When I was a kid, I loved Nerds! There’s nothing much better than “retro” candies from the 80’s! Nostalgia makes everything taste better, am I right? Combining cake and the crunch of Nerds is such a novel treat!
I haven’t seen Nerds in forever -nor was I looking for them- so when I recently found boxes of them at Bulk Barn I knew I had to make something using them! They come in a different sizes and the extra large boxes are full of a number of different flavours and colours- those are the Rainbow Nerds variety (you can see them in the intro shot of the video). I separated each box of Nerds by colour to get all the variety of colours I had in my tutorial. It’s a time consuming activity, but if you want to achieve the rainbow effect, it’s necessary. Choose your favourite playlist of ours and set yourself up in front of the computer and separate them one. by. one.
Nerds date waaaay back to 1983. I was four when some genius invented these little crunchy candies. They are sour and sweet, and come in tons of flavours! I’m not sure which one is my favourite, but I definitely like the green watermelon one. Basically they are tiny sugar candies, coated in different colours and flavours. They have a distinct flavour, so when you cut into this cake for a bite of it, you’ll definitely be able to taste the Nerds flavours.
Rainbow Nerds Candy Cake
Ingredients:
- 3 x 8″ white cake
- Assorted Nerds Candy
- Vanilla buttercream
- Piping gel
- Separate Nerds by colour in separate bowls.
- Attach one cake round to a cake board using a small dollop of buttercream. Cover the top of the cake round in buttercream, and pipe a dam around the outside of the layer. This will prevent any Nerds from falling out the sides of the cake.
- Fill center of cake round with Nerds.
- Place second cake round on top of the bottom one, and repeat covering the cake with buttercream and piping a dam.
- Fill with Nerds and place third layer on top. Cover the entire cake with buttercream.
- On the outside of the cake, etch an angled guideline up and around the sides of the cake.
- Apply piping gel to the area that the Nerds will be, and gently press the Nerds into the piping gel. Repeat using colours of Nerds as desired.
- On top of the cake, etch out a spiral guideline and apply piping gel and Nerds as desired.
- Serve cake when desired.
- It is best kept in the fridge and consumed within for 2-3 days.
Hey, I am making this cake for my school, but I need to know how many boxes you used for the nerds. Outside and inside. Thanks! 🙂
Lots!
Thanks! 🙂
Is it possible that you can make a maltesers and daim cake? 🙂
I love the nerd cake. Can you make a gummy bear cake?
I’ve been practicing one already 🙂
I no that i already commented but i forgot to include one more question, i just got a candy thermometre and i was wondering if u knew any recipes with one in it…
thanks for all your amazing videos
– Aisling
All of my hard candy recipes have it, as does my giant american flag candy bar.
Hi Jen! Awesome cake. 🙂 I’ve tried finding your recipe version of white cake, but can’t find one. Can you post your recipe for white cake? Please and thank you! Your cakes always taste delicious, so I don’t want to search else where. lol
Is it possible if you could make a cola cake?
I made one before but I found it didn’t really taste like cola..I love your work=)
Yum! I’m a pepsi girl myself, but hopefully I can find one to make that we would both like!
WOW it’s amazing I love Nerds too! I was born somewhere around 80’s! LOL