First Time Eating a Cake
About this video
A first taste of cake in the village. This Tribal People Try episode does what the channel always does: put something new in front of people who cook every meal from scratch and let them talk.
What is cake?
Cake covers birthday sponges, chocolate fudge cake, carrot cake, red velvet, black forest and the American layer cakes covered in buttercream. Bakery cake is common in Pakistani cities; the elaborate frosted kind is what the videos usually feature.
What to watch for
Frosting is the divide. A thick layer of American buttercream is sweeter and greasier than anything the village bakes, and the usual move is to eat the sponge and leave the icing. Chocolate cake wins; red velvet is treated with suspicion.
The comparison they always make
Cake is a city thing bought for weddings and birthdays. Home sweets are halwa, kheer and mithai, all far less sweet than a frosted American slice, whatever people assume.
This episode
It's the tribe's 15th cake video out of 23. They first tried it in August 2020 ("Tribal People Try American Brownie for the First Time"). The most-watched cake episode is "Tribal People Try Homemade Brownies for the First Time" (718K views). The video runs about 8 minutes, went up in September 2023 and has 106.5K views and 5.2K likes.
Frequently asked
Who are the people in Tribal People Try?
Villagers from rural Punjab, Pakistan. They're families from the same area, not actors, and they've been part of the channel for years.
What is cake?
Cake covers birthday sponges, chocolate fudge cake, carrot cake, red velvet, black forest and the American layer cakes covered in buttercream. Bakery cake is common in Pakistani cities; the elaborate frosted kind is what the videos usually feature.
Did the tribe like the cake?
Watch to the end — nothing is scripted, and when something doesn't suit them they say so. Cake is a city thing bought for weddings and birthdays. Home sweets are halwa, kheer and mithai, all far less sweet than a frosted American slice, whatever people assume.
Have they tried cake before?
Yes — this is the 15th of 23 cake videos. The first was "Tribal People Try American Brownie for the First Time" in August 2020.
Where was this video filmed?
In rural Punjab, Pakistan, where the participants live. The videos are recorded in the village rather than in a studio.