The Ultimate Triple-Decker Cheesecake Tower: Behind Tasty

- Oh God, oh God, oh God. This morning there will be a sugar rush. (upbeat music) - Hi guys, I'm Alvin. Today I'm going to make a crazy

cheesecake

tower

. It's based a bit on this idea that's been floating around the internet called cherpumple. It's basically a three-layer cake, and each layer has a different cake on the outside and a different flavor of cake on the inside. So the word cherpumple comes from cherry, pumpkin, and apple, which are the pies found within these three different pies. I was wondering, is there a

cheesecake

version we could make? That is my mission today.

So, we'll see how it goes. -Alvin has been explaining to me what this cherpumple thing is about, and I still don't understand it. - So, do you want me to draw what I'm going to do? - Yes please. - Because you understand what I just said? - I think what you're saying is that there will be cheesecake and there will be layers. - I mean, you already know me and the layers, man. We're on our way back. (romantic music) I need to think about what flavors I'm going to choose. Vanilla and chocolate. Those are my two flavors of cheesecake.

And as for the desserts they will be wrapped in, cheesecakes combine very well with brownie and apple pie. Oh, red velvet is good. I'll probably want two vanilla and one chocolate. Chocolate doesn't pair well with berries, red velvet, maybe banana bread, or apple pie. The cinnamon roll is a little weird. Maybe cookie, but I think it has the most natural synergy with the brownie. I'm going to pair the chocolate cheesecake with a brownie on the outside. I think cookie dough and cheesecake are a great combination. I'm looking at the other flavors. Honestly, red velvet is a really good, solid option.

I'm going to continue with that. There will be three layers. I want the top and bottom to be vanilla. The one in the middle will be chocolate. The strongest element should go at the bottom. I feel like cookies are the most resilient. Making small black chocolate dots. That means the red velvet has to be on top. So the brownie has to go here in the middle. Call me Picasso, you know. - This looks amazing. - Thank you. - It looks like an elegant mattress. - Fancy mattress? It literally comes down to layers. It has to look straight.

It has to look perfect. It has to look clean. Those are my standards. And I really want this to happen, but I want to do it right. - Let's make it happen. We have encountered major problems. We can't find the bottom of, what is it? - The removable mold. - What if there is no bottom? - There is no cheesecake. Where is the bottom? - We need to find the bottom. - Very well, I'm going to take out everything I have. No no no. No. That'll be a no from me, dog. This does not work. Is this going to happen? - Man, that's so little. - Oh, wait, that looks pretty good. (dramatic orchestral music) - Oh, that's great. (Brenda claps) We got it. (upbeat music) - This is where the sexy music starts playing. (sensual music) - Here comes the cheesecake.

Yum Yum Yum. This is just regular brownie batter. (upbeat music) Okay, one less. (Brenda claps) - Look at Alvin's face, the focus. Wow, amazing, amazing. Oh! Ah, that looks so cool. That? - You are the best advertising man of all time, Brenda. - There goes the focus face. (Brenda laughs) (Alvin laughs) (Brenda laughs) - Hey, this dough is really thick, all caps, three C's, spaces between each one. You know what I mean? Now it's my turn to make the cookie dough, Brenda. - Oh my God! I was waiting for this. - Can you help me place this cookie dough in a bowl? - Oh my god, can I help you build this madness? - Okay, that's great Brenda, don't worry. - That's all? - Brilliant. - Oh. - I thought I was doing something a little more special. - I wouldn't ask you for that. - Well. - Very good, let's enter cookie dough. (smooth jazz music) - It's like an old way of building, that's cool. - Are you watching the correct History channel?

In fact, I learned this technique from my ancestors. (Brenda laughs) - Okay, really. - Well. - Back to the boy. (bell rings) - Put him in bed. - Wow, wow! - Very good, then the third one is already in the oven. After they cook a bit, I'll check them out. I'm going to put them back in the refrigerator. They are going to endure a lot of heat. They will need a lot of time to calm down. Tomorrow we will try to see how we can set it up. I really want it to look like this. See you tomorrow. (brilliant music) Hey guys, it's day two.

I'm going to check the cheesecakes I put in the freezer to see how they've set. I hope it still looks like this image. Let's check it out. Alright, Brenda, I have good news and bad news. Okay, so the bad news is that the red velvet one somehow didn't go up enough, or it went up and just completely deflated. If I cut it, it will look like this. And that'll be a no from me, dog. - Okay, these look pretty good. - Yes, the brownie looks very good. So I think what I'm going to do is try to get the cake batter as close to the consistency of brownie batter as possible.

If you see the bottom here, it's really cool. I want the top to look like this. That's why I'll do it again. (upbeat music) I don't know if you can see this, but the dough is a lot different than last time. It's much thicker. Dare I say, thick? The dough is so thick it made me work out. (Brenda laughs) The dough is ready. I'm going to give it one more chance, put it back in the oven and hopefully it'll be really flat. (upbeat music) I hope it stays level. I really need this to be flat, or else it will be another retry.

Woo, okay. Court! Oh, look at this. Yes, it's pretty good. I think this is good. (upbeat music) - Oh God, oh God, oh God. (upbeat music) - I think if we're going to make cheesecakes, it makes sense to make some cream cheese frosting. So, I have my little bad boy. You better not wobble, Bertha, come on. (bell rings) This is great, it does all the work for me. I don't have to move forever. (Machine stirring) Do you know how much sugar is in the frosting? Because it's a lot. Dude, I need to record this for my mixtape.

Yeah, we're in the studio, here at Tasty, trying to make something crazy, I don't know how long it's going to take, but I'm going to mix up the frosting on that cake. - Oh. - Wow! - Okay guys, let's put the cake together now, probably the scariest part with three layers that are super heavy. Hopefully this frosting is thick enough to stick the layers together and leave it smooth on the outside. It's going to be a little difficult, but here we go. - Yes, it's a cake parade! - Come on. Court! - Lots of focus here. - I guess there's pressure, damn it. (upbeat music) (whistles) - Beautiful - I hope that's enough, I really don't want to do more. - Maybe if I stopped eating it? - My God, no wonder. (upbeat music) You know, chocolate ganache drips on top, place some nice chopped chocolate pieces on the bottom edge of the cake. - You and your layers. - I love my capes Brenda. (lovely music) I'm going to call this big boy, I'm going to call him Bubb.

B-U-B-B. (beats) Oh, he's a tough guy, Bubb. Why do you have to be so big? (lovely music)-Please lift up with the core of him. - Yes ma'am. I'll do squats. - Bend your knees. (laughs) (upbeat music) It's here! - Houston, the eagle had landed. - That seems real. - It is real. - Ugh, ouf. (dramatic music) - Ugh, that was close. (knives sharpening) Here we go. (Dramatic music) - Oh my God, yes! (dramatic music) - I'm only halfway there, just keep going. Come on. Hard AF. Come on. Let's open this guy up. - Well well. (Alvin huffing and puffing) - I feel like I'm done. -There he is.

Oh. (upbeat music) - I have to say it turned out a lot better than I thought. I'm pretty proud of this, I think it's a bit of a crazy idea I had that I can make happen. I am very happy with this, I hope I can feed many people with this. The layers came out, but I really want to know if it will actually taste good, so I hope these people like it. If it looks good but doesn't taste good then we don't win Brenda. - I love cookie dough. (laughs) - This has a lot of chocolate. - I like it, I like having all the different flavors together. - MMM. - Wow. - Good? - Well is not even the word. - I like the fact that it's real cheesecake, like baked cheesecake, he's done it again for us. - Oh. - Three-tier cheesecake. - I always feel good when I can make a meal, a kind of idea or a food dream come true.

I like the way people can smile when you feed them. It also took a lot of restraint not to play any mix tapes during the entire process, because I knew I had to keep the cake cold and if I touched it, it would have just melted... - Stop it! This is turning into a mixed joke. - Hi Brenda, you wanted final thoughts, I am giving you honest thoughts straight from the heart. (laughs) (upbeat music)