Minecraft is one of the most popular games going right now. To play this game you place blocks and build anything you want! I researched that, yo. I had no idea what Minecraft was when I first heard the name. And after telling people about the cake I was working on, I learned I was not alone. Who are the people making this game popular? I know exactly who . . . the YOUNG! Unfortunately, I am not in that age category anymore. I’m not my Grandma old (98), but apparently, neither am I young, or hip.
This cake was one of the most time consuming cakes I have ever undertook. Actually, I think it can claim first prize. From start to finish, it took me around 20 hours to complete this cake. I can’t believe my short attention span lasted that long! The construction of the cake is not technically difficult, it is simply very time consuming.
The first step was to make the 1,620 one centimeter by one centimeter squares. 1,620! I ended up with a couple dozen left over, but that was better than being short a couple! I used a mixture of gum paste and fondant to make the squares, and used a french fry cutter blade to cut out multiple squares at a time. I let them dry and harden over a couple of days.
After I had all of the squares cut out . . . which took about ten of the twenty hours, it was time to carve the cake. This cake in particular was a dense chocolate cake, filled with salted caramel buttercream. I wanted to use a heavy cake for this one to ensure that it would hold up during the carving and construction process.
Cutting the cake perfectly square was essential. I wanted it to be a PERFECT 9″ cube. So, using a (clean, brand new) metal square, I measured, sketched the cut lines, lined them up, and using the GIANT cake carving knife, I started carving.
After the cube of cake was carved, I went about icing it. I thought this step would be incredibly hard, but it ended up being surprising easy. I referred to the metal square to make sure that I was icing evenly, and in relative short time, it was covered.
The first line of the tiles was essential to ensuring that the cube remained perfectly square. I carefully lined the first row up and just went from there, working my way down.
Finishing this cake was one of my happiest moments. I knew it looked awesome . . . and I was incredibly happy to be finished!
The little guy on top is called a Creeper. I made it out of solid gum paste, and then used coloured buttercream to create the “pixelation”. Using a wood skewer, I pushing it into the (very solid) cake.
If you’re about to take on the task of making a cake like this, make sure you give yourself plenty of time! It’s pretty simple when you think about it, it just takes a long time.
Just love this cake and so did my son. Made this for his birthday last year and he loved it! Mind you so did everyone else.
I got plenty of compliments and had to make another for a friend.
I follow you on YouTube and Facebook too! Just such an inspiration.
Love your cakes there all fantastic!
What an amazing cake! What was the size of the cake before you added the fondant? I am just trying to work out dimensions. If the squares are 1 cm x 1 cm and there are are 18 x 18 x 18 actual squares, this gives me a total of a 7 inch cube… I can’t work out how you get to 9 a inch square …… but then my maths is not the best!! 🙂
Hi Jenn,
This cake is AMAZING! My nephew wants a minecraft creeper cake for his birthday party, which has now turned into an adult excuse to party – hence there will be a lot of people to feed! I am not a professional baker though I have worked with fondant before. I’m probably going to use a 50:50 fondant to gum paste ratio. For a cake of this size and the amount of squares you cut out, about how much will I need of each? And is it too early begin rolling & cutting 5 or 6 days before the party? I want to make sure the squares dry but not become inedible. Thank you so much!!!
I don’t remember exactly how much fondant I used, but I made quite a bit of each colour to start with as I didn’t want to have to play a matching game later on, and try to match the initial shade I had coloured. I started on the monday making the squares, and the cake was delivered on a saturday.
Hi thank you for the video my son’s loves mincraft just wanted to know I will like to surprise him with this cake his birthday is in December 22nd and it’s summer here. I’m going to put buttercream should I use all butter or could I use all shortening and my 2nd question is I’m going to put ganche to cover the cake should u freeze the cake before u add the sqaure fondant on the the chocolate ganche before it gets to soft ? And my 3rd question is I will like to add the sword on the top how do I do it should I do the cut out in cardboard then add the fondant or should I use fondant let it try for 2 week then add the squares to the cake I really need help ty so much
Using a small amount of shortening in replace of an equal amount of butter works to help stabilize the icing in the heat. I don’t know about working with ganache as an icing, sorry. You can make the sword either way…they both sound great.
I watch your blog a lot and I was just wondering would this be a recipe for a biggenner I’ve been baking since I was 3 and I’m 14 now. But ice never done anything like this. What I’m trying to ask is this something you would recommend for me.
can you make a video for a cake like a 3-d life size dog or horse?
I’ll add it to my list of requests! Thanks for watching!
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Love your videos and the cake is so amazing . My little bro loves minecraft and when I showed my mom the video she thought we might make this for his bday as surprise . Since my brother is only little we might make a smaller version . Any tips to help my mom make this ?
How many people did this feed.?
LOTS!! It’s a huge cake…and it was for a birthday party that I did not attend, so I don’t know how many people it ended up feeding.
The recipe you used for the cake would be useful for us beginners.
Hi there. This cake looks amazing and my son wants this cake for his birthday. I just need to know, what fry cutter did you use. Was it an actual machine or just a blade? Please help. Maybe you can tell me what model or brand you used. Thanks in advance. Any help is appreciated.
It was just the blade. I think I got it at Walmart.
Love this cake… Thinking of making it for my brother. Question… What gum paste do you recommend, or do you have a video of how to make gum paste (if thats even possible?)
I use Satin Ice, but you can use any commercial brand. Thanks for watching!
Could you please explain how you made the shape and the design of the creeper? My boyfriend loves Minecraft, and I was thinking about making this for his birthday.
you could use some of the excess cake from the block or you could make some cake pops but make them square
Hi! I have another question as I’m about to begin making this cake! After the cake is complete can it be refrigerated? Or will that affect the fondant/gumpaste?
Yes, it’s fine to place in the fridge after the fondant is on.
Thanks! I’m so nervous! Haha!
my brother whants that cake for his birthday sence he likes mine craft by the way i love your videos i need to wach all of them
Thanks for watching my videos!
What is the advantage of combining gumpaste and fondant? And which green did you use?
Combining the two makes for a harder product.
Did you say to FREEZE the cake ?
Do you thaw it out before applying fondant ?
THanks
kim
Yes I froze the cake to solidify it…it helps when carving. You can thaw it out before covering if you wish, but I didn’t.
Do you mind giving me the recipe for this cake i am trying to make it for my sons birthday party.
Such a beautiful cake!! My brother is a minecraft fanatic and this would be perfect for his birthday. I’ve never combined gumpaste with fondant. How would I go about that?
You just put them into one ball and work it together…it’s super easy 🙂
great looking cake. thanks for all the detailed tips.
I’m only 9 years old and im turning 10 in 17 days and im having a b-day party at laser tag and its going to be a minecraft party. my mom thought i should have a minecraft party and she just made ivatatshions and soon she will make me a minecraft cake and minecraft cupcakes.
How many cakes did you make to achieve the height of the cake and what size did you end up using?
As you can see in the pictures, it is 8 layers high.
Hey 🙂
I just started watching your videos today! I would love to be that talented. I’ve made a few cakes and different designs, but I would love to know if you have a video on making a game controller or one of the many game systems from Play Station. My brother loves video games and he plays Minecraft so I was thinking about doing this cake but I only have a week till his birthday so maybe something a little less time consuming. Also I would only need a small cake it would only be like 3 people eating it so I wouldn’t need to make that large of a cake.
Thank you, Ashley 😀
Thanks for watching the videos! I’ll add your request to the list, but unfortunately it won’t be on the timeline you need.
Good morning! I’m going to make an attempt at this type of cake for my son’s birthday party. If I start with squares tonight (Wednesday), do you think it would be even possible to get it done by Friday? I’ll be having a party also next week with the rest of the family, so I could potentially finish it for then. I’ve never worked with fondant/gel paste before, so maybe I’ll adapt the pattern so it’s not such a big cube, but rather small cubes of cake layered in a sort of scene. I haven’t figured out how much cursing I want the people around me to hear yet. 🙂 Either way, this cake is fabulous!
you can get it finished by then but you would have to start a little early.
for the fondant, you can buy buckets at a bakery supply store and you just roll it out and cut it into squares
I want to make a cake for my daughter and she loves Barbie because its ger birthday can you post a Video on how to make one please.
Thank you,
Noor
http://cookiescupcakesandcardio.com/?p=3954
I LOVE this. Preparing to get started on making this cake for my son’s birthday next week! I hope it turns out as awesome as yours!! Mind if I ask a couple questions?? What size cake pan did you start out with for the cakes? Since you let the tiles dry and harden, were they edible or did they get peeled off to eat the cake? How many people would the 9″ cube cake feed?
Thanks!!
Hi Heather….if I recall correctly, I believe I made the cakes in 8″ square pans. I didn’t eat the cake so I don’t know what happened after delivery. The tiles would have been edible, but I doubt that they would have eaten them. The 9″ square would feed a TON of people…the cake is HUGE!
I need a recipe for a Barbie cake
Can…..you help?????
Thanks
Here’s the link for the Barbie cake. http://cookiescupcakesandcardio.com/?p=3954
Would you mind explaining how you used the fry cutter to make the squares. Did you just press the gum paste/ fondant mixture into the fry cutter blades? I’m sorry I just can’t seem to figure it out..
Never mind.. I’m an idiot.. Haha
That is awesome! This is the perfect cake for my sons 9th birthday. He loves this game! Wish me luck!
Hello,
I would love to have this cake created for my son’s 3rd birthday. I know if I was to try to create it, it would look the same. However, it looks great 🙂
P.S. How much does this cake cost to create or to have you make another one?
How tall is the cake? I have an order for this cake and I do not know how much to charge?
Hi, how long after icing the cake did you stick all the squares on, did you have to leave it in fridge or do it straight away. I am attempting to make one this week, have started to cut out all the squares, takes ages. thanks
It took me at least 20 hours, not counting the baking time. Good luck!
Also need to know how you cut is perfect Metal square what is that?
To cut the squares, I used a potato fry cutter! It’s amazing how other kitchen tools can come in handy.
Would you mind If i asked what colors you used for the square and how did you come up with the pattern to place them?
Hi there…I just used different amounts of green and brown Americolor gel pastes. I started with a small amount, and then when I was finished with the light, I would add more colour and start the next set of squares. I roughly followed the actual minecraft block (found an image on google).
Awe-mazing! Planning a minecraft party now and wow, what an inspiration this it! 🙂 Love, love, love it!
Thank you so much! I hope you have a fabulous party…are you going to make the cake to go with the party?