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- So, New Year's, you know, you always expect some champagne
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or some kind of adult beverage to bring in the new year,
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but I also like to have other things out for people.
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He loves red velvet cake.
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this will help- - Somebody else loves it too.
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- Amelia loves red velvet.
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One of my granddaughters loves red velvet cake.
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If he sees, it might keep him away
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from the champagne a little bit longer.
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Y'all picking up what I'm putting down? (laughs)
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All right, so I have made this red velvet cake
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using a cake mix going right by the directions.
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So we're gonna crumble that up, but before I do that,
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I'm gonna beat four ounces of cream cheese
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and a fourth of a cup of softened butter.
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(tool whirring) (bowl rattling)
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And I'll tell y'all what we're making. (laughs)
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We're making red velvet cake balls.
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So this is gonna be a little different
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from having that red velvet, you know, cake or cupcakes.
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My cousin Johnnie makes the most incredible...
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Well now, why won't this...
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She makes the most incredible red, dad-gummed,
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it's just the stand's not working,
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the most incredible red velvet cupcakes.
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And I think her recipe is in my "Just Desserts" book.
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And if you're a red velvet fan, you will not be sorry
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that you spent your time making 'em
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'cause they're out of this world.
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But hopefully Mikey will like this.
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Ooh, I hope I got a big enough bowl.
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All right, I'm gonna start beating this in
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and see if I can fit more into this bowl.
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Into this bowl. (chuckles)
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Y'all, I had to break down
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and put this cake mix in a bigger bowl.
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I just couldn't fight that small bowl any longer,
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so I'm gonna start over again with my beating
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and see if this bowl works better.
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I've got this mixed up pretty good.
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And you may get the feeling
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that you'd like more cream cheese in it.
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You need to add some more cream cheese,
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but I think it's gonna work out perfect in the end.
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And I'm gonna slowly add my confectioner sugar
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and continue to beat.
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This is gonna give it that little sweeter than sweet
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wanted to encourage you not to add any more cream cheese
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because that powdered sugar
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makes it come together even more.
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Now I'm gonna beat in
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some nuts, pecans, walnuts, whatever your favorite nut is,
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This is totally optional.
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You know, you could do half a batch with chocolate
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and a half without, but I'm gonna go for it.
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All right, so I'm going to use a one inch,
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to me this is a butter scooper,
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and I'm gonna just roll these into balls.
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And see how nice that stayed together?
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You can make these any size you want.
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I like, like a two-bite.
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But if you are a one-biter, make yours a smaller ball.
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Now we're gonna put these in the freezer
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And then we're gonna take 'em out.
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And they'll store very nice
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up to three days in your refrigerator.
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All right, we got our balls out.
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And look, I had some melted white chocolate
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that I thought, "Well, you know, I need to use that."
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So, how pretty and festive is that?
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All right, come on, ball.
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These balls need a flat bottom.
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So, just makes 'em a little festive
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because it's New Year's and we're still in a festive mood.
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Just got to make sure I have a bottom
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Do we have some more kind of balls?
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These are the red and greens, and they're pretty.
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- [Speaker] I thought you wanted to do
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some confectioner sugar glaze.
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But I just didn't know if we had some other sprinkles.
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So you can have fun with these.
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Let me see what I got over here in my
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All right, let's do some green.
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Now, I could play all day in this stuff, y'all,
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'cause it doesn't require talent. (laughs)
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it doesn't require tedious talent.
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And I like that kind of stuff.
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So see how pretty they are?
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You can just make an arrangement.
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And now I'm going to just roll some in powdered sugar
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because I think those are awfully pretty.
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People are going to be confused.
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They're gonna think it's a wedding cookie,
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or as my grandma called them,
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her recipe called them sand tarts.
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So this is the fastest way to do it, y'all.
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But you can just have fun with it
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any way you wanna do it.
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Those are just a few ideas
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for you to have fun with.
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This is gonna be delicious with that drink that I made,
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that champagne drink, and red velvet cake balls.
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I'm gonna have some happy guests.
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(gasps) Look how pretty.
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Look how pretty the red is.
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Happy New Year. (chuckles)
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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