Marj Santaromana is a 38-year-old artist of many trades. Her passion for creating edible art began after discovering cake decorating shows and competitions on television. She went on to perfect her craft at the French Culinary Institute, earning a diploma in the pastry arts. She especially loves creating hyper-realistic cakes — largely based on wrestling, gaming, and generally nostalgic objects — and recording cake-cutting videos for social media.
Most recently, she competed in the second season of “Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking” on Food Network & HBO Max. Marj has also competed in the Disney+ competition show “Foodtastic,” and was featured behind the scenes creating hyper-realistic cakes for the Roku Original “Eye Candy.” Her nerdy, pop culture-centric cakes caught the attention of the SyFy Channel and were featured in their “Fan Creators” mini-docs. She and her work have appeared in various news, radio, podcast, and print publications. Previously, as the lead cake decorator at the renowned, designer cake studio BCakeNY in Brooklyn, NY, Marj had the opportunity to create cakes for a large celebrity clientele (e.g. Bruno Mars, Jay-Z, DJ Khaled, Taylor Swift, and Iron Maiden, to name a few). She spent 7 years as the lead cake decorator at Sweet Fix in Richmond, Virginia, until the custom cake studio closed its doors in late 2025.
Marj has been a pro-wrestling fan since childhood, and couldn’t be happier to actually be able to make wrestling the focus of much of her art. She started making a name for herself in the wrestling community by producing enamel pins, which can be found on her Etsy among countless other products. Marj even got the opportunity to combine her two passions by creating the official cake for WWE Monday Night Raw’s 25th Anniversary. When she’s not busy decorating pastries, Marj spends her spare time designing logos and merchandise for professional wrestlers and wrestling retailers alike. Her clients have included Orange Cassidy, Big Van Vader, Chris Hero, Effy, Chris Dickinson, Lio Rush, Nick Gage, 44.OH!, Rey Fenix/Republic of Lucha, Nancy Benoit, and more!
Additionally, Marj is well known for her detailed wrestling-themed cosplays — sewing and fabricating much of her costumes’ elements herself — and showing them off at various conventions. Since 2020, she has been the brains, founder, and organizer of the annual Inktober-inspired, wrestling-themed drawing challenge known as “Sketch-A-Mania” — born during the onset of COVID-19, it has since taken on a life of its own and still draws countless participants every year! She is also known for baking detailed “gingerbread wrestler” cookies, which managed to catch the eye of “Saint Mick” Foley, now her most loyal customer. She was even given the official title of “Mick Foley’s Personal Baker” by the legend himself!
In her spare time, Marj enjoys playing Dance Dance Revolution, collecting toys, doing karaoke, and vending at various comic, gaming & wrestling conventions (when she’s not attending them for fun). She was born and bred in Staten Island, NY, but as of 2019 resides in Richmond, VA. She is proudly celebrating 8+ years of sobriety from alcohol.
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