# Minecraft Cake

Learn how to make a delicious and visually appealing Minecraft-themed cake, complete with a creamy frosting and strawberry pixel decorations.

- Total time: 20 min
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## 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

## Instructions

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

## Equipment

- large bowl
- whisk
- sieve
- stand mixer
- baking pan
- baking paper
- offset spatula
- knife
- piping bag

## Tips

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

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIgUfyvIxsB/?igsh=NHdlNXBmZzkwNHlh
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/80257cf2-6567-4a8c-9f93-acaae5a2bff1
- Extracted: 2025-09-26

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