Nanny Cakes is a homemade, made-to-order online bakery in Oklahoma City offering 100% plant-based baked goods and desserts inspired by a cherished family recipe — sweetness, the countryside way.
Our baked goods and desserts are prepared fresh for your pre-order. Every item is handcrafted and delivered directly to your door, throughout the metro and surrounding areas.
NO walk-ins. NO storefront.
Our Legacy
The Story Behind Nanny Cakes
NANNY
King-Dukes
1923-2006
Nanny Cakes is named in honor of the owner’s great-grandmother, Nanny — born in 1923 in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma — a farmer, ranch owner, and military aircraft mechanic whose strength, independence, and warmth shaped the heart of our bakery.
Raised in a time when food was grown with care and baking was a daily act of love, Nanny’s kitchen reflected the values of the countryside: simplicity, hard work, and generosity. One of her cherished cupcake recipes became the foundation of Nanny Cakes.
Today, that legacy lives on through thoughtfully crafted, 100% plant-based baked goods made-to-order in Oklahoma City.
Inspired by the Countryside Era of the 1800s-1960s
Nanny Cakes embraces a vintage countryside aesthetic inspired by American rural life between the 1800s and 1960s. Influenced by the Country Place Era, the Roaring Twenties, the Golden Age, western ranch culture, and subtle steampunk and dieselpunk design elements, our brand celebrates timeless craftsmanship, heritage, and the enduring spirit of homemade tradition.
This era reflects the livelihood and strength of Great-Grandmother Nanny. Her life bridges the rustic farmland years and the industrial growth period that shaped American entrepreneurship.
Our brand honors that transition:
From soil to stove.
From ranch to recipe.
From heritage to handcrafted.
QUEEN NANNY
of the Maroons
c. 1685-1760
WARRIOR. REVOLUTIONARY. LIBERATOR. HERO. LEGEND.
In honor of legacy and to pay homage to those that came before us. We acknowledge QUEEN NANNY of the Windward Maroons of Jamaica, the driving force of Nanny Cakes. May her legacy never be forgotten.
Queen Nanny's image is featured on the $500 Jamaican note and is considered the first and only female national hero.
LEARN HOW SHE CHANGED HISTORY
Nanny was born in present-day Ghana on the Gold Coast and transported to Jamaica where she became a military commander. She established heavily-fortified defenses around several impenetrable self-sustaining settlements, named in her honor, and led armed guerrilla warfare revolts against the British Empire for nearly two decades.
While in her late 50s or 60s during her reign, she setup an intricate intelligence, espionage, and communications network that infiltrated the entirety of British operations on the island.
More than a general, she was a liberator—credited with helping over 1,000 enslaved Africans escape to freedom, striking at the very foundation of the plantation system. She forced the British authorities to sign the Articles of Pacification on April 20, 1740 after years of failed attempts to crush the Maroons.
This treaty guaranteed Nanny and her people:
• Maroon freedom
• Nanny Town sovereignty
• Trade markets
• Political autonomy; and
• 500 acres of land in Portland Parish
The legacy and sovereign nation of New Nanny Town, now known as Moore Town, Jamaica still stands today and remains unconquered.
WE HONOR YOU
MEET THE FOUNDER | OWNER
Nanny Cakes was created in honor of two extraordinary women named — Nanny.
My late great-grandmother whose cupcake recipe — lovingly shared with me — became the heart and foundation of this bakery; and my Afrikkan ancestor, a Jamaican national treasure whose drive, ambition, and relentless nature built an entire nation.
I wanted to preserve the comfort, warmth, and southern sweetness my great-grandmother brought into every room, while reimagining her recipe into something that reflects my own heart; and to also bring honor and awareness to a Queen worth remembering.
Every order is made-to-order and delivered with care, so that you’re not just receiving dessert — you’re sharing in a piece of the love that was first shared with me.
MS. NANNY CAKES
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