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Hello, let's bake a cake today.
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Hello, let's bake a cake today.
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In today's video I am going to bake a birthday cake and you are going to learn English by listening and watching.
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This is called Comprehensible Input and it's the best way to learn a language.
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It is the natural way to learn a language.
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It is how you learned your mother tongue as a child.
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This weekend is a big weekend in my family.
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It is my husband, my husband's birthday and it's my mom's birthday.
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So they share a birthday, the 7th of April.
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They have the same birthday so I am going to make a birthday cake for both of them.
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It is also Easter weekend,
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Easter Sunday, so it is going to be an Easter birthday cake.
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So I'm going to make something like this,
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a chocolate log Easter cake with eggs,
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chocolate eggs and chocolate bunnies and chocolate on top.
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First I will show you the ingredients that I'm using
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and then I'll show you the items or the things that I'm using.
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So in this log, chocolate log cake,
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first of all, self-raising flour is very important.
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Then we have castor sugar, castor sugar for sweetness.
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Now, because it is a chocolate cake,
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cocoa powder and also melt a bit of chocolate.
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So dark chocolate and cocoa powder.
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I also am using vanilla extract,
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a bit of sunflower oil and butter and then of course eggs,
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four eggs and I'm using the egg whites and the yolks in the middle.
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So that is all of the ingredients.
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Now I'm going to show you the what's the word the equipment
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so this is my baking corner my baking corner
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so here we have a mixer that's my stand mixer then
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here we have the bowls bowls mixing bowls here is the
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whisk the whisk whisk it all together here i have my measuring scales my measuring scales
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and then also baking tin baking tin
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and the parchment baking parchment let's get started the eggs have been cracked and separated
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so i separated the eggs the egg whites yolks i need 50 50 grams of sugar the eggs
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and sugar have been whisked together i'm going to pour two tablespoon a little bit of the sunflower oil in
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and a small dash of vanilla extract 50 grams of flour
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50 grams of flour poured in 15 grams of cocoa powder has been put in
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and now we whisk it all together i have whisked the egg whites
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and the sugar together and the chocolate mix
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and i'm going to fold fold this in here the cake
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is in the oven it is baking i mixed everything together
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and now i need to wait 15 minutes
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and now i need to make the icing we have icing sugar butter butter
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and the chocolate so i'm melting the chocolate in the oven
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and then i'll melt the butter with the icing sugar and mix it together
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Now I'm just going to wait and I will show you the cake
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when it is finished and Bobby are you excited for cake?
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Bobby is excited for cake.
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This is my Easter log cake.
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I put chocolate icing, mini eggs and then chocolate to look like the log.
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I rolled the cake and it's like an Easter egg cake
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and then I'm making another one number two to put here is going to be one big log
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so more icing and there's my
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finished product what do you think thank you
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so much for watching this video i hope you enjoyed it i hope you learned some english words
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and also maybe how to make an easter chocolate log birthday kick lots of describing words there
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and i hope you have a lovely easter happy easter from here and i'll see you later bye
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About This Lesson

In this engaging lesson, you will practice English naturally while baking a delightful birthday cake. The video utilizes the Comprehensible Input method, which is an effective way to absorb the language just as you did with your mother tongue. As you follow along with the baking process, you will enhance your listening comprehension and vocabulary. This lesson is particularly rich in practical language used in cooking and baking, making it a great opportunity to learn English with YouTube.

Key Vocabulary & Phrases

  • Ingredients: self-raising flour, castor sugar, cocoa powder, dark chocolate, vanilla extract, sunflower oil, butter, eggs
  • Equipment: mixer, mixing bowls, whisk, measuring scales, baking tin, parchment
  • Whisk: a tool used to mix ingredients
  • Fold: a specific technique in baking to gently combine ingredients
  • Icing: a sweet topping for cakes made from sugar and butter
  • Baking: the process of cooking food by exposing it to dry heat in an oven

Practice Tips

To make the most of this video and improve your speaking skills using the shadowing technique, try the following tips:

  • Start by watching the video once without pausing, getting a feel for the overall context while absorbing the vocabulary.
  • Play the video again and begin to repeat phrases after the speaker. Focus on mimicking the speed and intonation of their speech.
  • If you find certain parts challenging, use a shadowing app that allows you to slow down audio playback. This will help you match your speech to theirs more accurately.
  • Practice in front of a mirror, paying attention to your pronunciation and body language as you speak, enhancing your natural communication style.
  • Lastly, revisit the transcript if needed. Write down any phrases you struggle with and practice them repeatedly. Using this shadowing site can help reinforce your learning.

By incorporating these practice tips, you'll gain confidence and fluency in speaking English by connecting language learning to enjoyable activities like baking.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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