£9 vs £30 Chocolate Cake: Can You Taste the Difference?

This week on Cheap vs Steep, Mrs B and I made the exact same chocolate cake twice... once using budget ingredients from Lidl and once using premium ingredients from Waitrose. As always... same recipe, same quantities but very different price tags. Pushing the ingredients to the max either end for curiosity. We break down every ingredient cost on screen, reveal the true recipe totals, and then taste test to decide whether the expensive cake is actually worth it. Does spending over double on butter, eggs and cocoa make a better chocolate cake? Or is chocolate cake just… chocolate cake? Watch to see which one wins. Watch the full Cheap vs Steep playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfItiEY3o1mum1ngUXhQ5b3rmTZu_ZHXC Subscribe for new videos every Monday & Thursday at 4pm (UK time): https://www.youtube.com/@mrbarrylewis?sub_confirmation=1 All socials and extras: https://linktr.ee/barrylewis Huge thanks to our Patreon & YouTube members for helping support the channel. 00:00 Cheap vs Expensive Chocolate Cake 00:28 Our Rules of Cheap vs Steep 00:41 Cake batter ingredients 05:46 Mixing Both Cakes Side by Side 06:10 Into the oven 06:32 First look at the sponges 06:49 Making chocolate buttercream 08:52 Buttercream taste off 09:31 Decorating the cakes 10:17 Chocolate toppings 11:30 Final Ingredient Cost Reveal 12:41 Taste test & final thoughts #ChocolateCake #CheapVsSteep #BakingExperiment