Real or cake? Former ‘Is It Cake?’ contestant puts his incredible baking skills to the test and you will not be able to tell which household item is a fake dessert and which is legit
Cake expert Jonny Manganello showed off his baking skills in a viral TikTok video he posted on January 7.
Manganello, who goes by @thejonnycakes, jokingly admitted how much he would charge food lovers to order one of his trick-or-treating cakes.
He showed off two delicious bowls of cereal and an iPhone and also revealed that it was nothing but cake.
The former Netflix show contestant, who appeared on season 1 of Is It Cake?, included a total of ten household items, all of which were actually his cake creations.
Manganello’s video has almost 40 million views and almost three million likes.
Cake expert Jonny Manganello showed off his baking skills in a viral TikTok video he posted on January 7. The video was shared by @baking_obsessionnnn on Instagram six days later
Manganello revealed ten cakes that resemble household items and how much he would charge someone for each cake. One is priceless, while the other costs $1 million
Manganello was already famous on social media for his realistic cakes before entering the Netflix competition.
He is no stranger to sharing his extremely lifelike creations over the years.
He didn’t reveal how much he would charge for the Keurig cake, but he admitted he would charge food lovers very high prices.
Manganello’s least expensive cake on the list is the pumpkin bucket, which he said he would offer for free.
He increased the cake price to $4 for a hairdryer and $650 for an orange cooking pot.
The baker went even higher for the iPhone, cereal bowl and water bottle, jokingly asking between $999 and $1 million for all three.
The good news for cake lovers is that if they’re looking for a ‘lover’s special’ or ‘floor cake discount’, they can always try its Croc and Sleep Mask cakes.
Anyone who wants to get a priceless cake from Manganello will have to order his baby girl cake, which he cuts in half without hesitation.
The contestant, who competed on season one of Is It Cake?, unfortunately did not win.
Over the years he has shown off most of his realistic cakes more than once. The excellent news for cake lovers is that if they are looking for a ‘lover’s special’ or ‘floor cake discount’, they can always try its Croc and Sleep Mask cakes.
Manganello turned out to be a controversial competitor thanks to him deep red gelatin squares.
The social media star created red gelatin squares to mimic tomatoes in a real taco, tricking the judges into thinking the Mexican food was actually a pie.
He told Tudum that his sneaky move didn’t break any rules and that the show took their rules very seriously.
“Since this episode was a fast food challenge, I checked the culinary rules and the rules and asked if it was okay to mess with my decoy with food, and they said ‘Absolutely,'” he said.
Despite the loss and accusations of cheating from some viewers, Manganello continues to deceive viewers with his cakes and begins to show fans the secrets of his baking success.
The baker went even higher for the iPhone, cereal bowl and water bottle by charging between $999 and $1 million
The last cake the baker showed in his TikTok video belonged to a girl. The bay leaf cake was the only food item that Maganello said was “priceless.”
Fans of the show had accused the social media star of cheating on Is It Cake? after making gelatin squares to trick judges into thinking a real taco was actually a dessert
Manganello, who occasionally acts as a judge Without Prescription – The Try Guysis currently selling cake kits that provide directions on how food lovers can make the realistic treats from home.
According to The Jonny Cakes websitecreate cake packages ‘the perfect opportunity to delve into the amazing and technical world of hyper-realistic cake baking.’
He currently sells the cereal bowl and cartoon cake kit and tutorial for $65 each.
They come with “almost everything” someone needs to make the cakes and a private link to Mangenello in a video tutorial.
It is unclear how many cake packages the baker has sold so far.
TikTok users gave Mangenello several compliments in his January 7 video and even thought he deserved “a second chance” on Is It Cake?
Social media users have complimented the baker’s talents but have also realized the joke in his prices after seeing the iPhone and the water bottle
Manganello responded to some comments on the TikTok video and even admitted that he was “bad” when Is It Cake? included.
While many users applauded its joke prices, some commenters believed the casserole would actually be worth $650, but one user wasn’t happy with the iPhone cake’s $999 price tag.
“I thought 650 was reasonable, but the iPhone being more expensive didn’t make sense to me,” one TikToker wrote.