World's Largest Donut (Official World Record)

Muhammad Umer

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00:00We're going to make the world's largest donut

00:01to break the Guinness World Record.

00:03But in order to break the world record,

00:04we've got to find the perfect donut to replicate.

00:07Can I please just get one of everything?

00:08As we all know, donuts come in many different shapes and sizes.

00:11You have your classic original cake donut.

00:13My personal favorite, the butternut donut.

00:15A good old glazed donut.

00:17And of course, all sorts of different frosted ones.

00:19After lots of deliberation and even a bit of arguing,

00:22we finally settled on the one.

00:24The iconic pink frosted Homer Simpson style donut.

00:28But here's where things get crazy.

00:29When searching the internet for inspiration,

00:31Linja and I came across something called a donut cake.

00:33It's exactly what it sounds like.

00:35A perfect harmony of donut and cake.

00:37Two of the best foods in the entire world.

00:39The big question is, can it break an official world record?

00:42We're here at the bakery.

00:43And we're starting with this Linja-sized bowl.

00:46This is grandma's famous chocolate cake recipe.

00:49We're starting with some oil.

00:51Next, some sugar.

00:52And a bunch of brown sugar.

00:54Then a bunch of eggs.

00:55Then five pounds of sour cream.

00:57And some homemade vanilla extract.

00:59Now we'll lock it into our giant mixer.

01:01This mixer is almost as tall as me.

01:03And then it's time for our first mix.

01:05That's what good cake sounds like.

01:06Now to finish it off, we'll go with some flour.

01:07And now the cocoa powder.

01:08Now our second mix.

01:09Then finally our last ingredient, some steaming hot coffee.

01:11Coffee boosts the chocolate flavor in baked goods.

01:13Now it's time to start baking.

01:15We're going to be filling a hundred trays to make our donut.

01:17In we go.

01:1930 minutes later, our cake is done.

01:21I got hands of steel.

01:22After lots of baking.

01:23We have a Linja stack of cakes.

01:25I think it's time to assemble.

01:26This attempt will be judged by Brittany, a Guinness World Records adjudicator.

01:29We also have Dennis, the health inspector, to make sure that the food is handled properly.

01:33The challenge will be judged by Brittany, a Guinness World Records adjudicator.

01:35We also have Dennis, the health inspector, to make sure that the food is handled properly.

01:39The challenge today is time.

01:48Nick and Linja, you have eight hours to finish this cake, or I have to disqualify you for

01:52food safety reasons.

01:53I don't make the rules.

01:53You do make the rules though.

01:55This is the footprint of our giant donut we'll be making today.

01:58Which, if we pull it off, will be the equivalent of 1,500 regular donuts.

02:02All the sheet cakes have been cut in half.

02:04But our first step is to cover the base with buttercream frosting.

02:06Once we have our first layer of buttercream, we'll start going down with our cake.

02:09Each layer of our donut is going to have six sheet cakes.

02:12We're going to be trimming this down later to make sure it looks perfect,

02:14but for now we can break off the edges, throw it into our bucket.

02:17None of this cake today will be going to waste.

02:19We'll be donating all the food through Farmlink later on today.

02:22The first layer is done, and then we're going to repeat it ten times.

02:26Real quick, the buttercream we're using today is the same recipe that's in my cookbook,

02:29and it is the best buttercream frosting you will ever taste.

02:31That is good.

02:33Into the fridge this goes to chill for 20 minutes.

02:35Thanks Linja.

02:36We need to let this chill so it can firm up, because we'll be doing exactly this two more times.

02:40After chilling the donut for one hour, we added the next three layers onto the cake.

02:45Our layers are definitely starting to add up,

02:46but we have to toss this in the fridge one last time so it doesn't crumble.

02:49We don't want what happened with that dumpling we did with Uncle Roger to happen to this cake.

02:53This sucks.

02:53It's worse than my divorce.

02:55Now that we've chilled it again, it's time to start spreading the buttercream once again,

02:58where we'll then add the final three layers to our cake.

03:00Just so you know, in order for this to count as a new Guinness World Records title,

03:04the donut cake has to be at least one foot high.

03:06Let's hope it's one foot high.

03:08We're finally putting on the final layer of cake.

03:11But the big challenge right now is that we're up against the time.

03:13We're a little behind schedule and we've got three hours to go.

03:16We are now at the point where we're ready to carve the cake,

03:19and it's going to start taking the shape of a donut.

03:21What we're holding here are the stencils.

03:22These are going to be helping guide us to know how much cake to cut off.

03:25Our stencil is on top, meaning we want to carve off this part right here.

03:28Lindsay's going to be catching all those cake scraps so we can eat those later.

03:31To me, so far, this is the most satisfying part of anything we've done today.

03:35And it's really nice to finally see all the different layers that we've put together.

03:38Time's ticking. We only got two hours left.

03:41Now that our donut is carved around the sides, we need the hole in the middle.

03:44And this is where the small stencil comes in.

03:45But in terms of the stability of this donut, this is where things start to get really dangerous.

03:50We don't want it collapsing in on itself and we don't want it collapsing out.

03:53We're almost finished taking out this hole in the center of our donut.

03:55But I'll be honest, my arms are getting pretty tired.

03:57And this is what it takes to get a world record.

03:59It's definitely starting to take the shape of a donut.

04:01But to finish things off, I'm kneading together some of the cake and frosting scraps that we have.

04:05Then bringing that over to the donut itself and pressing it across the top.

04:08And some of the little cracks in the sides to make sure it looks perfect.

04:11When you mix cake and frosting together, it basically makes a sort of play-doh.

04:14Now that it's really starting to look like a donut, we have to add a layer of frosting across the entire thing.

04:19But this means we're getting pretty close.

04:20The thing that I'm really scared about right now is time.

04:22If we don't do this within that eight-hour mark, Dennis will toss the record.

04:25As a reminder, this is what we're going for.

04:28And we're getting closer and closer.

04:29This now has to go back in the fridge to firm up before we put the fondant on top.

04:33The fondant is what's going to lay across the top of the donut and make it perfectly smooth.

04:36And at the very end, probably the coolest part of the day,

04:39we'll be airbrushing it to give some color and also dumping frosting across the top.

04:43And you're not going to want to miss that.

04:44For now, we'll just keep kneading this until it's as smooth as a baby's bottom.

04:47How do you know what a baby's bottom feels like?

04:50This whole machine right here is basically a giant version of a pasta machine.

04:53But instead of rolling out pasta dough, we're rolling out fondant.

04:56Now we'll turn the lever up so it's a bit thinner.

04:58And again, we go.

04:59And after we've rolled out our first slice, we'll lay it carefully and gently over our donut.

05:03This right here is a fondant smoother.

05:05Wax on, wax off.

05:07Now that our fondant is all laid out.

05:09We're in the home stretch.

05:10This is called an airbrush and it's what's going to allow us to paint the whole donut.

05:13We're using multiple coats and colors in order to achieve that classic, realistic donut look.

05:18Now that our donut is the perfect golden brown color, we get to do the part that we're most excited for.

05:22Pouring on our glints.

05:24We have to hope and pray right now that this doesn't fall too far down the sides or we won't get the record.

05:28Here we go.

05:29We're going to go all around the top of the donut and let it fall however it wants to.

05:33We also have to make sure we keep this as even as possible, giving us the perfect frosted donut.

05:37Linja, this is probably one of the most satisfying things I've ever seen in cooking.

05:41Our frosting is done and these are the sprinkles that are going to complete our donut.

05:44They're made out of fondant.

05:45At this point, it's time to channel our inner salt bay and add a bunch of sprinkles to finish it off.

05:49I've got to use a special strategy to hit it from the side too.

05:52We've definitely made the biggest donut now, but one question remains.

05:55Is it official?

05:56I can confirm we have a final weight, 225.9 pounds.

06:02And that makes this a brand new Guinness World Records title.

06:10Congratulations. Once again, you both are officially amazing.

06:16And the best part of it all, you'll find this donut in the Guinness World Records book of 2024.

06:20You'll be able to read about this record and all the other ones we've broken right here.

06:24Huge thanks to Oakleaf Bakery for letting us use their facilities.

06:27All of this food today will be donated throughout Boston with the help of the Farmlink project.

06:31Comment below what record you want us to break next.

06:40As for you.

06:42the conveyor품 of the Farmboo Koppel Koppel.

06:43We'll see you in the next video.

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