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Minecraft steve cake4/4/2024 I was hoping that the shading, along with the star tip, would help it look ‘pixellated’ like the game. The ‘grass’ was piped with a star tip and not-completely-mixed vanilla icing and green icing gels, so there’s a slight variation in the color. Then I gave all the sides a thicker coating of chocolate icing. I stuck the upper layers down with icing then dirty iced the whole thing before sticking it in the fridge a few minutes to set up. Then I cut the upper layers, holding and testing until I had something that had as little waste as possible while still looking as ‘unboring’ as I could manage. I held my platter over the cake to figure out how much to cut off to make it fit along at least 2 sides, and then cut away enough of the ‘front’ to fit the water ‘cubes’. Then, after leveling the cakes, I used toothpicks to divide the cakes into 2″ sections as well. I turned the Jell-O out onto a mat and squared the edges, then cut it into 2″ sections. ![]() I knew I had a finite amount of “water cubes”, so I started with that. I knew I had enough chocolate icing to slap it all together. I knew I’d baked enough cake to stack layers, similar to the grass in the forest biomes. When I sat down to work on it I didn’t have a plan. I also filled an 8×8 greased dish with blue Jell-O prepared as Jigglers, and set that to chill. My kids prefer vanilla but going for the ‘dirt’ look I knew it would be easier on me to have a chocolate base in case the chocolate icing didn’t fully cover everything. I started out by baking 2 9×11 chocolate cakes. ![]() But- and here’s the important part- HE loved it. I’m a lot prouder of the l oot bags and the toppers than I am of how the cake turned out. To be honest, it’s not my favorite-looking cake. Of course he wants a Minecraft-themed party too, but, um, I haven’t begun to do anything for it yet, so instead I’ll finish showing you what I’d done for Henri’s Minecraft party, back in January. I’ve been blogging since before he was born, and now he’s 8 and such a good kid. ![]() From the lootbags to the toppers, next up in the Minecraft-themed birthday party is the yummiest part… the cake!
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