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Minecraft Pig Cake Tutorial

Skill level: Intermediate

Learn how to create a cake that looks like a pig from the video game Minecraft. Almost every kid loves Minecraft and if you haven't been asked to make a Minecraft cake yet, you will be soon.

If you have avoided making Minecraft cakes because they are notoriously hard to make, you're in luck. Liz Marek breaks down all the tips and tricks needed to pull off this Minecraft pig cake with stellar results.

There's a lot of subtle details that can't be missed, so let's get our tools together and let's get started.

1:19:59 Minutes of Instruction

What You Will Learn

  • Learn how to make a cake shaped like a pig from the video game Minecraft
  • Liz's tips and tricks to getting sharp edges with buttercream
  • Learn the structure and how to print graphics from the game that are edible

Tutorial Chapters

  1. Preparing the boards 0:44
  2. Stacking the head cake 9:46
  3. Stacking the body cake 14:06
  4. Frosting the body cake 17:09
  5. Frosting the head cake 27:10
  6. Assembling the structure 31:28
  7. Making the legs 34:30
  8. Attaching the head 44:20
  9. Finishing the cakes 47:24
  10. Cutting the cake shape 50:39
  11. Adding the cake 55:06
  12. Adding modeling chocolate 1:02:40
  13. Making the nose 1:12:40
  14. Adding edible images 1:14:08
  15. Airbrushing the cake 1:16:59

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About Liz Marek

Liz Marek is a professional cake artist, sweet and savory recipe developer, and the founder of Sugar Geek Show, where she teaches cooking, baking and cake decorating through detailed tutorials, food science explanations, and kitchen-tested recipes. She has been creating recipes and teaching baking techniques since 2008, helping bakers of all skill levels gain the confidence to make professional-quality desserts at home.

Liz is known for breaking down complex cooking and baking concepts into simple, approachable methods. Her work focuses on helping people understand not just how a recipe works, but why it works. Through Sugar Geek Show, she shares step-by-step recipes, cake decorating tutorials, and practical baking guides designed to make professional techniques accessible to everyone.

Over the years, Liz has taught thousands of students through online tutorials, classes, and educational content focused on real kitchen results. Her recipes are carefully tested and written to help people succeed the first time they make them.

When she’s not developing recipes or teaching baking techniques, Liz also hosts curated travel experiences for women through her travel brand Soul Sisters.

You can find Liz’s latest recipes, baking tutorials, and food science tips at Sugar Geek Show.