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Cake in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Cake is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4.

What is Cake?

Cake is a Minecraft block classified under the default material group. It has a hardness of 0.5 and a blast resistance of 0.5. It stacks up to 1 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Cake does not emit light. Cake filters 0 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

Namespaced identifier: minecraft:cake. Command: /give @p minecraft:cake 1.

How to mine Cake

Cake can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.

Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):

With the correct tool: approximately 0.75 seconds
By hand (no tool): approximately 2.5 seconds

Using an Efficiency-enchanted tool, Haste beacons, or a Diamond/Netherite tier drastically reduces these times. Water and being airborne slow mining by 5×.

Cake drops

Cake has no drops recorded in the current dataset — it typically drops nothing, or requires Silk Touch to preserve.

Block tags & properties

Opaque
Hand-Mineable
Craftable

Cake technical properties

Waterloggable: Yes
Flammable: No
Burns from lava: No
Renewable: Yes
Emits light: Yes — luminance 3

Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Cake (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.

Technical properties

Namespaced ID: minecraft:cake
Material family: default
Hardness: 0.5
Blast resistance: 0.5
Stack size: 1
Transparent: No
Blocks light: 0
Emits light: 0
Diggable: Yes
Craftable: Yes
/give command: /give @p minecraft:cake 1

Overview

Cake is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.

Pro tips

Use /give @p minecraft:cake 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
No special tool is required, so hand-mining is a valid fallback in an emergency.

Difficulty and time commitment

Difficulty: Easy
Estimated time per run: 1-5 min

Frequently Asked Questions

What tool do I need to mine Cake?

Cake can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.

What does Cake drop when mined?

Cake does not drop an item when broken in survival mode (or requires special tools like Silk Touch for a usable drop).

How hard is Cake to mine?

Cake has a hardness value of 0.5. That works out to roughly 0.75s with the correct tool or 2.5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).