Shadowing Practice: MAKING A MIDNIGHT SNACK 🍰 💤 the viral dot cake - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Okay, it's 12 a .m.

I'm paying my snitch out to fight with my nail glue, so let's make a midnight snitch.

Yay!

The infamous Dots Races.

Okay, I'm not finished with Syria.

It's always for a sweet treat.

I'm a senior, guys.

Corbin.

Get out of my bed, love.

Hi everyone, it's Kennedy.

Welcome back to my channel.

It is currently 12 o 'clock in the morning, which is why I'm like full on energy I don't know why I have no energy throughout the day

when it hits 12 I'm up.

Okay, I'm up.

So we're gonna be making a midnight snack I don't know what it is, but well, I know what it is I'm PMSing, but it's like my period

and I've just been craving literally everything under the sun The amount of stuff

that I ate today is insane and to top it all off.

I'm gonna make a midnight snack.

So yeah, I'm excited I'm really excited.

We're just gonna talk and be besties together today because I'm just I'm hyper honestly

night snack more fun i decided to make the infamous dot cake and

if you've been living under a rock basically the dot cake is at some grocery store in like new york

or whatever and it's just like literally cake in a like ice cream looking cup

and like a bunch of dot sprinkles on top why are

we hyping up a cake with sprinkles i don't know

but i'm here for it so why not so

when i tell you guys i looked high

and low for these freaking sprinkles i don't know who is buying all these sprinkles I sold out these sprinkles, it's just insane.

I went to four different Targets.

Yes, it's that serious.

I went to four different Targets in three other different grocery stores and I finally found them at my fourth Target.

Yes, so it is that serious always for a sweet treat.

So yeah, we're gonna be making a dot cake and i'm really excited actually I love cake, so i'm excited Like I said,

I went to four different targets here are the goods in other glory

So for my cake of choice i'm using funfetti cake mix.

I literally love funfetti so much

that it was perfect for dot cake I feel like it just matches the vibe of the dot

and then I got cream cheese frosting I literally love cream cheese frosting cream cheese is my baby.

It's so good then the infamous dot sprinkles like oh oh my goodness yes

so cute see i'm super excited

so we have our little dot cake ingredients right here i'm

so excited okay so i already preheated my oven to 350

and then i'm gonna need three eggs oil vegetable oil

and then water i have all of my baking stuff right here

so we're all set and ready to go

so we're gonna need our measuring cup our whisk a fork for

when we're done these are the bowls i'm gonna be using for my dot cake aren't they

so cute they're from the What?

A unbaha blast.

Okay, thanks.

Alright, bye, Kimmy.

Bye.

See how greedy I am?

Ordering Taco Bell too.

Guess we're having two midnight snacks.

Then we have our bowl and then the pan of the dot cake.

Well, the pan that the cake is going in.

First, let's start off with our bowl, of course, and then let's pour our cake mix in here.

I'm starting to start my TikToks.

I'm filming the making a dot cake.

They're gonna be making the infamous because...

Where are you?

let's make it i suck at making tiktok intros like it's

so bad but first we're gonna put in our cake mix this literally smells

so good i love the smell of cake mix okay let's talk

so it's 12 a .m also it is now june obviously

and i'm a senior in high school like isn't

that crazy like i cannot believe like i'm a senior me

like girl let me get my eggs actually yeah like i was saying i'm a senior guy I'm just like,

I'm mind blown by the fact that that went by so fast.

I just remember me being a freshman.

Guys, life is getting real.

I'm going to be 18 in four or five months.

What do you mean I'm going to be 18?

I'm going to be 18.

That is so crazy.

I literally feel like I just turned 17 yesterday.

Literally, not even going to lie, I still feel like I'm 12.

I don't feel like a 17 -year -old at all.

What even is a 17 -year -old supposed to feel?

I feel like I don't do normal 17 -year -old things, you know?

Mainly because I do school online, so it's like, the whole prom thing and just you know high schooler thing

so it's like i don't even know what it feels like

to be 17 honestly like truly can i put these back i'm trying to like keep this clean

because i always like end up with a mess that's one reason why i hate baking is

because there's like a pile of dishes at the end of me baking

and they're just like mess everywhere

and also one thing like i do kind of get a

bit like it's like the high school experience like you know

blah blah i've been doing online school for like a long time now since like sixth grade or Like,

no. But I'd really be going to prom if I was in school right now.

I'd probably only want to get dressed and that's it.

It's like bittersweet, like it's like, eh.

You know, okay one cup of water.

OMG guys have we been watching love island at first?

It was very slow It was a very slow start, but i'm liking it.

Melanie you almost lost me there, but you're okay.

You're good I get you.

You're good.

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Sean.

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Why did he have to go home?

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If you did not watch the islander.

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I'm sorry.

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I miss sean Kenzie well, kenzie wasn't kenzie's fault.

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She was gonna pick corbin anyways, but still Okay, how much vegetable oil one half do I have enough for one half?

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Oh, I don't even know if i'm gonna have enough.

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Oh wait Okay, i'm at one fourth it's okay let's mix this up my arm

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my mom is watching the nyx game right now she is screaming mind you she knows nothing about basketball

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and this is her first time watching a game you know what i feel her it's okay batter First, I need to oil her up,

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like the pan, because I always forget to do that.

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Every time I forget to do that, my cake sticks to the bottom of the pan, and I like, it's just bad.

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So let's remember to do that this time.

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Pan.

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I don't.

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Okay, can I use olive oil?

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Dude!

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okay we are done cake is in the pan there's cake

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batter all over my hands now it's time to put her

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in the oven i know it depends on how big the

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pan is how long it goes in for i don't know what size this pan is for being honest what

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if i just drop this okay i think it says 9 by 12 i'm not sure though

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so how long for 9 by 12 uh there is no 9 by 12 so there's 9

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nine inch let's just do

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that i don't know what this is honestly this could be

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13 to 9 yeah let's put this in the oven now okay i love filming it's just

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so fun especially at 12 a .m because i have

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so much energy i forget about tiktok tiktok each verse now

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let's put our timer on for 40 minutes now let's clean up some of this mess

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because guys i don't have time to be bothered cleaning up after i'm done

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not watching these now absolutely not now we're gonna set up my actual dot cake little station

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so i'm gonna be making three

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because like i said cycle is coming this will last me for three days at least no two

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and if i'm craving a sweet treat right here it's already made

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and we have sprinkles cream cheese and then my forks

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so i can indulge and yeah i'm going to start watching love island

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because a new episode came out tonight and i haven't watched it yet i'm going to put that on

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room i'm

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so excited new bombshells come this is where i've been watching

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love island every night for the past what six days right

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here on my little computer in my little chair my plant

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so cute and i've been turning this light on isn't that

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so vibey i think my favorite activity of the night this makes me

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so happy watching this show like

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and the thing i'm sick of is like the making out

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is like like please gabrielle just stop he gives me like the major major it he aches me out

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so bad and then kenzie you're getting a mercy without crying at first and how you're treating I like her now.

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Trinity, love her.

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Anaya, love her.

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Melanie, almost lost me.

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Beer cheese, um, love -hate relationship, honestly.

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Zach, love Zach, have no problems.

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Kata, my favorite, love Kata.

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Sincere, she's there, like, to be honest.

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Casey, love him, I've seen it every single episode.

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Bryce, is it?

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I'm sorry, I don't remember these people's names.

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Bryce, I think, or Brian.

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Bryce, Brian, Bryce, Brian.

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I don't know.

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Corbin, get out my villa, you're so dry, like, eating the same wine on each girl.

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- Okay.

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get out my villa he's giving me ai right now like he's just dry i totally forgot about him

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i'm so greedy that looks

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so good okay guys it's done doesn't it look delicious finally cooled off it smells

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so good so excited to make this but remember i was gonna eat another midnight

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out the guy stole it it's gone like he literally stole

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my food he stole my food this has happened now three

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times in my life the first time it happened i was very just like shocked by it

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because of what he texted this was like back

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when i lived in orlando

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and i had ordered i remember it was del taco the

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order stayed complete mind you he did not come up to my door

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and my mom texted him because she had ordered out from her account

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and she was like hi where's the order and he was like it's been a long day I got hungry.

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I wish I had the message to show you guys right now

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because it's just so unbelievable that someone even think to say that.

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Anyway, sorry for my rant.

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I'm going to now make this dog cake because I'm hot and I'm mad right now.

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We have the cake.

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Alright.

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Oh, that didn't work.

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Maybe I'll just stuff it in there.

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Okay, that wasn't a fail.

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It's got a frosting.

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This one's so good.

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Now it's time for the fun part.

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Sprinkles!

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I'm scared it's gonna fall out.

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Okay, hold on.

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Oh!

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My first dot cake.

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Sprinkles are flying really everywhere right now.

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Okay.

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I know I said I was gonna make three, but these sprinkles were a bit much for me, so one it is.

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And one's probably all I need, so.

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This dot cake.

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Literally just a cake with sprinkles.

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That's it.

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It's good.

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I don't think the cake is fully done the middle it's delicious i love it

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so good when you're craving something sweet this is it

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you know when you're eating something sweet like this and you get

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so thirsty and the only thing

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that you want to drink is ice cold water that's me right now now i'm ready for bed i'm

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so tired now i'm going to go to bed

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which is what i should have done instead of making a midnight snack but here we are good night

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “MAKING A MIDNIGHT SNACK 🍰 💤 *the viral dot cake*”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: cake, dot, sprinkles, pan, excited. This video has 207 sentences and 2020 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:50. The speaker talks fast, about 186 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
sprinkle verb	/ˈspɹɪŋkəl/	To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).
midnight noun	/ˈmɪd(ˌ)naɪt/	The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.
snack noun	/snæk/	A light meal.
infamous adjective	/ˈɪn.fə.məs/	Having a bad reputation; disreputable; notorious; unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something scornful.
craving noun	/ˈkɹeɪ.vɪŋ/	A strong desire; yearning.
bake verb	/beɪk/	To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).
frost noun	/fɹɔst/	A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted…
oven noun	/ˈʌ.vn̩/	A chamber used for baking or heating.
funfetti noun	/ˌfʌnˈfɛ.ti/	A type of cake with rainbow-colored sprinkles baked into the batter.
batter verb	/ˈbætə/	To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
taco noun	/ˈtɑkoʊ/	A Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables, and salsa.
greedy adjective	/ˈɡɹiːdi/	Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.
prom noun	/pɹɑm/	A promenade concert.
vegetable noun	/ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/	A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice…
fork noun	/fɔɹk/	A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting, or for serving food.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
clean up verb		To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.
get out verb		To leave or escape.
come out verb	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	To be discovered; to be revealed.
come up to verb		To approach.
cool off verb		To decrease in temperature, activity, or temper.
fall out verb		To come out of something by falling.
get out of verb		To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
go in for verb		To enter a competition.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

I'm gonna make a midnight snack.
See how greedy I am?
Guess we're having two midnight snacks.
I'm filming the making a dot cake.
OMG guys have we been watching love island at first?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	I've just been craving · you've been living · i've been doing
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	haven't watched · I've seen · has happened
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	are done · be bothered
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form	hate baking · love filming · start watching

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 121 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: bombshell /ˈbɑmʃɛl/, freshman /ˈfɹɛʃ.mən/, dish /dɪʃ/
Long words — get the stress right: ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like sprinkle, midnight, snack.

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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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing Practice: MAKING A MIDNIGHT SNACK 🍰 💤 the viral dot cake - Learn English Speaking with Video