Exclusive | Over-the-top cake of Knicks OG Anunobys tip-in goes viraland baker dishes on how he made it

The Knicks’ victory never tasted so sweet.An over-the-top cake commemorating OG Anunoby’s history-making tip-in during Game 4 of the NBA Finals went viral on social media this week.The impressive 2-foot confectionary creation features the forward-guard — sculpted out of fondant and modeling chocolate — pushing the ball into the basket, with 2.4 seconds remaining on the shot clock above.The icing on the cake is an awestruck Celebrity Row of Spike Lee, Mariska Hargitay, Timothée Chalamet and Ben Stiller — and even The Post’s back cover from the morning after the game-winning shot — all printed on wafer paper.The celebrity baker behind the creation, Don Donneruno, aka “The Cake Don,” told The Post the labor of love took five hours to complete, and the entire thing is edible.The video he posted of the slam dunk dessert racked up over 315,000 views on Instagram and countless comments from Knicks fans.“It’s kind of funny, people are saying he looks a little too thick … They’re saying, ‘OG’s caked up,'” Donneruno said, laughing. The idea for the cake came about when a young fan came into his Huntington, Long Island, shop sporting an OG jersey and asking for a Knicks cake for his birthday.Donneruno, 58, a Whitestone native and self-proclaimed “Knicks freak,” said choosing that moment to recreate in cake was a no-brainer.

“For Knicks fans, that play is going to live forever.A hundred years from now, they’ll still be showing that clip.

That play is etched in New York sports history now.It’s never going away.”He’s actually created two cakes for the Knicks organization — one for its president Leon Rose and another for guard Jordan Clarkson’s birthday.Clarkson’s mother called and asked if he could replicate a Louis Vuitton suitcase with a Knicks logo, add $100 bills spilling out of it and deliver the sweet treat to Madison Square Garden as a surprise.“She was like, ‘He’ll be at practice, can you drop it off?'” he r...

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Publisher: New York Post

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