Good Eats S6E15P1: The Icing Man Commeth

[socraticproblem86]

ALTON! You called for corn syrup! I'm ashamed of you....oh how could I be mad at you. BUT STILL.

[AmalgmousProxy]

I prefer whipped frosting/icing, its far less sweet and you don't get that borderline diabetic coma feeling over eating the super sugary "normal" frosting/icing. But this is just MHO...

[SimuLord]

Good cake is a delight. Mediocre cake is a vehicle for frosting and nothing else.

[radiotherapy52]

didnt he say in the cupcake episode that cake SHOULDNT be just a delivery for icing? >:C

[chinthor]

Face it. Everyone's wanted to do that. OMNOMNOM!!!

[14lanicup]

to be honest i like the cake better than the frosting. don't get me wrong i love frosting a lot but i just like the cake better

[livetolovesome182]

any one notice that the plate didnt make any noise when he tossed the cake behind him

[Irishqueen88]

@livetolovesome182 that's because he is a ninja

[livetolovesome182]

@Irishqueen88 lol thanks for making me laugh i needed it

[jswa72]

I prefer cakes like chocolate, spice, or carrot cake over plain iced cakes, but when I have an iced cake I love buttercream icing. I can't wait to try this.

[dcronnon]

Hey, I know comments about that one dislike are really overdone but, has anyone else noticed that the majority of LTH's older videos have only one thumb down. Someone is either seriously trolling or confused by his "big words". If it's the second, I pity them but if it's the first, I hope they enjoy that fifty cent box of mac and cheese from the supermarket down the street for they will never know good food.

[14lanicup]

well i love frosting as much any one else but i prefer the cake more

[AshitaNoKanousei42]

This is the episode dreams were made of...

[xHassassin]

Hannah montana cup for the dark corn syrup.

Wat.

[JynxBlack13]

Fondest memory from my childhood was my mother making cakes in the house and the place would still smell like buttercream for a week. One of the best smells EVER!!

[gamemeister27]

Alton, I am disappoint. Why is cake your favorite dessert when pie is so much better. In fact, the only good part about cake is the icing, thank god that's what this episode is about.

[walpoly]

He's dissing on red velvet cake! No way!

[foamy233]

Seafoam frosting is the best...

[Andophonic]

Complicated? Yes. Worth it? Yes.

[lilacfunk]

I effing hate frosting. Sure is pretty though.

[bloodmuffin1]

I LIKE CAKE. :]

[jsmith0433]

as a former cake decorator i think i would have to beat him at 1:42

[quatrenemeth]

@jsmith0433

i used to be a cake decorator as well! i once had a kid do that VERY same thing to one of my cakes lol!

[PersianOlive]

That is way too much trouble for frosting, I am sticking to butter and powdered sugar.

[SEBwear]

well heck...lol

[tamidavis5855]

too complicated

[MissEricaGirl]

personally, I disagree with only ONE comment he made. "It doesn't matter how good your cake is..." But what about Angel Food cake? How could you put such a heavy topping on such a heavenly light delicacy? Angel Food deserves light fruit topping, not masses of heavy (but VERY tasty) frosting :(

I like my Angel Food cake plain or with thinly cut strawberries. thanks...

[lostinthought179]

@MissEricaGirl While I also enjoy it plain, a nice whipped cream frosting goes great with Angel Food cake.

[ibbiggs]

@MissEricaGirl I love a thin layer of vanilla frosting on my angel food cake :D

[SakuraCourageSolo]

As a cake decorator, I could KILL him at 1:42

[bloodysakurachan]

My family has this really good peanut butter frosting that goes insanely well with chocolate cake. I make it whenever I can.

[hopkidokid]

im 16 and i made this it was sooo good!

[SmilingWhileInsane]

I also add some icing sugar at the end too, since I like my buttercream on the sweet side and the cornstarch helps stabilize it.

[SmilingWhileInsane]

This is a very difficult recipe and it takes several tries to get right, but it is worth it. I just use egg whites and light corn syrup, for a very white color. I don't bother with the bulb syringe, I just stop the beaters and add the syrup a spoonful at a time.

The crucial step is the butter, it has to be REALLY soft and warm. Integrate it very slowly, it will look like melted marshmallows and be runny at first, but put the bowl in an ice bath and it will quickly turn silky and smooth.

[BryceSommer]

I really want to try this for a friend's birthday cake, but, judging by the comments I shouldn't.

[BellaOfBacardi]

Cake Flour by Swan Down is my favorite cake flour; it amazes me that it's been around for more than 100 years!!!

[cufola]

I JUST made this buttercrea icing for the first time and it turned out PERFECTLY! Thanks AB!

[VMAM]

I made the chocolate version of this for cupcakes. After I finished adding the last of the butter it seemed pretty runny but then after i mixed it just another minute it came together really nicely. It's incredibly smooth. I wouldn't call it light & fluffy but it sure is rich & not sickeningly sweet like the stuff that comes in a can. If you refrigerate overnight & bring back to just under room temp to use the next day it makes it a little more manageable.

[addicted2drama]

The title of this episode is one of the best references in any Good Eats title :)

[psychodelicdragon]

love your flame mixer, is it available that way? anything to p.o. the other half

[beantown620]

alton doesn't like Red Velvet Cake?? :(

[FullMetalSoul]

Great episode, but sadly, I don't eat frosting on my cake. (I'm a freak, I know) I used to only eat the icing, now I only eat the cake. (For my last birthday, my mom made brownies.)

Still, I love to make cakes with icing. Love decorating cakes.

[Mlp1512]

i dont like any frosting but buttercream frosting. try it if you havn't

[Andophonic]

@FullMetalSoul Have you tried a whipped icing rather than buttercream? its good stuff.

[Kemorowolfrain]

@FullMetalSoul have brownies with icing

[BlackWolfessUSCM]

@FullMetalSoul  I prefer Pie. But that's another show :)

[KingOystar]

I tried his buttercream recipe the results of his buttercream are very misleading! I am not crazy others have similar opinions of it!

[HighVoltage963]

How so? I'm kind of interested.

[KingOystar]

hello HighVoltage963 if this is about the resluts being misleading it is because When I tried it I did everything he said to do and I eneded up getting a very soupy mess with chunks of hard sugar in the bottom, He is doing somthing that is isnt telling us. if you do try is buttercream be very perpared for a very sicky mess in your work bowl, bolb baster, and wisk attachment. I hope it does work for you but just be perpared for it not to work.

[Vioven]

This is a tricky one apparently. A lot of people are getting it right and a lot are getting it wrong. If you haven't already, check out the comment section of this recipe on the food network site. There's sure to be some advice there that can help if you ever feel like trying this again.

[Roadtripper]

Best show ever! I have marathon viewing of this show...

[islandkatt]

If I didn't have to stop and eat once or twice a day I could watch Alton 24/7.

[shufk77]

JUST do what i do and watch it while u amke yourself something to eat... then its a full 24 hours.

[licoricepop459]

alton kicks ass

[TimTheReaper]

@licoricepop459 damn straight.

[ellotreacle52]

OMG I love his kitchenaid!! It's awesome!! And he seems to have loads of different ones

[ellotreacle52]

*this is culinary napalm right now*

lol

[DarkSoldier712]

One of my favorite Good Eats metaphors. Alongside "culinary timebomb".

[rabbitsrock07]

Decoration and frosting are my favorite parts of the baking! ^-^

[turpskadey]

my mixer is a different model kitechaid than his and it lacks the space between the whisp and the side of the bowl, that is REALLY important.

[obamamama0185]

I think I'd take any Kitchenaid with flames against a black background, no matter the actual mechanical usefulness.  :D

[ebwarg]

Is yours one of the "cranky" models (i.e. the "Professional" series where you use a crank to raise and lower the bowl)? I remember Alton saying that he prefers the models with the tilt-back head because they allow easier access to the bowl.

[lowdmouse2010]

Try a bigger work bowl

[tylergenis]

odd reaction at 3:22

[Mihuzaki]

i tried this recipe and loved it the first batch was runny but i figured out that you gotta put the BUTTER in SLOW as in a slab every 2 minutes or so seriously but it is SO GOOD!

[bluflames9484]

love the robert palmer reference.

[bluflames9484]

love the robert palmer reference.

[RNNDTFRK]

I love it when he has clones of himself

[rhondaruu]

ok... i found a GREAT RECIPE!!! i just got done making it , was easy and it taste yummy whatscookingamerica . net/PegW/ButtercreamIcing.htm

[BreBre2222]

i tryed to go there but it didnt work,,,what is the web site again

[rhondaruu]

when you copy and paste... you have to delete the space i put in there between the (.) and (net) they didn't like me to put a website adrs when i was filling out the comments.

[rhondaruu]

I tried this recipe tonight... same thing as kingoystar.... RUNNY!!! had to throw it out and look for another recipe. I like him, but this recipe didn't even come close to what he was showin.

[KingOystar]

I tried his buttercream recipe it didnt work for me at all. I just got a very watery buttery pool with glops of solidified sugar floating in it.

[MoleSnyper]

umm.. watch 8:15 to 8:47.. that'll probably solve ur problem.

[KingOystar]

I love red velvet cake.

[MahBoi3579]

lmao at 1:37.. I swear I thought I was about to do that myself after staring at a cake display case for a while. gotta love AB :)

[ukgirl1972]

The sad thing is that I've seen all of those episodes. D:

[LuminaryGames]

Yep me too...

[xeryph]

I eat buttercream for breakfast :D

[BigStupidFingers]

fish buttercream! yumm

[NY4Life]

Switzerland has it's opinion on Buttercream?! Who knew it had an opinion

[heathnugget]

where did he get that mixer? it is so cool. do you think its special made?

[ffuaxman]

Regular stand mixer + neat paint job = Fireball

[Malquey]

I thought Fireball was the name of his grill right?

[ffuaxman]

Yeah, I realized that after I posted the comment, but I was too lazy to do anything about it :P

[tonsoffunwwe]

I like buttercream and Ganache but i think less is more when it comes to icing, i never craved buckets of it.

[mrmorganmusic]

Is there an episode where Alton makes curd? He refers to it in this episode, but I don't think I've seen it.

[raven1234]

I think the curd is in one of those "egg files" episodes.

[DarkSoldier712]

It is. The original Egg Files, in fact. Episode 3.

[heyerstandards]

for the life of me, I can't get that buttercream recipe to work out

[amazingsteve101]

he uses one of the more difficult buttercream recipes out there, but one of the best tasting. look for an american butter cream. or if using this recipe, use room temp eggs and beat until they are like a cream color, off white with the slightest hint of yellow, and add the sugar VERY SLOW, this should help to prevent the curdling. also make sure you beat the mixture for a long time before adding butter, it should be like them temp of warm water, that should remedy the problem of it breaking.

[heyerstandards]

Thanks for the tips. I get it coming together, then poof: oily curds. "Not good eats." Sorry, had to say it.