Milk Bar Creates Special Edition Cheetos Cake Loaded With Cheesy Crunch

One of our favorite cheesy orange snacks celebrated its 75th anniversary on September 6, and what better way to honor the occasion than with a Cheetos-themed cake made by Milk Bar owner Christina Tosi? The sweet and savory dessert boasts Cheetle-infused frosting and Milk Bar's classic sprinkle flecked birthday cake. If you're unfamiliar, Cheetle is the official word for the iconic snack's orange dust — the stuff that gets all over your fingers when you dip into a bag of Cheetos. As Tosi explained to Tasting Table, the Cheetos crumbs tucked between frosting layers are a spin on the classic Milk Bar birthday cake crumbs, except they are tossed in Cheetle. The top of the cake features alternating Cheetos and birthday cake crumbs.

Not only is this cake a celebratory delight for Cheetos, but it's a dream creation for Tosi. "I'm fully obsessed with Cheetos," she told Tasting Table. Even going back to her teenage days, the chef loved the Cheetos-dessert combination, so much so that she would dip the snacks in a tub of vanilla frosting. "I call it my 'dirty dessert secret,' which is like the thing you eat when no one else is looking — though I talk about it so much it's not really a secret anymore," she said. "It's inspired by that salty-sweet moment. The tension between super creamy, velvety rich vanilla frosting and the crunchy, cheesy Cheetos."