The blog title is a bit of an under-statement. It's a bespoke birthday cake for a Minecraft MEGA-FAN.

As boy-mum, I'm knee-deep in everything Minecraft. There's Minecraft lego everywhere, Minecraft jumpers, Minecraft books and games. I must've watched the Minecraft movie at least 17 times...and counting.

So when my son's 8th birthday was coming up, he and I planned a Minecraft party of which the cornerstone was obviously the CAKE. We're doing a big ol' cakescape again this year.

If you don't know what a cakescape is...here's what Google Gemini says:

I asked X-Ray what were his top 3 non-negotiables. He said, "Steve, TNT blocks, lava chicken, Enderman, Chicken Jockey, Pig, Dennis, Sheep, Iron Golem, diamond pick axe and Creeper". Umm, that's way more than three buddy. But okay.

Now the thing with Minecraft is....it's the biggest PITA* cake there ever is. Why? The fiddly little lego like sugarpaste characters? Nope. The cake pop lava chicken? Naah. It's because of the plain darn SQUARES.

Absolutely horrendous having to roll out and hand cut millions of squares individually to decorate the cake with. And only after spending 3 hours of my life doing it, that I'll never get back, do I find out that there is a multi-square cutter available on Amazon.

The thing with cakescapes is that we have a general concept and check-list of decorative elements. But have absolutely no real vision because it all just comes together at the time of making, which is thrilling and terrifying in equal measures.

I first made a red velvet Hero Sponge TNT block. Red and white Swiss meringue buttercream striped with black lettering piped. 

I then started to build the grass block cakes - a square Gluten Free Carrot Hero sponge, and a red velvet and chocolate stacked.

On a whim, I decided to add in a teeny tiny 3 inch Vanilla Hero Sponge Creeper cake.

Once all the individual cakes were chilled firm I placed them on a giant square cake drum. Piping grass got boring quick so I switched it up it by adding in Oreo crumble soil and it made everything pop.

Placing all the hand-sculpted edible figurines on the cakescape canvas is possibly the most fun part of the entire decorating process, and this Minecraft Cakescape was no exception.

I can genuinely say that everytime a cakescape is brought out at a kids birthday party, the reaction is epic - the kids crowd around and marvel at it for so long, picking up on the different bits and really engaging with it. Hearing comments from other parents like, "You're like the Cake Pied Piper" is also pretty cool.

And of course, seeing little X-Ray's face of pure joy is what makes those 3 days of unpaid labour totally worth it.

Along with the cake, we had a totally pixel-tastic time! Cube mac & cheese bites, pixel pepperoni pizzas, mini square scotch eggs, and Creeper juice! I'll be sharing my Minecraft Party tips soon too.

And if you'd like a bespoke cake made for you in London or Surrey, you know where to find us (right here duh).

Reshmi xoxo