Description
Bring the digital world to life with this fudgy chocolate Minecraft cake featuring a signature almond marzipan topper. Layered with tart cherry jam and velvety buttercream, it is as delicious to eat as it is fun to build.
Ingredients
- Dutch-processed cocoa powder
- Unsalted butter, softened
- Milk
- Vinegar or buttermilk
- All-purpose flour
- White sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Marzipan
- Cherry jam
- Chocolate buttercream
- Red food coloring
- Confectioners’ sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease and flour two 9-inch square cake pans.
- Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
- Beat white sugar and softened butter with an electric mixer for 4 minutes until fluffy; add eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla.
- Alternately add the flour mixture and milk to the butter mixture, starting and ending with flour.
- Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean, then cool completely on a wire rack.
- Trim cake tops to flatten, stack with cherry jam between layers, and frost the exterior with chocolate buttercream.
- Dye a small portion of marzipan red; roll the rest into a 9-inch square and drape over the cake top.
- Cut marzipan trimmings into dripping edge shapes for the sides and add red squares to the top using reserved frosting.
Notes
For the cleanest look, use a metal ruler to measure your marzipan pixels and ensure the cake layers are completely cold before trimming. This prevents the crumb from tearing and helps maintain that iconic blocky shape.
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 35 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American