How to Make a Cake in Minecraft

Co-authored by Zac Churchill

Last Updated: May 21, 2022

Cake is one type of food that can be crafted and eaten in the game of Minecraft. It appears as a solid block (the only edible block so far in the game), consisting of a sponge base topped by icing and cherries.

Recipe

Method 1

Method 1 of 3:

Sourcing the Materials

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Get three buckets of milk. To get milk, right click on a cow while your character is holding a bucket.
2
Get one chicken egg. These are laid by chickens, which can be found in the wilderness. You can also keep chickens if you capture them inside a fence.

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3
Get two sugar. Sugar is made from sugarcane and can only be eaten when used as an ingredient in a recipe.
4
Get three wheat. This acts as "flour" for the cake. Wheat can be farmed or it can be found in dungeon chests.

Method 2

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Crafting the Cake

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Place the ingredients into the crafting grid. The following pattern is required:
- Place three buckets of milk across the top three slots.
- Place one sugar to the left of the center slot, and one to the right.
- Place the egg in the center slot.
- Place the wheat in the remaining three bottom slots of the grid.
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Craft your cake. To remove to the inventory, shift click or drag. Three empty milk buckets will also be returned to your inventory automatically.

Method 3

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Eating the Cake

Each cake block contains six slices.

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Place the cake block down on another block. You cannot eat cake by holding the block.^{[1]
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Right click on the cake to eat a slice.
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Share your cake. It is possible to share slices of cake with other players if you want to because there are six slices in each cake block. Enjoy your Minecraft cake!
- You can create servers to allow your friends to play with you from different devices.^{[2]
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- For example, you can use a Minecraft pocket edition server.^{[3]
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- It is a Minecraft world on the mobile version of the game.^{[4]
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Community Q&A

Question

What do I do if my chicken in Minecraft won't lay an egg?

Community Answer

Wait longer. 5-10 minutes should do. If it still won't lay an egg, find another chicken.
Question

Is there any other way to make a cake?

Community Answer

No, since there is only one way to make a cake.
Question

How do you put down sugar?

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Community Answer

You craft in a crafting table.

Warnings

If you destroy a cake, you lose the cake and gain nothing, as nothing is dropped.

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Partly eaten cake does not return to your inventory. To finish it, you'll have to come back to where you left it to keep eating it.

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Easter eggs

By naming a cake "Explosions" in an anvil, the cake will explode upon any player/entity taking a bite. This is a reference to the popular 1985 movie "Prank Calls".