Alvin Zhou make three chocolate cakes. The first one called for 20 ingredients. The second one had 10 ingredients, and the third one was make only from chocolate, eggs, (and a bit of water). Which one was the best? Spoiler – they all were!
Does a 20-ingredient chocolate cake tastes better than a 2-ingredient chocolate cake?
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