Minecraft Cake

1. Preheat oven to 350 levels F (175 levels C). Grease and flour two 9-tear sq. cake pans.

2. Sift 2 1/3 cups plus 1 1/2 tablespoon flour, 1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt together in a graceful bowl.

3. Beat butter and white sugar together in a bowl with an electric mixer unless light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add eggs, one after the other, beating properly after each and each addition. Beat in vanilla extract. Add flour combination alternately with 1 cup plus 1 1/2 tablespoon milk, mixing batter gently between each and each addition.

4. Divide batter evenly between the ready cake pans.

5. Bake within the preheated oven unless a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Frigid for 10 minutes within the pan. Invert onto a wire rack to wintry fully, about half-hour.

6. Neat tops of cake layers to make certain they’re flat. Field 1 layer on a serving platter. Unfold jam on top; quilt with 2nd layer. Unfold chocolate buttercream frosting over top and aspects of the cake, reserving about 2 tablespoons frosting.

7. Pinch off a portion of marzipan the scale of a golf ball. Add crimson food coloring and knead unless color is evenly distributed.

8. Mud a flat work ground with confectioners’ sugar and roll out last, undyed, marzipan. Lower out a 9-tear sq.; in moderation transfer to the discontinue of the cake.

9. Roll trimmings of marzipan and lower into four 9×1-1/2-tear strips. Lower 3 rectangular notches into 1 fringe of every and each strip. Press strips onto the perimeters of the cake, notches going by down; gently press top and strips of marzipan together to stay.

10. Roll out crimson marzipan and lower into squares of assorted sizes. Unfold barely of the reserved frosting on the relieve of every and each sq. to behave as a glue; advise up in a random Minecraft sample on top of the cake.

Cook’s Notes:

Replace strawberry jam for the cherry jam if desired. That you just would possibly perchance additionally sandwich the layers in conjunction with buttercream moderately than jam.

As an different of marzipan, you would possibly perchance perchance well perchance employ 14 oz. of store-equipped white fondant icing as an alternative. That you just would possibly perchance decorate the cake further with Minecraft cake toppers, on the market on-line, or you would possibly perchance perchance well perchance even employ the Minecraft LEGO(R) Steve and Creeper collectible figurines.