#GuiltyPleasureConfessional: Yolanda’s ‘How To Cake It’ Is the Internet’s Best Secret Rabbit Hole

Let me tell you something… ya man ain’t never seen a cake like this unless he’s like me and spends his time going down the rabbit holes of YouTube in the midnight hours watching cake videos. If that’s ya mans, tell him I said wassup. Ain’t nothing wrong with a little crumb coat and chill. If you haven’t guessed it, one of my many (probably, too many) guilty pleasures is watching cake videos. But not just any cake videos, I’m talking about the crazy big, looks like something you shouldn’t eat, giant sized cake version of something you already eat type cake videos. I love to bake. Baking cakes is something that has always intrigued me. One night, a couple of years ago, I was minding my magical Black business and searching for new recipes. That’s when I stumbled upon was lead to the Canadian bombshell and queen of cakes, Yolanda Gampp and her YouTube channel How to Cake It. Queen of cakes may not be a grand enough title. I feel like I need to run down her resume like Missandei read off Daenerys’ so you know it’s real.

“Yolanda Gampp, rightful Queen of cakes, sculptor of confections, the Khaleesi of mega cakes, cake tee curator, she got 99 problems but a cake ain’t one.” The Khaleesi of mega cakes putting in WERK! Baking is a freaking art form. Anyone who bakes knows that. You have to be part scientist and part visual artist for that shit to turn out right. Yolanda is all that, plus an architect and just straight up goofy as hell. This woman makes some visually stunning cakes…