The recipe itself seemed easy enough - the two ingredients to make the pasta only being mozzarella cheese and egg but, once the plan was actually put into motion, the “noodles” that were frozen and boiled, only turned into melted mozzarella in the hot water. In reality, it was just a failed experiment that was too good to be true. Mozzarella pasta - for cheese and pasta lovers, this would sound like a dream however, it remains only a dream since it only actually works in theory. Hardly a chocolate cake, this poseur brownie recipe barely deserves one star. It was dry, flavorless, and visually underwhelming as well as incomparable to the glamour shots that were advertised. The poor recipe was only made worse by a terrible end product. While aesthetically pleasing, the fast-forwarded cut shots only furthered the unclear directions and provided pitfalls for anyone without much cooking experience. The four eggs needed, were not difficult to derive from the onscreen bowl of white ovals, but there was an indiscriminate amount of chocolate chips shown and steps like beating the egg whites were given no added instructions. Within the steps of preparation for the cooking, it becomes apparent that there are flaws in the recipe - there is a complete lack of specificity. Those feelings are extremely short-lived. Then feelings of optimism crop up and skepticism falls away as beautiful shots of smooth melted chocolate and an impressive final product are introduced through the video. However, some initial doubt is coaxed away when it is noted that the production has amassed almost seven million views and garnered a 154,000 to 2,800 like-to-dislike ratio. The idea of a cake being made of only eggs and chocolate chips might have been difficult to pitch as a lack of ingredients would usually correlate to a lacking flavor. This recipe for the chocolate cake came from a collection of recipes within a Youtube video titled “5 Easy 2-Ingredient Recipes.” The video was created by the channel, Tasty, which acts as small cooking focused branch-off of the larger production company Buzzfeed.
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