Minecraft Cake

20m
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Add milk, vegetable oil, and sifted cake flour into a large bowl and whisk until smooth.
  2. 2Separate 8 egg yolks and 8 egg whites.
  3. 3Add the 8 egg yolks and 1 tsp of vanilla extract to the flour mixture and whisk until well combined.
  4. 4In a stand mixer bowl, add 8 egg whites, 100g of sugar, and 7g of lemon juice.
  5. 5Whisk the egg white mixture until stiff peaks form.
  6. 6Gently fold the egg white mixture into the egg yolk batter until fully incorporated.
  7. 7Pour the batter into a baking pan lined with baking paper.
  8. 8Bake at 300°F (150°C) for 20 minutes.
  9. 9In a large bowl, combine 1 block of cream cheese, a splash of heavy cream, and 60g of casting sugar.
  10. 10Whisk the cream cheese mixture until smooth and creamy.
  11. 11Spread the cream cheese frosting evenly over the cooled cake using an offset spatula.
  12. 12Cut the cake into small square pieces.
  13. 13Pipe additional frosting on the sides of each cake square.
  14. 14Carefully remove the skin from strawberries using a knife.
  15. 15Cut the strawberry skin into small square 'pixels'.
  16. 16Place the strawberry skin pixels on top of each frosted cake square to create the Minecraft design.

Ingredients

  • 90 g milk
  • 90 g vegetable oil
  • 100 g cake flour
  • 8 egg yolks
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 8 egg whites
  • 100 g sugar
  • 7 g lemon juice
  • 1 block cream cheese
  • splash heavy cream
  • 60 g casting sugar
  • strawberries

Equipment

large bowlwhisksievestand mixerbaking panbaking paperoffset spatulaknifepiping bag

Tips

  • Spent longer baking this cake than I ever did building my first Minecraft house.
  • Add strawberry skin to the top and enjoy!