the Institute of Culinary Education – to bake us a chocolate cake. After each of them had presented their cocoa creation, we asked food scientist Rose to review their work. Which level takes the cake for you?

Check out the level 3 recipe on the ICE blog: https://www.ice.edu/blog/peanut-butter-and-jelly-chocolate-cake

Rose is on Instagram! Follow her at @rosemarytrout_foodscience
Find Keith on social at @ohgoditskeith
Looking for Daniel on social? @iamdanielvictor
Follow Chef Penny at @penny.stankiewicz
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17 Replies to “4 Levels of Chocolate Cake: Amateur to Food Scientist | Epicurious”

  1. Strawberries in a chocolate cake? I bet when somebody asks her for a chicken sandwich, she includes spam. Because it compliments the chicken, obviously.

  2. Not my favourite level 1… too messy but in a bad way.
    Penny cake look effortless and amazing

  3. I’m surprised Daniel actually has chocolate in his chocolate cake. I know how creative homeboy likes to get with his dishes.

  4. Usually confidence isn't a bad thing: But, level 2 needs to toneit down a little bit. That way there is room to improve and grow.

    You cannot pour into a cup that is already full

  5. Yeah…. my chocolate cake trumps all three because it's actual chocolate cake plus i do three layers. In the middle I do a brownie layer, chocolate butter cream on the inside then chocolate ganache on the outside. You do not add fruit, if you do then its not a chocolate cake same with other ingredients like coffee and peanut butter… entirely different cake.

  6. why is it that the level 3 chef made a cake that ISNT chocolate even though thats the theme? like, she could definitely do it, shes a chef??? she herself called it a peanut butter jelly cake. idk seems unfair lmao

  7. I clicked on this video because of Penny and Daniel, but this 0 level tiktok driven creature and his "cake" is making me wanna vomit, if he says "like" or "you know" one more time I swear to god..

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