This was SUCH a fun cake to make!! I modeled it after the nachos bell grande.
No fondant, I made the bowl (and tomatoes) out of modeling chocolate.
Chips are sugar cookies (with cinnamon and nutmeg added, for flecks) rolled super thin and baked on crumpled parchment.
Meat is cocoa pebbles basically made into rice krispies, but with a couple chocolate chips thrown in for color and kneaded for texture.
Nacho cheese is white chocolate ganache, same with the sour cream but mixed with a little frosting.
The refried beans are made mostly from white chocolate ganache. I added a couple chocolate chips for color and then chopped some chocolate pieces and jelly beans for texture.
by ano-ba-yan
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Sooo… are you gonna make us beg? How do I order one?
So impressive!!
I’m finding it hard to believe this is cake! Great job!!!
This is some great execution. Completely passes for nachos first glance.
Honestly had to open up and read everything you did because I thought someone posted nachos on a baking page. Fantastic job!
That’s very cool. Great job, it’s very convincing!
Very nice!!👏👏👏
I cannnnotttt comprehend this not being actual nachos. this is epic!!
This is amazing!
Candle please
Omg that’s incredible!
This is amazing! I’m actually disgusted by how real it looks.
Wow great job 👏
Next time I get Taco Bell, I’m asking for this cake. <3
I genuinely thought this was a nacho bell grande and was scrolling because I didn’t need to see an ad for Taco Bell when I’m always craving it. Then I realized it’s cake. Hats off to you!
You did an amazing job!
You went all out for this one, very fun and so creative!! 🌮 🔔 ♥️
That looks too much like the real thing😂those bean dollops are on point
Great…. now I want Taco Bell… Thanks.
Lol this is amazing, BTW
This is insane!! I absolutely love it, well done!! 🙌🏽👏🏽
That looks great but for some reason I thought man I’d be disappointed if it didn’t taste like nachos lol.
Great job!
You should join is it cake?
What do you MEAN this isn’t really nachos?
You did an outstanding job!
Definitely nacho average birthday cake!
Did you cut yet ? I wanted to see the cut
Ok looks SO good. Another perfect contender for an April fool’s dessert too!
This is sick af! You should definitely cross post this to r/cakedecorating if you haven’t already.
You know how you get upset when you’re about to eat something and it’s not what you thought it was? Well, thinking these were nachos, I’d be so happy to dig into them and it was cake. Maybe even happier than I’d be if they were the nachos I thought they were. Bravo! And Happy Birthday!
I didn’t look at which subreddit was being shown in my scroll and thought that someone was showing off their nachos. I was thinking wow finally Taco Bell has a decent nacho size!
Awesome job!
Could you post again after you’ve cut into it, please?
That is so awesome! Well done.
Really impressed by the textured look of the refried beans in particular!
This is so clever, great job!
Is there a cake underneath or is it all the chips?
Wow! That is so realistic the r/tacobell sub would love this
this is so real looking, i love it. the texture on the refried beans is so accurate its almost disturbing. i dont think my brain would be able to comprehend seeing nachos but tasting cake.
This is so inventive and looks so realistic! How long did the whole process take?