Lay It On Me Party

Hey, y'all

Tonight on Holla's Party, all my guests are going to lay it on me. Every recipe is layered

Soap star Cameron Matheson is going to be making us a cinnamon toast

Trifle. That's what I'm talking about. And Daisy Fuentes and her sister, Rosanna, are going to be sharing their family lasagna recipes

And later, the good times continue to roll with a chocolate layer cake

So y'all don't hold back. Just lay it on me and let's party

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the party, y'all. You know, today's party is lay it on me, baby

So I'm going to lay it on y'all. You know, I don't know what to say about this young man

He's gorgeous. He is all my children's hunky Ryan Lavery. Cameron Matheson

Come on out Wow Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello

That's a lot of pressure Uh oh I was looking around for a hunky guy backstage to come out here

I don't know what to tell you Well you had him with you honey Well that's very generous

Girls is he gorgeous or what Thank goodness to hair, makeup and lighting

is all I got to say. No, no, no. That's my best friends. No, no, no

I think it's, I think you're the real deal, baby. But we even match. Do you see that

I know. We do match. We weigh about the same. Stop it

Cameron. Miss, what do we got going on here? I'm going to make you, y'all, Cameron doesn't cook a lot

That's an understanding. In fact, he prepared his first meal two days ago

That's true. It was his wife's birthday. Uh-huh. and she said for her birthday

she just wanted him to cook her birthday meal. Imagine my surprise

Usually I get requests for jewelry or something fancy, and she said she just wanted me to cook her birthday dinner

Well, I'm going to teach you how to blow her away, say, like on a Sunday morning

All right. Hold on, let me go there. All right, girls. Look at this

She's a troublemaker right there, the one in black and white. Listen, I am one

I can spot them. I'm going to be showing you how to blow your wife away with a cinnamon toast trifle

She's going to be very suspicious if I show up with a cinnamon toast trifle after, like, you know what I mean

She's going to be like, where have you been, Cameron? And who's been cooking for you? Can I just tell her that, you know, because I was on your show

That's what I'll tell her. Well, listen, let me tell you why you're on my show. Because Susan Lucci was my guest

And she told me that you are her favorite hunk. Really? Yes, she did

So that's very generous of her to say that. All right. But first, I'm going to quickly tell you what we're doing

We've got a loaf of cinnamon bread that we sliced and we toasted it off

I can handle that. Now, we're just going to kind of do it like this, you know, just kind of layer it up there like that

All right. And then, after I get this stuff layered... Okay. So far, I'm doing great

You are doing perfect. Look at that. I'm going to kind of do that like that because it wouldn't fit

Nice. So it doesn't matter. It doesn't. All right. So come on over here now. And we're going to break five eggs

Got it. We've got a cup of milk. We've got a cup of whipping cream

We've got about a half a cup, three-quarters of a cup of brown sugar

And we've got vanilla. So just dump that all in the bowl. It's happening

And tell me all about your first scene with Susan Lucci, because Susan Lucci is like the queen of soap operas

Yeah, she is the queen of daytime. She's a very good friend. Her and her husband are both good friends of mine

But the very first time I worked with her, it was a little intimidating. I was new on the show

I was actually pretty much new to, you know, acting in general. Was that your first job

Well, I'd done a few other sort of smaller jobs, and then I kind of booked this, and here we go

Here, baby. Here. Anyway, the point is that I read the scene and I was really excited

Do you want me to... No, I just want you to tell me about the story. They had me do my first scene with Susan basically half naked

They had me like... You know, it's intimidating enough already working with a legend like Susan Lucci

but they had me like slowly unbuttoning my shirt as I was doing the scene

And I got to tell you, that's about as nervous as I can remember being on the show

What were you supposed to do after you got your shirt unbuttoned? I was supposed to seduce her

Oh, you were trying to seduce her. Did you do it? No, I was miserable, actually

Well. I was not very good. I got a lot of notes from the director

and it was like, I didn't know I needed that much help to seduce a woman, but I guess so

I know you were fabulous. Listen, to find out the rest of the story

y'all come right back, because I'm laying it on today, baby, with all my guests

Let this soak for one hour. Let it bake at $3.50 for one hour

Put that in the oven, honey. I'm on a minute. We'll be right back

Next, my cutie Cameron lays it on thick with a cinnamon toast

trifle. 3, 2, 1, action. And later, Daisy Fuentes brings her sister to the party

for a fabulous lasagna with just a little bit of a Spanish twist

Welcome back, everybody. I'm standing here with Cameron. He plays that hunk, Ryan Lavery. Lavery

Lavery? Yes, that's... On All My Children. He's just like the hunk of hunks

And I'm in here teaching him how to cook because he's got a beautiful wife and two children

That's right. And I want to help him out at home because I know he needs the help. I do need the help

Absolutely true. Without a doubt. So... Okay, where are we now? We have baked our French toast

Yes, we have. For one hour. Uh-huh. And we have a swap right here

Now, we've got to make a custard because this is going to be a trifle. We've got a trifle bowl, and we're going to layer it up

Yes. I've got some rum here, and I'm just going to pour this over our raisins, Cameron

I'm liking this dish more already. Yep. Mm-hmm. Great. Yeah, we're going to plump them up. Good

Plump those raisins. All right. We've got pudding. Okay. Now, you can use the refrigerator kind

Already done. You can make your own pudding or you can buy like the powder, you know, where you add the milk

All right. So we've got our pudding. We've got our whipped cream

Yes, we do. And we have got a sugar cinnamon mixture So we just going to dump all that together Okay I think that my job right I mean I can do this just throw it in there like that all of it like that Yes and fold it in Stir it up fold it in All right so tell me give me some gossip

You won't believe this, Cameron. Tell me. When Susan was on, she had a surprise for me

They have invited me on All My Children. Come on! Yes, to do it

Yes, to do it! I didn't know that. Seriously, they didn't even like telling me that backstage

Listen, I just about wet my britches Because I said this is going to be wonderful, wonderful fun

Now, can you make sure that I'm in the scene? Oh, God Can you go in there and you say, I'll only do it if I work with Ryan Lavery

I will not do it if I can't be in a love scene

That's what I'm telling you Fantastic concept Can we practice? Yes, of course

All right, show me Let me tell you what a real love scene is about Okay, teach me Everybody sees, you know, daytime soap operas

There's so much about the love scenes and the passion and the relationships and things like that. What people don't realize, and one of the reasons that my wife doesn't, like, freak out every time she sees me in a love scene

is that they're a little bit mechanical. And what happens, a little bit, because we shoot this stuff so quickly

What happens is, it's sort of similar to this. You've got multi-cameras, and you're talking, the director comes in, and he says

All right, you know, you say your first line here, camera two's on you, camera one's on you. You come in close, you put your hand behind her head, and you slide your hand down back in

and then you say the lines, and just before you kiss, you switch back, and then camera three's on you. You wrap your leg around the waist like that

And just before you kiss, you finish here and make sure the light's on three. In three, two, one, action

You're like, what? Slide, boom, slide, down, and scene. So, can I ask you, like, a personal question

I think this would be an appropriate moment for that. Yeah, go ahead. Do you ever get, like, overly excited when you're doing these things

there's a lot of concentration that goes on, sports scores and things like that

A root c. A root c is very effective. You know, let's get back to the clunking

What am I doing now? All right, I want you to take this big old spoon

and I want you to take like half of this and put it in the bottom of that bowl

I can handle that. And let me tell you something, Cameron, and you did a fine job of folding this in

Well, I don't like to brag, but, you know, very talented in the kitchen. Not so much

So is that good? And then we do a Larry, the whole thing. I want like half in there

All right. That's what you said. You know what? If I was making this at home, you know

and say you were coming over for a romantic dinner for two

I would make a lot more. You would? Yes, because I'd want it to make a huge, huge statement

Really? Even though it was just the two of us? Even though it was the two of us

Just alone on a Sunday morning after the Sunday evening. So put like half of that and spread it over

Okay. Here we go. Here we go. Laughing and a-scratching, as we say in the South

But, you know, since it is late in the evening, I can get away with telling you some kind of crazy storylines on all my children

You know, talking about, you know, some of the silliness that goes on. I want the details, honey

The craziest storyline on All My Children that I was a part of was essentially my character came from sort of a troubled childhood

and didn't want to become a father, but early in his years had donated sperm to a donation clinic

I know I can say that word. I'm awfully, like, tender, but, you know, I did it. Oh, it's all right

But my character was in love with himself, and he thought that all women should have a little piece of him. But later in life..

Large piece of him. Later in life... A very large piece. You know, he didn't want to become a father

And my wife at the time, my character's wife at the time, was really upset about that

Broke into the sperm clinic, stole some of Ryan's sperm, impregnated herself, came back, presented this information to Ryan

Ryan freaked out so much, got on his motorcycle, drove off a cliff into the ocean, faked his own death to prevent being a father

Uh-uh. So. And now he's got two kids and he's a happy father

It's just the circle of life. I sprinkled half the raisins on top of your custard

So you put the rest of the custard on. Do you realize that I did that even without you telling me

I know that. That's my instinct that I'm gathering here. You're good, honey

All right, and then we're going to sprinkle. A little bit more raisins. What about this? A little bit more raisins

This is important. If this is going to be just you and me on a romantic evening, it looks like whipped cream to me

It is whipped cream. That's what I'm talking about. But you know what? Let's dip us up some, Cameron

Yes, okay. Onto our plate, and then we'll top it with that. Is that a good idea

Oh, I see what you're saying. Okay, good. You know what? We don't need two plates, do we

No, we should share. I want to share. Okay, I'll let you serve

That looks really good. Dan, look at that. That looks tasty. Yes, that looks so tasty

I'm glad I went to the gym this morning. You went to the gym? I did. I did. I thought maybe, you know, I wanted to make sure I had the pump on before I came on to your show

The pump on. What does that mean? I don't really know. All right, look at you

That looks fantastic. Listen, you're going to blow the missus away, honey

I know. You know what? She's going to be very suspicious of how talented I am in the kitchen

Here we go. Okay. One, two, three. You serve me and I'll serve you. Okay

Oh, I love it. Ready? To Cameron. To Carmen. And all my cheerings

Give me a kiss. Y'all don't go anywhere here at Paula's party

We're laying it on, baby. And you'll want to be here for the rest of the party

Thanks, guys. All right. Thank you. Next, layers of Spanish lasagna with the gorgeous Guentez sisters

and later over-the-top chocolate layer kegs. Welcome back, everybody

Today's party theme is laying it on, y'all. Everything that we're preparing today is done in layers

And our next guest tonight, y'all, is so beautiful. She's a model

She's a TV host. And she even designs her own line of clothing, jewelry

What can I say? Daisy Fuentes. Come on out, buddy. Hello, gorgeous

Show everybody. Show everybody. You have gorgeous. How gorgeous is this woman

You are beautiful. You are just so beautiful. I love you. I love that

I love your shoes. I love all your Oh, look, we match. I love your..

Yes, we do, almost. We are the fashionistas. We're the fashionistas who cook

Yes, yes, yes. It's great to have you back. Daisy has been to one of my parties before, and we had such a good time

Loved it Then I said Daisy please come back because this girl is not only beautiful and talented she cooks guys She really cooks That true

And I understand that cooking runs in the family. That's right. You brought your sister

I brought my sister. And let me tell you something. My sister, every show, and I've gone on a lot of really cool shows, done a lot of cool things

She's never been interested in anything. When I told her I came on the Paula Deen show, she was, oh, my gosh, I've got to go

So I brought her. So thank you for inviting her. Please. Come on out, Rosanna. Rosanna

Hello. Hello. My goodness. I love you back. Isn't she cute

I'm telling you, beauty runs in this family. Well, you are absolutely gorgeous

Well, honey, thank you. Mine's makeup. Oh. If you could see me first thing in the morning, you'd say, oh

Poor thing. Stop it. Well, we made up a special recipe for you today

I know. We heard about the layered thing. We got in the kitchen. It's all about layers, y'all. Yes. Every dish we're preparing today has been layered

So you girls lay it on me, okay? We made up a good one. I'm going to stand back and let y'all have it

All right. Well, we have made a version. Well, we're calling it what? The Fuentes Family Lasagna

I don't know. We're still working on the title. But it is darn good. I was going to say I bet we could call it good stuff

It's good stuff. Yeah, it's really good stuff. Well, I'm going to stand back and y'all go to it. Okay

All right. Well, we're going to start with some bread that we've kind of crumbled up in here

and we're going to put some milk into it and just really let it soak up. Soak it up

Soak it up. Blomp it up. Just let that soak for a while. Okay. Who's the better cook of the two of you

I'd have to say maybe I am. Oh, she's so, so not

Oh, I love it already. A cat fight. So not. Wait, wait

See, she doesn't even know what she's doing. No, we put this in there. No, no, you do not

Yes, we do. You have to. I love it. You see? You have to squeeze the milk

Oh, oh, you're right. You're right. You're right. She is right. I told you

I was going to do that. But meantime, we're going to mix within the meat patty here

What kind of meat, Rosanna? This is ground, just ground beef. It looks like an extra lean

Yeah, it's extra lean. And we're going to mix it with chorizo to make it not lean. Mix it with what

Chorizo. Chorizo is a Spanish sausage. Chorizo. Chorizo. Y'all say it with an accent

Chorizo. Chorizo. All right. Now, I understand y'all actually go on vacation together

We do. We make it a point to get either a house or an apartment with a big kitchen because that's where we practice all this stuff

Okay, it's ready, right? Listen, that's right. Did you squeeze all the milk out real good? Yeah, I squeezed it

Okay, so we're going to go ahead and put that in here. Okay. What

Okay, so we have mixed. Pull her hair. Wouldn't be the first time, Paula

Definitely not. So who's the oldest? She is. Oh, my God. Do you need to ask that question

You're just being nice to her, aren't you? She's just a little bit younger than me

Okay, so we are mixing the ground beef with chorizo with the breadcrumbs

Parmesan cheese. That's the breadcrumbs. That's the parm. This is the parm

Should I start? Yeah, you can start mushing. Parsley. Marjorie. The young sister, Boston

And garlic. The big sister. That's nothing new, Paula. Did y'all get along as children

Oh. Tell me. Well, there was... Give me the dirt. There were two different eras there

Before she moved out of the house, she was downright evil. Evil

And then once she moved out, we got along great. We became great friends after that

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, doesn't it? I guess so. Oh, she was a little pain in the you-know-what

She was just... Who was the sweetest? She was pretty sweet, but only because she was a master manipulator

so she would be sweet to get what she wants. I'll give you an example. My parents thought she was an angel, but one night in the middle of the night

she had a friend sleeping over. Yeah, uh-huh. My friend's here, by the way

Oh, the accomplice is here. Right there. Oh, my goodness. I already spotted the troublemakers earlier

So, wait. So, they snuck out the window, got into my car. They were only like 14 and went for a joyride

And they ripped my mirror, my side mirror off. The drama. I mean, who doesn't do that

Oh, nobody does that. Everybody takes a car for a joyride every now and then

Anyway, I only found out a couple of years ago. But that's just an example of her little sneakiness

Y'all don't go anywhere because I want to find out where Rosanna went when she stole her sister's car

Good question. And once they did, don't go anywhere because we're laying it on face tonight

with the Fuentes sisters. Next, finishing up the Fuentes family lasagna. And later, it's a chocolate layer cake

with a cheesecake center. Welcome back, y'all

I'm up here with two hottie sisters. they're kind of cat fighting

Nothing new. But they're making us their family lasagna. We're taking the little meat patties and putting them into the marinara sauce

And that'll be your meat sauce layer. So the two sisters, y'all, Daisy and Rosanna, they love to cook together

What is y'all's nationality? I was born in Cuba and my sister was born in Spain

Oh, my goodness. And so y'all are just like different heritages. We're the United Nations

But you know, both of those heritages really like to cook. Yeah, we love it

Food is important to y'all, isn't it? Okay, so now I've taken the eggplants out of the oven

Adore eggplant. It's been salted. A little salt and pepper on each side

A little drizzle of olive oil. And we're going to use this instead of the lasagna noodles

Oh, my goodness. We're going to use this as the layering. So this makes it, like, less fattening

Yeah. Oh, yeah. It's healthy. We got rid of the pasta, but replaced it with the chorizo

With chorizo. You know what? That's a protein, and I bet it has no carbs

So it is a carb-free, you know. Sounds great. Can I clean up anything for you girls

You don't clean up. Paula, don't you have people for that? Oh, no, I'll clean up. I'll get things out of y'all's way

I'm just here to make you girls happy. I think we're ready to begin the layering

Should we do layering over here? Yeah, let's bring everything over. Yeah, because it looks like, what is this

Those are pine nuts. And that's going to be going right in between the layers just to give it a little bit of texture

Ooh, I love crunching. And this is just a classic bechamel sauce

And you start with a stick of butter, some flour, and three cups of milk

And just stir it around until it gets nice and thick. Looks delicious

Yeah, huh? We can put a little bit more just to coat the whole bottom there

Keep her straight, Rosanna. She doesn't know what she's doing. said her sister

She's been on TV for five minutes. I'm doing pretty good, though

Yeah, you are. So when is the next family vacation? Hopefully soon

We're thinking for your birthday. Are your children good when y go on vacation They are great They love it They love it They are little world travelers Because of her she has completely spoiled them Completely spoiled them

I like to spoil them. So now I'm layering the eggplant. We're going to start with this, right

Yep. Just layer that on there. Daisy, your jewelry's just beautiful. Thank you

I know you're a jewelry girl. I like it. And Paula, if you want to help us, the next layer is going to be just to put some of the

meat patties right over the eggplant. Okay. Just with a little bit of sauce

I can do this. Oh my goodness. Looks delicious. And then we're going to

add right over this. That is very, very good. Sprinkle some pine nuts. Toasted pine nuts

Toasted pine nuts. Yes. I wish I had a spoon instead of a ladle

I think I'll just swap, girls. Y'all hold on. Is your sister a good auntie

Is Daisy good? Oh, she is great. She's a fabulous, fabulous aunt. So does she spoil them like they're unbearable when you do that? Yes

You know, everything I try to teach them throughout every day of their lives

within five minutes she will come and un-teach them. You know, that's the grand part, though, Rosanna, about being an auntie

Yeah, it is. Or a grandmother. We need it for another layer. Yeah, that's true

Oh, I'm sorry. I should stop. I'll take some back. Yeah. Good idea

That's good. Why didn't y'all tell me y'all were stingy with them? That's good

That's good. We're good. That's good. We can just spread this one out here. This is delicious

Isn't that nice? Good, huh? Did y'all make this sauce? You can either get store-bought or make it yourself

Or make it. Because it is quite, there's a lot to do in this recipe. This is delicious. It's so good

Isn't that good? I mean, it's really, really good. We've added, that's right. We've added the chorizo to the meat. If I could store-buy that, I would buy it

No, the chorizo really gives it that really rich flavor. That's what it is. It simmers in the sauce and all the flavor

Okay, so what's the next layer on this? Okay, so the next layer, we added the pine nuts

We can add some manchego. Actually, that's for the top. Some who? Manchego. Manchego cheese

Spanish cheese. Manchego. We replaced the mozzarella with manchego to make it a little bit more Spanish

It's delicious. Have you tasted that? Ooh. It's so good. Smells like my husband's dirty sauce. Oh

So we've added the pine nuts, added the manchego cheese, and now we are ready to add another layer of the eggplant

So you're going to make like three layers, girls? Well, yeah, I don't think we have enough

Or two and a half? Maybe this might be the top layer. This is just going to be delicious

Oh, yeah, you're going to make it? It's kind of like a lasagna. Do we put more bechamel

Not yet. That's how we're going to layer everything. So I want to find out, how many friends did you have with you

It was just my one friend, Maria, who, from my childhood friend since we were nine years old

All right. And she's one of those. She's the one in the middle there, yes

So where'd you go? And we just did an innocent little joyride around town

I hear you. It was completely innocent. But what happened was, there were two cars double parked

And I couldn't really gauge, you know, I'm not having my license and all

I couldn't really gauge the distance between the cars yet. And the side mirror got a little side swept and kind of fell off

Knocked off completely. Well, did you fess up? Well, no. A couple of years ago, I did. Yeah

Oh, my goodness. So all these years, she thinks just somebody walked by and hit the mirror

Well, it was a big mystery because the way she had her car, I had to park the car exactly the way she had it

That's right. Except the mirror was on the inside. Right. The mirror that got knocked off happened to be on the sidewalk side

So it was a mystery for years. Like, how did that happen overnight? Somebody just came by and knocked the mirror off

You know, somebody walking down the street just being mean. Exactly, exactly

So now we would put the whole top layer. All right, how about this? That goes on the very top. That goes way on the top

I keep trying to interfere with Del's recipe. But this is going to be delicious because you've got, like, the richness of the meat patties

You've got the vegetables. And then you've got that crunchy from the pine nuts that really gives it that little bite when you're going in

Yeah. So now we're just going to pour this right over the top. Daisy, how's your show

How's your show, Ultimate Style? Ultimate Style, it's going great. We're having a great time with it

Wonderful. Well, listen, Rosanna, now we've got to get Rosanna, Rosanna Dana

We've got to top it off with us. Look how much you were leaving in the pot, girlfriend

That is good stuff. You can't leave that in the pot. No. Just pour that on

That's like gold. This is like gold. I mean, I love this. Yeah

So then we put more of the Montego cheese. And now we can add the chorizo on top

Okay, here we go. Because you know what? Because less is just less

That is great. Because less is just less. You know what? I like them pine nuts

Yes, the pine nuts are great times. Yes. Don't let anything go to waste

All right, listen, y'all got me nervous. I skimped on the bowl, so I'm throwing the rest of those in

Can't waste those either. No, can't waste. Wait a minute, Paula. You sure you don't want to save those and fry them up or something

All right, so girls, how long? Put it in the oven. For about 20, 25 minutes

You put it on the broiler. Because everything's already, everything's, yeah, you just basically refit it. Basically on the broiler we put it

We put it in the broiler, yes. Low broiler. You put it under the broiler. Yeah, on the medium, not too high, not too high up

So you'd probably want to put it down kind of low. Yeah. Because that broiler, that's serious business

Yeah, but you don't need to rebake it because it's already cooked. All right, so you want me to get that for you

We have one ready. Yes, my angel. It's a bit heavy. You're probably in better shape than me

Look at this. It looks nice. Does that look wonderful or what

I know. Oh, let's dip some up. There's our plates over there, girls

Oh, okay. Put it to the taste test. I wish y'all would invite me on vacation

We will. Look at this. You got it there. Oh, this looks fabulous

Doesn't it? Is y'all's mother a good cook? She does like to cook

She used to like to cook a lot more. My dad has kind of taken over the cooking. Oh, he has. He kind of switched roles

How about, did y'all have a grandmother that was just awesome in the kitchen

We've got the Spanish grandmother who does a lot of Spanish dishes

and then we've got the Cuban grandmother who does the Cuban dishes. So we learn a little bit from both

My husband loves Cuban cooking. Oh, thank you. Give that a taste

To the sisters, y'all, to the sisters. Hope you like it. Is it just, like, delicious

You guys, this is so good. It's rich and creamy. Oh. Right

Yes. Fabulous. It's yummy, huh? It's fabulous. Y'all don't go anywhere because we're laying it on, baby

So come back. I've got another great guest for y'all. Next, an over-the-top chocolate layer cake

with a cheesecake inside, y'all. Welcome back, y'all

Is everybody having fun at the party? Oh! I'm so glad, I'm so glad that y'all could come, and I'm so glad that y'all could tune in out there in TV land

You know, tonight's show is all about laying it on. And my girlfriend that's fixing to come out, I just had to have her for this show

because she is going to lay it on, y'all. She is one of my seven sisters

She was a finalist on The View's Funniest Housewives a year or so ago

She is my girlfriend, Leanne Morgan. Come on out, Leanne. Leanne Morgan, everybody

Thank you. Thank you for having me. Oh, honey, listen to this girl

I don't have an accent compared to her. Oh, gosh. Oh, gosh

Pasha. Pasha. Look, they're looking like, what in the world? We need an interpreter

Between the two of us, say May. May, May. You know what I'm going to fix for you

I'm going to fix for you a chocolate layer cake. And then the center layer is going to be a cheesecake

All right. Now, I'm going to give you the job, Leanne, of just beating, because I want you to talk to all of our friends

This girl is a comedian, y'all. And she, like me, we have a lot in common

You started later. You had already had your children. Yes. I was not a size 2

We've talked about that. We were neither size 2s. I want to say I hope that Daisy was not too intimidated

to come out here before me and my figure. But she's back in the back, back there doing Pilates right now

No, I started late. I was out. Start beating, baby. Beating with this thing

Uh-huh. Beat with that thing. All righty. All right. All right. Now, we've got two eight-ounce packages of cream cheese that we've already beat y'all until it was creamy

Okay. I'm going to add a half a cup of sugar. Okay. and I'm going to add three eggs, one at a time

All right, now tell everybody, this story is so interesting, y'all, because Leanne was married with three children

And my husband had his own business and we needed money. And I had had my first baby and I wanted to stay home with him

because I'm in love with him. And to this day, he's 14 and I want to live with he and his wife

and their little children. and I wanted to be home with him and so I started selling

jewelry in people houses You know like women get out and schlep Those jewelry parties Tupperware and things like that I was getting out and selling jewelry and I was supposed to be talking about jewelry and putting an earring on a pump and changing the look of your shoe

but instead I was talking about breastfeeding and hemorrhoids and how I could kill my husband

because he wouldn't wake up with the baby in the night. And people thought it was funny

These women thought it was so funny, and they started asking me to speak at their national things

and people would say to me, you need to be a stand-up comedian. And so I got started in comedy that way

And I toured all over the United States. Isn't that wild? It's wild

It's on The View? Yes, on The View. And Nick and I's funniest mom

I know. It's been a blessing and a wonderful ride. I'm telling you

All right. Now, how is your husband taking all this, Leanne? If I make money at it, he doesn't care

And do you cook for him like this at home? I do

I do. I was raised in the South and Middle Tennessee, and I've cooked almost every night

What am I adding? What is that? That's not vanilla. It's almond liqueur

That's for Hoopty-Doo people. That's Hoopty-Doo people. Hoopty-Doo people. It's going to give it an incredible flavor

Oh, good. All right, so what are you doing now? I mean, what's going on with you

It's been a couple of months since I've seen you. I know. Well, you know, we are..

That looks delicious. Um, working on a sitcom. I wanted to ask you about that, but I didn't know

Well, it's a family sitcom, which is what we need on television

Don't y'all think we need it? You know, you are so right

You know, am I the only one, am I the only human in America that's tired of reality shows

But this show, you know, where they eat lizards and roaches. And this is going to be so much better than a lizard, y'all

this recipe is to die for. So we're going to put this in the oven, y'all

Like I said, we greased our tinfoil so this will come out easily. And Leanne, we're going to bake this at 300 degrees for about 45 minutes

and then we're going to cut off the oven and let it continue to bake for one hour

So don't go anywhere. I'm here with Leanne Morgan, and she is laying it on thick, honey

See you back in a minute. Next, we're finishing up our chocolate layer cake

Y'all, tonight's party is Lay It On Me. It's all about layered recipes

And I'm here with my friend Leanne Morgan, this brilliant, funny southern woman

And I want to finish making this cake for you. Okay. We going to make now Leanne our chocolate layers And we just using a box cake mix which makes everything so easy We going to add water We going to add some oil

Okay. And we're going to add some more of that wonderful almond liqueur

Mmm. And it's just going to give this cake a wonderful flavor

It's amazing what you can do with a box mix, you know, if you, like, really give it some punch

and we've got just three eggs that we've slightly beaten up. All right, so I'm going to beat these, and I want you to talk to me now

You've got three children. You've got a husband. Do you cook for your husband like this

Yeah, I do, and I try to use butter and eggs and lard

because he's got really good life insurance. So if anything happens, you're all sick

I'm all right. I'm going to be all right. And he's a happy man. He is

All right. Now, we're going to put this into two layers. But the thing is about Leanne is she is good, clean, funny

Thank you. She's good, clean, funny. Well, because I don't want my children to hear something that I wouldn't want them to hear

And so, because I've got very clean little children. I shelter my little children

My son is a banjo player, banjo and mandolin player, and listens to gospel bluegrass

14 years old. Isn't that amazing? He's like an old man in a little boy's body

I know. And people think that's so funny, and I do too

because I think, what are 14-year-olds listening to? They're rapping and all that, and I think

wouldn't it be funny if I had to yell at my boy, turn that gospel bluegrass down

You're out of control. If I hear I saw the light one more time

That's how unique it is. That's good problems to have. I know, I know

All right, now, Leanne, on the chocolate layers, we're going to bake that for 20 minutes in a 350-degree oven

We're going to take them out and let them cool. My cheesecake, I have pulled out, and we have let that cool

Now it's time to assemble this wonderful, delicious dessert. All right, now I've got over here my cream, chocolate cream cheese icing

Y'all, it's so easy to make. It's just like confectionate sugar, like six cups

And butter. You are like a hypnotist. I'm just sitting glued to you

You're talking about butter and cream cheese, and I am just mesmerized

Well, I tell you what, it's just all those ingredients that I love. So we have put our first chocolate layer down, and we put a layer of icing in it

And then we got our cream cheese So now it time to ice the next layer So are you on the road Leanne

A little bit. A little bit. I toured for a long time. Where can we find you

You can go to leannmorgan.com, and I have shows all over the United States

When kids don't have a book report due, it's when I can do a show. But it works out good

My husband takes care of them or my mom and daddy or his mom and daddy. Oh, that's great

I always have help. I live in the same town. Well, close, close by

Oh, that's great. Leanne, they just told me, honey, that we got 30 seconds to ice this cake in

Oh, shoot. Yeah. You know, I'm fast, but I don't think I'm this fast

So you know what? I'm going to just move that right over yonder. and

in Paula world we always have back up. So look at that

Oh, I could eat that whole thing. Is it not beautiful? I could too. Alright, so we've got some

slivered almonds and what we're gonna do is just no we're not because

that was a bad idea. Because this swap out was iced. quite a little while ago

So I don't think... I don't think I'm going to be able to get them to stick

So I don't think we're going to have any luck. But you know what? It's going to be just fine

Let's cut us a piece. Let's dig in, sister. Okay. It doesn't bother me any

Here we go, Dan. We got some stripper music or something. Yeah

All right, since them nuts didn't stick. Okay. On the sides, we'll do it that way

Okay. to Leanne Morgan and her fabulous career. Thank you, Angel

I love you, baby girl. Y'all join us next week for the party

because we always have a great time and we always send you loving best dishes out there

See you at the next party, y'all. Thank you for coming. Thank you

Thank you, Daisy. Thank you, Rosanna. Thank you, Cameron. And most of all, thank y'all

So good. That is good. You would think of me hard as well