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Jan 20, 2026
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0:00
- We have been looking at a recipe
0:02
that Andrae makes for in the bakery line.
0:08
And we said no, we were gonna wait
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until Andrae could come back and make it yourself.
0:13
- Yes.
0:14
- Here in the kitchen.
0:15
And, y'all, it's hot cocoa cupcakes.
0:19
- Oh yeah.
0:20
- Andrae, welcome back, baby.
0:21
- Thank you, I'm so excited to be here.
0:23
We're gonna have some fun. - Yes.
0:24
And listen, he even brought his family with him.
0:27
He brought his mother,
0:29
he brought his grandmother and his granddaddy.
0:32
Y'all tell everybody, hey.
0:34
- Hey.
0:35
- Hello. (both laughing)
0:37
- That camera, it won't bite you, I promise.
0:41
- But, yeah, I'm just so excited to be back.
0:42
And we've been making the holidays a little sweeter,
0:45
so now it's time to do some hot cocoa cupcakes.
0:47
- Yes, yes, yes.
0:49
It's time for the new year
0:51
and new recipes coming in my kitchen.
0:53
- Oh yeah, yes.
0:54
- So I'm happy about that.
0:56
Look, this was Andrae and me the last time he was here.
1:00
What was it here?
1:01
- Yeah.
1:02
- Yeah, yeah, it was here.
1:04
- That's when we made the coffee cake.
1:05
- Uh-huh. - Ooh.
1:06
- Look at that,
1:07
that cake was so wonderful, y'all.
1:11
And what was the name of it?
1:11
- It was a coffee cake with coffee buttercream.
1:14
- Yes.
1:15
So if you wanna find that recipe,
1:18
go back 'cause when did this air, do you think?
1:22
- September. - Over the summer.
1:24
- Over the summer.
1:25
- [Eddie] Before we filmed over the summer.
1:26
- Yeah. - Okay, okay.
1:27
So y'all find that recipe 'cause it's fabulous.
1:29
Okay, Andrae, I am here to support you.
1:34
- Well, good, so we're gonna start out this recipe.
1:36
We've got-
1:37
- Now, don't talk so fast
1:38
that they can't catch you. (laughs)
1:39
- We gonna slow down today.
1:41
I have lots of energy and it's kind of hard.
1:44
- I know it and
1:45
I want some of that energy. - Oh yeah, we gonna give it,
1:46
we're gonna share it.
1:47
(both laughing)
1:48
- I want some.
1:49
- So what we're gonna start out with,
1:50
we've got some chocolate chips
1:51
and we also got some cocoa powder.
1:53
We've got some hot, hot water, enough to melt it.
1:56
So what we're gonna do,
1:57
if you wanna go ahead and do that for me.
1:58
- [Paula] Oh, we're gonna put it in bowl?
1:59
- Yep. - Okay.
2:00
- [Andrae] Along with the chocolate chips.
2:02
- [Paula] Okay, and just then the hot water.
2:05
- [Andrae] Hot water, that's a third of a cup.
2:07
- [Paula] Okay, a third of a cup?
2:08
- [Andrae] Yep, so a third of a cup.
2:09
- Well it says 3/4,
2:11
she's measured out 3/4 of a cup.
2:15
- It is 3/4 of a cup,
2:16
I'm just messing up. - Okay (laughs)
2:19
Well, it's all right, I do that all the time.
2:21
- I'm all shook up like Elvis today, uh-huh.
2:24
- Uh-huh.
2:24
- All right. - -Uh-huh.
2:25
- We're just gonna stir that until that melts.
2:28
- Okay.
2:29
- So if you wanna stir that.
2:30
- Okay, I'll stir that. - I'm gonna go ahead
2:30
and start working on the dry ingredients.
2:32
We're gonna add 3/4 a cup of all purpose flour
2:35
along with the sugar,
2:36
we're gotta add that. - The sugar.
2:37
- That's the best.
2:38
And then, some salt and baking powder,
2:41
add that in to there, and I'm gonna-
2:43
- That didn't come out, baby.
2:44
- Oh, thank you, thank you.
2:45
Hopefully, we don't drop it in the KitchenAid. (laughs)
2:49
- I know.
2:50
- And I'm gonna steal that whisk from you
2:52
and we are gonna whisk these dry ingredients together.
2:55
- Okay, well, let me see.
2:58
I didn't do much whisking, I was watching you.
3:01
- It looks good.
3:01
- I was keeping my one good eye on you.
3:03
- Is there another whisk?
3:04
Well, good, yeah, we're just gonna have to
3:06
steal one of these.
3:07
- There you go.
3:08
- We're gonna whisk it all together.
3:10
- I think this is melted, Andrae.
3:12
- Yes, good enough. Now we got our dry ingredients.
3:14
- Uh-huh.
3:16
- Okay.
3:17
- Do you need a mixer with this or-
3:19
- You can do it by hand. - Okay.
3:20
- It should be good enough.
3:21
All right, what we're gonna do is we're gonna add
3:23
the melted mixture. - Chocolates.
3:26
- Into this dry ingredients,
3:27
so if you wanna pour that into here while I start mixing.
3:29
- Okay, that's great.
3:30
- We'll do that.
3:32
And it smells like chocolate heaven.
3:35
- [Paula] Mm-hm.
3:36
- [Andrae] And this is just one of the most moist cupcakes
3:39
that you're gonna get.
3:39
- [Paula] The weather is, you know,
3:41
getting colder and colder.
3:44
- [Andrae] And you just wanna have that hot-
3:45
- Uh-huh, yes. - Cupcakes,
3:47
just comfort food is what it is.
3:48
- Yes, yes, yes, yes.
3:51
We all need some comfort
3:53
because those Christmas bills are coming in.
3:55
- Oh Lord.
3:56
Lord, help me.
3:58
The new year bills and them taxes too.
3:59
- Uh-huh, yeah, my birthday is in January.
4:04
- January 19th.
4:05
- Yeah, January 19th.
4:09
And, you know, I don't ever remember having a birthday party
4:12
or a fuss being made about my birthday
4:15
'cause I said, looking back,
4:17
Mom and Daddy were paying December's bills.
4:19
- Yeah, yeah, it's true.
4:20
That's just how it goes.
4:22
It's just another year that
4:23
you're blessed to be alive. - Do you want your vanilla?
4:24
- Well, what we're gonna do
4:25
is we're gonna add the eggs one at a time,
4:27
if you wanna do that. - Okay.
4:28
- I will do that.
4:28
- We will do that.
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- And I'll try not to drop the egg shell in there.
4:33
- It'll be all right.
4:35
We can handle.
4:39
You can go and add that next one.
4:40
- Okay, oops.
4:42
- It's all right.
4:43
Then we're gonna add our vegetable oil.
4:45
- Okay.
4:46
- You wanna slowly pour that in while I'm whisking.
4:48
- Okay.
4:52
- Thank you.
4:53
- And y'all can get the amounts, you know,
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at the end of the video.
5:00
- Mm-hm, we'll have it all posted on there.
5:02
- Uh-huh, have it all posted.
5:05
- Perfect.
5:06
And now, the best vanilla ever.
5:08
I get so excited when I get to come to your house,
5:10
'cause I know I'm getting this homemade vanilla.
5:11
- Oh listen, look over there at our pantry
5:15
at all that vanilla, show 'em, Eddie.
5:17
- It's looking nice.
5:18
- Show 'em over there where all our,
5:21
all our vanilla we've been making.
5:23
- [Andrae] While he's showing that,
5:24
we're gonna add a teaspoon of vanilla into here.
5:26
- [Paula] Okay.
5:29
- Mm, and then. - Yeah, I don't like.
5:31
- We like a little extra.
5:32
- Yeah, I let it run over a little bit,
5:34
I don't know if you noticed that.
5:35
- Our cup runneth over with vanilla extract.
5:38
All right, mm.
5:39
- And all I wanna use is our homemade.
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- Amen to that.
5:43
- I think it's just so much better.
5:45
- All right, then you're gonna get your
5:46
Paula Deen spatula.
5:48
- Yeah. - Scrape on down the bowl.
5:50
- (laughs) There you go.
5:51
It's a thin batter, isn't it, Andrae?
5:53
- It is very thin and that's what makes it so moist.
5:55
It's just all the chemicals in together,
5:58
ooh, makes a chemical reaction,
6:00
it makes it so good, I don't know what it does,
6:01
but, hey, who cares?
6:03
(both laughing)
6:04
Then, what we're gonna do,
6:05
we already prepped our 12 cupcake liners.
6:08
- Yep.
6:08
- And put it in there,
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and we have got a two ounce scoop,
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which is perfect for cupcakes that's
6:13
what you always gonna do. - I think so too.
6:15
I'm gonna, okay, you can come right there, can't ya?
6:17
- And what we're gonna do,
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just get your scoop, get your batter in there.
6:20
It's really thin, come over there.
6:23
Scoop it in there.
6:24
- [Paula] How much do you like to put in your...
6:28
- [Andrae] I always do two ounce, a two ounce scoop
6:29
is exactly what I do. - Two ounce no matter.
6:32
- [Andrae] Yep, because it always usually fills
6:34
about 2/3 or half of a way of a cupcake.
6:37
And depending on the batter,
6:38
some of them bake up higher, some of them bake up lower.
6:40
It just depends on which batter you're gonna use.
6:44
- Well, to me, cupcakes are like cookies,
6:46
you know, you really do want 'em all the same size.
6:49
- Yes, and once you use this,
6:50
you're gonna get 'em all the same.
6:51
And if you just eyeball it,
6:53
you don't even know
6:54
if you're gonna make it to the end with that.
6:58
Mm-mm.
6:59
- I can't wait.
7:01
The icing is gonna do the trick, y'all.
7:02
- Oh yes, it is a hot cocoa buttercream.
7:04
It's actually got hot cocoa mix in it.
7:06
- [Paula] Ah.
7:07
- And it doesn't give you that grittiness
7:08
because we beat it with the buttercream in it for a while
7:10
and it just, oh, it just gives you that
7:13
delicious hint of the hot cocoa.
7:15
- If y'all remember,
7:17
Andrae is a firm believer in beating his buttercream.
7:20
- Amen to that.
7:22
You have to have it light and fluffy
7:23
because it makes it so much different in your mouth.
7:26
It gets that mouth feel
7:26
and it's gets overrun. - It does.
7:28
- And just you can really tell the difference,
7:29
you don't wanna-
7:30
- I get impatient.
7:31
- I do too, but we all both love butter,
7:33
but not everybody wants a clump of butter
7:35
in a buttercream like us.
7:36
(Paula laughing)
7:37
We like that little hint and we appreciate that,
7:39
but not everybody does, so.
7:42
And we've just got
7:43
a little extra. - And we're gonna bake this,
7:44
I'm gonna sneak over just 350 degrees.
7:48
- Yes, ma'am.
7:53
- For 20 minutes.
7:54
- Yep, or until done, every oven's different.
7:56
I mean, I've baked in kitchens
7:57
where it takes 12 to 20, it just depends.
8:00
But what you wanna do is get a little paper towel
8:02
and wipe off the top. - Oh, this makes me sick
8:04
that there is this much left.
8:05
- Hey, that's why we gotta get a spoon and eat it later.
8:08
- Oh, okay.
8:09
- What we gonna do?
8:10
- I'm not much for raw eggs.
8:12
- Mm-mm.
8:13
- Yeah, well, sometimes you pick and choose your battles.
8:15
- I know.
8:16
- And you're gonna wipe down all that
8:18
so it doesn't get really crusty once you have it done
8:19
and then we're gonna pop in the oven and then it'll be done,
8:22
and we'll make some buttercream when we get back.
8:23
- Okey-dokey.
8:25
All right, Andrae got the cupcakes in the oven.
8:30
So now we're gonna start his buttercream icing.
8:34
- [Andrae] Yes.
8:35
- Because he says the most important part
8:40
is whipping it, whipping it, whipping it.
8:41
- Have to cream that butter
8:43
for as long as you can to get it light and fluffy.
8:46
- So go, baby.
8:47
- So that's what we're gonna do.
8:48
(mixer whirring)
8:50
- We'll see y'all in about an hour.
8:52
- Probably. (Paula laughing)
8:54
- It actually worked out about 15 minutes
8:56
that you beat your butter.
8:58
- Probably.
9:00
- And he stopped every few minutes
9:02
and pulled down the sides
9:04
'cause you know that's the only way you can do it
9:06
is just get that spatula down.
9:08
All right, so what are we gonna do now?
9:10
- So what we're gonna do, we're gonna add our hot cocoa mix
9:12
and go ahead and pop that in here.
9:13
- Okay.
9:14
- And we're gonna mix that together,
9:15
we're gonna add a little bit of-
9:15
- Now you say a cocoa mix.
9:16
This is the kind of mix that
9:18
you'd put in a cup with hot water, right?
9:20
Okay. - Yep, yep, it's got a good
9:21
grittiness to it, and we're just gonna add
9:23
a little bit of the powdered sugar
9:24
if you wanna add some of that right now.
9:25
- Yes, I will.
9:28
- That would be perfect.
9:30
And we're gonna slowly add. - I don't know what you
9:32
call a little bit.
9:33
- Just a little bit more and we'll be good for a little bit.
9:35
- Okay.
9:37
So how about the salt?
9:39
- Salt, we're gonna add that last.
9:40
- Okay.
9:41
- Just enough to get it incorporated.
9:42
And a lot of people don't wanna add salt,
9:44
however, it keeps your buttercream from sweating.
9:46
Once you put it on top of your cake,
9:48
definitely for decorative purposes,
9:49
put it in and outta the fridge, it'll start sweating.
9:51
If you have the salt in it,
9:52
it'll kind of minimize that, so.
9:53
- That's good to know.
9:55
- So we're gonna mix all this
9:57
and incorporate all of the powdered sugar and we'll be back.
10:00
- All right, do you want me to add
10:01
all of this cream, Andrae? - Yes, we're slowly adding
10:03
the heavy cream 'cause it's gonna really get
10:04
at that creaminess to add it and make it light and fluffy.
10:07
And once you put it first,
10:08
it'll whip it up to get it to that texture.
10:10
- [Paula] And it's gonna
10:11
make it thick too. - Yes, it is.
10:12
And it's gonna make it a wonderful texture.
10:14
And we've already added a little bit
10:16
of all the hot cocoa mix
10:17
and a little bit of the powdered sugar.
10:19
And then we're gonna slowly add all the powdered sugar,
10:21
add that salt and then it'll be ready
10:22
to pop on the cupcakes.
10:23
- [Paula] All right, is this too slow? Am I going too slow?
10:25
- [Andrae] No, that's perfect.
10:26
You can pick it up a little bit
10:27
if you want to, but that's perfect,
10:29
so you're not overpowering.
10:30
- [Paula] Right.
10:31
- [Andrae] When you get that whisk in,
10:32
if you get that liquid too much,
10:33
it'll pop it out and you get it on you
10:34
and we don't want it all over us.
10:36
- No, although if it hits me
10:38
in the face close to my mouth, I'd be fine.
10:40
- We'll be fine with that today.
10:42
Yeah, we're just gonna slowly incorporate all that
10:44
and then add our powdered sugar,
10:45
we'll be ready to rock and roll.
10:49
- I don't know if y'all noticed,
10:50
but Andrae has an accent.
10:54
- You don't say.
10:56
I'm from the Hollow in Tennessee,
10:58
it's a little place called Roan Mountain, Tennessee.
10:59
I'm really proud of where I came from,
11:01
I was born and raised down there
11:02
and it's just a beautiful place
11:04
and I wouldn't take it for the world.
11:06
- Listen, that's wonderful.
11:07
- Oh yeah. - That's wonderful.
11:08
- Oh yeah.
11:09
- All right, we're gonna start adding some more sugar.
11:12
- Yep, I'm actually gonna scrape the bowl down first.
11:14
- Okay. - And then,
11:14
we're gonna add our powdered sugar.
11:16
So let's scrape this bowl down.
11:18
You can see it's got a little wet,
11:20
but that's all right. - Yep, yep.
11:21
- Because that's how you want it.
11:22
- I was gonna say, "You don't want it wet?"
11:24
- No, you do want it wet
11:26
but you want it thick enough so you can pipe.
11:28
You want your buttercream to be
11:29
a little bit on the thicker side.
11:30
Definitely if you're piping cupcakes
11:32
'cause you want it to hold that stability
11:34
once you have your piping tip. - Yes, yes,
11:35
- If you go ahead and add some more powdered sugar.
11:40
- Let me get around here where there's room.
11:44
- And that'll be good.
11:46
And then, we're gonna mix this up
11:47
and we'll probably add the rest of that.
11:48
- [Paula] Okay, all the cream came out, I think.
11:53
- And then, once we add all the powdered sugar,
11:55
we'll add that salt in. - Uh-huh, uh-huh.
11:56
- And then, the vanilla. - How about the vanilla?
11:58
Okay, okay.
11:59
- [Andrae] You wanna add that at last
12:00
so it really gets that flavor.
12:01
- Okay.
12:02
- A lot of people wanna put it first,
12:03
but once you're beating it,
12:04
you're getting all that flavor out.
12:05
You want to add any of your flavorings last,
12:07
you wanna add all your fats first.
12:09
- Yes. - So it keeps it creamy
12:10
and it gets it that texture.
12:12
You always wanna add your fats first and your flavors last.
12:15
Good to know.
12:16
- Good to know, y'all. - Culinary school
12:18
taught me that down at Walter State,
12:20
so they've taught me some things I need to know.
12:21
- (laughs) And you're going back to school,
12:24
aren't you? - Yep, yep,
12:25
I sure am, I'm excited,
12:26
this is a whole new semester. - How about your food truck?
12:28
- Yeah, I'm still doing all my food truck events,
12:30
which is good 'cause now it's January,
12:31
I've been off since December 21st
12:33
and I've been doing orders at home,
12:34
from December 21st to about the mid of January,
12:37
I'm doing all my orders to do stuff
12:38
and as many food truck events,
12:40
here in the winter, it's kind of slow.
12:42
- Yeah, yeah. - So we're trying to get
12:43
all those things together,
12:43
but I still get to do as many events I can,
12:45
I got skillets of hot cocoa cupcakes
12:47
and hot cocoa for all of them, so.
12:48
- Yes.
12:49
- I've been doing a lot of events
12:50
this past year. - That's great.
12:52
You can see that Andrae's work ethic is very high.
12:58
- Thank you, thank you, I try.
12:59
My dad taught me a good work ethic
13:00
and God gave me this talent,
13:03
put those together and you got Andrae, so.
13:04
- Yeah.
13:05
- A lot of energy, I don't know where that came from, but.
13:07
(both laughing)
13:09
All right, now that that's all together,
13:11
we're gonna add the best thing and that's the vanilla.
13:13
- Okay, so how about the salt?
13:14
We are still not gonna add the salt yet.
13:16
- Yep, yep.
13:17
We're gonna add that salt just last to the second
13:19
to incorporate that
13:20
and really just dissolve it. - Okay.
13:21
And how much vanilla do you want me to put?
13:24
- A teaspoon plus. (laughs)
13:26
So let that runneth over, perfect.
13:29
- That ranneth over.
13:30
- Oh, amen to that.
13:31
(Paula laughing)
13:32
And we're gonna let that incorporate,
13:33
we're gonna kick up the speed a little bit,
13:35
really let that all whip together.
13:36
- Yeah.
13:37
- And then, once that's incorporated,
13:38
we're gonna go and add that salt right now.
13:40
- Uh-huh, right now? - Mm-hm.
13:42
- You're not gonna scrape down the sides or anything?
13:44
- I'm gonna scrap down the sides
13:45
after we've incorporated it
13:46
and then we're gonna run it again,
13:47
so we really get that salt incorporated.
13:48
- Okie-doke.
13:49
Okay, y'all,
13:50
we are fixing to ice these cupcakes.
13:55
Remember those beautiful cupcakes that we put in the oven?
13:59
Seven to eight minutes, look at 'em.
14:01
- [Andrae] And they've been aromiating.
14:02
- [Paula] Andrae is gonna show us
14:06
the best and easiest way to decorate these cupcakes.
14:09
- It's super simple, this is the number one piping tip
14:11
that you're ever gonna get anywhere,
14:12
no matter if it's Walmart. - Okay, that's a big one.
14:14
- Yes, no matter if you're at Walmart,
14:16
Target, anywhere.
14:17
- That's a big tip. - It's a Wilton 1M piping tip.
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However, Wilton isn't the only people who do it,
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everywhere carries a 1M piping tip,
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it's your traditional big star tip.
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Everybody uses it,
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everybody does something with it.
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Put it in your piping bag,
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this is our hot cocoa buttercream that we just made.
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And all you're gonna do
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is you're gonna do a big swirl.
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Come around, do it again, release.
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- Oh. - So simple.
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- That is easy. - It is so simple.
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Do it again.
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Come around, go up again, release.
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- So you like to leave some of the cake actually showing.
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- Yeah, so you know it is a cupcake
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and you can know what flavor it is.
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Definitely, if you're doing the selling,
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like me on the food truck,
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you wanna see what type of cake base is under it.
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Because, sometimes,
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I offer the same buttercream on different cupcakes.
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- Yes. - And you wanna know
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if it's chocolate or vanilla. - Yes, yes.
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- I'm gonna do one more
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and I think we're gonna let you try one now, Paula.
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The key is you wanna make sure
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you have one hand that holds the icing,
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that's not coming up the top,
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and another one that's your dominant hand
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to get that pressure out. - Okay.
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- All you do is start in the middle,
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like an E and do a swirl.
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- [Paula] Uh-oh, mine's falling over.
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- Hey, but you just fixed it.
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That's better.
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Ooh, looking good.
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Well, you want me to bring one down 'cause that's so tall?
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That'll probably be easier.
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That'll be a lot easier on you.
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- That might be.
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- [Andrae] Oh, perfect.
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- [Paula] Perfect, perfect, okay, there you go.
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- [Andrae] Here, we're gonna do it together.
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- Okay. - Hold it.
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Get the pressure, get your other hand right here.
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Put the pressure in it.
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We're gonna circle.
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- [Paula] Okay.
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- [Andrae] Boom, do it again.
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- [Paula] Perfect.
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- [Andrae] We can do the pressure.
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- [Paula] Ooh, my ring finger.
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- Oh, sorry. - Ooh.
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(both laughing)
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- Boom.
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(Paula chuckling)
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And I got a ring finger while doing it.
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- Ouch.
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- Sorry.
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But hey, I think we got some pretty cupcakes too.
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- I think we do too.
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- And you did that one all by yourself.
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I'm so proud of you.
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And you've got plenty of buttercream leftover to just.
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- Mm-hm, uh-huh, that's right.
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Now nothing else goes on these, right?
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- You can add some marshmallows,
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you can add some chocolate ganache,
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you can even just get you
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some Hershey's chocolate syrup and drizzle on it.
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Do whatever you want with it.
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But this is the easiest way to do it
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and it still tastes good and I'm gonna try one.
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- And it's beautiful, it's beautiful.
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- You know it.
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- And you can actually get the candies, the sprinkles.
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- Yeah.
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- Like in chocolate. - Mm-hm.
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Those chocolate shavings and put it on top.
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They're my favorite, but.
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- Yeah.
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- I'm gonna see how good this one tastes.
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Mm.
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- Is it good?
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- Mm.
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They pair-
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- You better give me my cake. (laughs)
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- They pair perfectly together,
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it's one of the most moist chocolate cupcakes.
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- Oh my goodness.
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- You get the hint of that hot cocoa mix paired with that,
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screams hot cocoa.
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- That cupcake is so moist, y'all.
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You gotta make these and share 'em,
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share this recipe with others
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because it's really, really good
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and it's really, really easy.
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- It is, and it's on your website
17:46
and just pop it in there and we'll show you how to do it.
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- Okay.
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And this was...
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- Hot cocoa.
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- Hot cocoa
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and it's perfect for the
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January weather outside. - Oh, it is.
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You're getting rid of Christmas,
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you're trying to take all your Christmas decorations down,
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but you still want those festival holiday flavors.
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So get your hot cocoa cupcake
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and have it. - Yes,
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and fix you a cup of hot cocoa.
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- And we're always sending-
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- Happy New Year.
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- Uh-huh,
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with love and best dishes. - Happy New Year.
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- That's right, that's right. - Happy New Year.
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