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January 30, 2009

The Nacho Cheese Dispenser Cake


Tonight was nothing short of awesome. Not only did I get to make a kick-ass cake for my favorite radio show Too Beautiful To Live (TBTL) and go rollerskating for the first time since the fourth grade (SO much fun!), I got to talk about the cake on the radio too! (If you'd like to listen, my interview starts at 33 minutes into the podcast. They also gave me a great shout-out right after they saw the cake that you can hear at 20 minutes in. But really you should just listen to the entire show. Believe me, you'll LOVE it.)


So you're probably wondering what a nacho cheese dispenser cake has to do with a radio show. Well, it was a random comment that the host of the show, Luke Burbank, made that inspired me. He told a story a few weeks ago about his love affair with nacho cheese sauce at 7-11 as a kid and how he still loves it even now. When I heard him say that, I knew instantly I had to at least try to make it. After lots of research about nacho cheese dispensers, I decided it was possible. Once I got started with the cake, I couldn't just stop at making the dispenser. I also made a plate of chips covered in nacho cheese and I "cheesed" up the cake by making it orange and adding a few green sprinkles to the batter to replicate little flecks of jalapeƱo peppers.

The cake was a simple white cake (technically it was orange with little flecks of green to resemble nacho cheese sauce with jalapenos flakes) that was double-filled with a layer of delche de leche and vanilla bean butter cream. It took about 40 hours or so to make.

That included making:
  •  one batch of Rice Krispy Treats (for the plunger body)
  • 5 half-sheet vanilla cakes
  • 20 cups of vanilla bean icing
  • 7 cups of dulche de leche, 
  • all sugar work:
    • the spout (complete with a big drip of cheese)
    • plunger top
    • cheese on top of the nachos (gum pate and candy melts!)
    • plate 
    • TBTL banner
    • words 
    • on/off switch
    • "on" light
    • thermostat sign
    • thermostat dial
    • the four pounds of fondant work on the outside of the cake
The 40 hours didn't include the time spent on designing the cake, the research, the shopping, or the cleaning of the kitchen, or delivering the cake to the skating rink.

Sure, it was a lot of work, but it was so much fun to make! It was just something I wanted to do and I'm so glad I did. To the TBTL crew - Jen, Luke, Sean, Robin and everyone behind the scenes... I know this sounds a bit cheesy but thank you, thank you, thank you for all the hard work you put into the show and for making me and my family laugh each and every time we listen. Rawr!
I apologize for the lack of good pictures. I didn't have much time between the time the cake was due and when I finished it.


28 comments:

  1. unbelievable. Just...wow. It's pretty much the most impressive cake of all time.

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  2. Congratulations!! The cake came out more awesome than I thought. I knew you'd do a marvelous job but to tackle something like that. I would have gone with sheet cake! :-)

    Can I ask a question, I don't get it why nachos? LOL! I know I'm missing something...
    ~ingrid

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  3. I Love this Cake! I have to show my youngest son....who doesn't like cake, but lists spicy nachos as his favorite food:-)

    You are incredibly talented...it turned out wonderfully well :-)

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  4. Absolutely A-mazing! You did a fabulous job! I must find out more about this radio show you speak of...

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  5. wow Julia! your cakes continue to get more and more impressive. When are you gonna go an a game show or start your own business?? I'm so glad you had fun!

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  6. where the hell did the Hyde come from? grrr

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  7. This is amazing!! I'm craving nachos now.

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  8. That cake is absolutely amazing! You are quite the talent in the kitchen. Thanks for sharing!

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  9. I'm in awe! I'm a nacho lover myself and this is the best ever. You are so talented!

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  10. I just watched your slide show! Wow, that is pretty amazing how you made that. You rock, Julia!
    ~ingrid

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  11. OH MY GOD! you need to compete on that food network show. this is amazing!

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  12. I've never seen anything like it-Wow! I agree, you need to start your own business. Your cakes are amazing!

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  13. Fantastic job! Love the cheese on the plate. My husband loves to get the spicy nachos when we go to the movies.

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  14. This is amazing! I am so impressed by this cake. Great job!

    ;) amy

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  15. That is one crazy effort! 40 hours for one cake! You did a wonderful job.

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  16. I think everyone has written this before me, but that is amazing!!!

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  17. What fun! We're time travelers and wished we could have been at the party. Instead we listened to the Xanadu soundtrack and dreamed ...

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  18. The whole story is awesome!!

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  19. so funny :-) I was going to suggest you *join* Daring Bakers!

    Keep on baking!

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  20. Julia you are nuts! Awesome.
    - Jesse

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  21. TBTL is.. awesome cake maker finders. Great job!

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  22. Julia, your cake is so awsome. I will have to watch the pod cast later. A huge belated thanks for the yummy cupcakes you had sent over a while back. Feel free to use us as guinea pigs anytime. Leslie

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  23. That is amazing - maybe you should hook up with Duff sometime and do a baking challenge together!

    Thanks for your nice comment on my absence from blogging - if I can free up the time in the future to at least be able to make a reasonable number of posts a month, I'll be glad to return. Until then, I'll be visiting your site and my other favorites to continue to get some great inspiration!

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  24. HOLLY FREAKING COOL!!! Love it! I can't even imagine how much work went into that. WOW!

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  25. I heard the TBTL roller skating party episode and saw your cake on thier blog. I am so glad that they added a link to your site! You have som fantastic recipe ideas on here. I am absolutley making the crock pot apple crisp this weekend (and thanks for adding the option to vegan-ize that recipe, i love when people do that!!).

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  26. WOW! This is an amazing project and you came out triumphant! Congratulations! When I first glanced through the page I thought this was an actual nacho cheese machine. It is nicely done! Loved it! God bless!!!

    ~M*O*M~

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  27. Oh my goodness! That looks like it took a century to make!

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