Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Minecraft Block Cake


The cake was made by 4 layers of  Chocolate Chiffon Cake, each layer was 8"x8", filled and crumb coated with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting, and then covered and decorated with Marshmallow Fondant.

Ingredients for cake
Egg - 20 Large
Cake flour - 240g
Cocoa powder - 120g
Oil - 120g
Milk - 200g
Sugar - 240g for egg white
Sugar - 80g for egg yolk
Lemon juice - 4 tsp
Baked at 350°F for 25 minutes.

4 batches of Chocolate Buttercream Frosting were needed, and each batch used
Crisco solid vegetable shortening - 1/2 cup
Butter, softened - 1/2 cup (1 stick)
Cocoa powder - 3/4 cup
Vanilla extract - 1 tsp
Sifted confectioners' sugar - 4 cups  (approximately 1 lb.)
Milk - 3-4 TBSP

I made two batches of Marshmallow Fondant. Each with
1 package (16 ounces) white mini marshmallows (use a good quality brand)
2-5 tablespoons water
2 pounds (about 8 cups) sifted confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening
The fondant was made two days ahead. I then tinted one batch light brown to cover the whole cake, and
tinted some fondant different shade of green, brown, and blue.

I also made a batch of vanilla buttercream and colored it green to make the grass border. The ingredients were:
Crisco solid vegetable shortening - 1/2 cup
Butter softened - 1/2 cup
Vanilla extract - 1 tsp
Sifted confectioners' sugar - 4 cups (approximately 1 lb.)
Milk - 2 TBSP

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