Family Birthday Party 'Turns into Mayhem' After Grandma 'Pours Too Much Alcohol' on Flaming Baked Alaska (Exclusive)

Family Birthday Party 'Turns into Mayhem' After Grandma 'Pours Too Much Alcohol' on Flaming Baked Alaska (Exclusive) https://ift.tt/xYDsuhN

A birthday celebration turned into an emergency when a cake caught on fire

Kristina Hyde

Ann Hyde and a birthday cake

NEED TO KNOW

• The Hyde family recently all got together for a birthday celebration, complete with a homemade Baked Alaska cake courtesy of their grandmother, Ann Hyde
• When she went to pour the alcohol, however, the whole cake caught on fire
• Videos of the incident went viral, amassing over 50 million views from various points of view

It was a normal birthday celebration for the Hyde family in November when things took an unexpected turn. As the family gathered around to sing "Happy Birthday" to David Hyde, his mother, Ann Hyde, went to light her homemade Baked Alaska, but it didn't quite go as planned.

Ann's granddaughter, Kristina Hyde, and her daughter-in-law, Ingrid Zoba Hyde, now talk to PEOPLE about the fateful incident that swept the internet, amassing over 50 million views and shooting them to internet stardom.

The two explain that Ann has made Baked Alaska several times in the past, and things have always gone off without a hitch, briefly flambéing the showstopper before serving up the ice cream confection. However, things worked out differently this time around.

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“The intent was a tiny flame on top of the cake. So just you pour a dash of [alcohol] on there, and then it flames out pretty quickly,” Ingrid, 58, shares.

However, Ingrid notes that "all mayhem broke loose when she poured too much," lighting the cake on fire while still holding the cup of alcohol, which also quickly caught flame.

"Then her son, whose birthday it was, was trying to help and knocked her hand, and then it poured all over the table. That's when everything turned into mayhem. It was a silent panic while we were all trying to figure out what to do," she shares.

Kristina Hyde

Ingrid and Kristina Hyde

When the cup of alcohol was set down, the tablecloth caught on fire. As David tried to control the flames, silverware clattered to the floor, and in an effort to save the flaming cake, Ann put it onto a wicker chair.

“We think she was trying to preserve the cake since everybody was beating the flames out of the table,” Ingrid says.

Kristina, 19, admits they may not have taken the best approach.

Kristina Hyde

The cake after the fire

“I don't know if we were all trying to figure out what to do. It was my cousin and myself, and my twin brother," she shares. "The three of us were standing there filming, and my mom was hitting the flames with an oven mitt."

Eventually, the flames died down, and in one of the viral videos from the incident, Ann is seen leaving the room. Ingrid confirms that she was going to get the fire extinguisher, but thankfully, it wasn't needed.

When they assessed the damage, they realized “there wasn’t that much" needing repair.

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“The tablecloths were both a bit trashed. There’s a little bit on the rug where the flames had fallen, and then some minor burns on Grandma's hand, but nothing terrible. Her hand had gone in the flame a little bit, but she was okay,” Ingrid shares. 

The cake, however, was mostly inedible. Still, they all had "a bite or two.” 

“It was pretty charred. I think Grandma was really wanting us to still enjoy it,” Ingrid adds.

Multiple members of the family shared videos from their point of view during the incident across social channels, collectively amassing over 50 million views.

“We were all a little shell-shocked after. There's one point at the end of the video where I look angry, but I was actually just telling all the kids not to laugh until we knew if Grandma was okay,” Ingrid says.

Grandma Ann was not deterred from making the cake again, and she did a few weeks ago, but held the flames and the alcohol, Ingrid says.

Kristina Hyde

David Hyde, Tyler Hyde, Ingrid Zoba Hyde, Kristina Hyde, Ann Hyde

The Hyde family has learned their lesson. Now, they warn to always “have your fire extinguishers ready. Maybe monitor a little more closely when everything's happening. Don't put a flaming cake on a wicker chair."

After the incident, which took place at Ann’s house in Kansas City, Mo., the family sent her lots of fire prevention and safety gear. 

“She now has several fire extinguishers and a fire blanket. It's all there now," Ingrid shares. "We sent it pretty much right after that because we realized, had we had it right there, it might've changed things, but we didn't see anything, and it was an oven mitt that helped save the day instead."