Minecraft birthday cake

For his birthday this year, Sam wanted a Minecraft cake. I think what I came up with is pretty darn creative and cute. The birthday boy loved it.

I made 2 boxes of cake mix (strawberry, Sam's favorite). I found square cake pans to make a tiered cake: 6", 8", and 10". The 2 boxes of mix were a good amount to fill the 3 pans.

I stacked the tiers then cut a couple of cubes and moved them to emulate the Minecraft world.

Now, I am not the world's best cake decorator, but I think this came out great. I mixed 4 colors of icing: blue for water, green for grass, brown for dirt, and gray for stone. I even managed to create a waterfall.

The waterfall side.

Is that a cavern to explore?

A grassy hill leading up from water.

The 'boring' side: grass and dirt.

For characters, Chris found pictures to print on cardstock and cut out. We loaded up the cake with Steve surrounded by zombies, skeletons, creepers, and an Enderman.

The cake with all the characters.

And the final touch was placing the candle on the single dirt block at the top. The kids at the party all loved the cake. I am really happy with how it turned out.