Description
Batter Up! Turns cake baking into a full survival pastime: swap the egg in the vanilla cake recipe for almost any item or block to craft themed cakes that restore hunger and saturation, and often grant potion or status effects; cakes can be placed as full blocks, shown on six-slice displays, sliced with the Cake Knife, and exhibited on Display Stands. Explore naturally spawning starter tents, bakeries and cake shops to discover dozens of cake varieties and work toward the Grand Confectioner advancement that tracks all 242 cakes, and operators can use the /cake_time command to spawn collections of the mod’s items. And the /all_cakes command to spawn a 13 by 19 grid of all the cakes. Updates In Progress!
Mod Wiki
Batter Up! — Cakes Out of Anything!
Quickstart
- Find a starter tent near world spawn (the game always places one close by) or look for a bakery or cake shop in the world. Loot them to discover dozens of cake varieties immediately.
- Craft any cake using the standard cake pattern — three Milk Buckets across the top, Sugar + (any ingredient) + Sugar in the middle, and three Wheat across the bottom. Swap the centre ingredient for almost anything in the game.
- Place the cake as a full block. Right-click to eat a slice; the cake visually shrinks with each of its seven slices.
- Craft a Cake Knife (iron ingot over two sticks) to slice cakes in hand or on display.
- Craft a Display Stand to exhibit a cake on a pedestal with a six-slice face visible.
- Check your advancements for the Grand Confectioner challenge — it tracks all 221 cakes.
Overview
Batter Up! transforms cake baking into a full survival pastime. Almost any item or block can be baked into a themed, seven-slice cake. Every cake is a placeable block with a realistic cut face that shrinks as you eat it, restores hunger and saturation, and may grant potion or status effects depending on its ingredient. The mod also adds specialised tools for working with cakes — the Cake Knife and Cake Tools — plus Display Stands for exhibition. Naturally generated structures (starter tents, bakeries, and cake shops) scatter cake-related items and blocks across the world, and the /cake_time command lets operators spawn collections of mod items.
What It Adds
Tools & Furniture
| Item / Block | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Cake Knife | Slices cakes placed in the world or held in hand |
| Cake Tools | Decorate placed cakes |
| Display Stand | Pedestal that shows a cake with a six-slice display face |
Cake Varieties
Cakes are grouped below by theme. Every cake follows the same shaped crafting pattern: three Milk Buckets (top row) · Sugar – [Ingredient] – Sugar (middle row) · three Wheat (bottom row). The ingredient in the centre slot determines the cake type.
Food & Crop Cakes
Apple Cake · Golden Apple Cake · Enchanted Golden Apple Cake · Carrot Cake · Golden Carrot Cake · Potato Cake · Baked Potato Cake · Poisonous Potato Cake · Beetroot Cake · Bread Cake · Cookie Cake · Pumpkin Pie Cake · Watermelon Slice Cake · Sweet Berry Cake · Glow Berry Cake · Dried Kelp Cake · Honey Cake
Meat & Fish Cakes
Steak Cake · Porkchop Cake · Chicken Cake · Raw Chicken Cake · Mutton Cake · Rabbit Cake · Cod Cake · Salmon Cake · Tropical Fish Cake · Pufferfish Cake
Unusual Ingredient Cakes
Cake Cake · Spider Eye Cake · Fermented Spider Eye Cake · Zombie Cake · Chorus Cake · Water Cake · Milk Cake · Lava Cake
Ore & Mineral Cakes
Coal Ore Cake · Iron Ore Cake · Gold Ore Cake · Copper Ore Cake · Amethyst Ore Cake · Emerald Ore Cake · Diamond Ore Cake · Lapis Lazuli Ore Cake · Netherite Ore Cake · Redstone Ore Cake · Quartz Ore Cake
Wool Cakes (all 16 colours)
White · Orange · Magenta · Light Blue · Yellow · Lime · Pink · Gray · Light Gray · Cyan · Purple · Blue · Brown · Green · Red · Black
Concrete Cakes (all 16 colours)
White · Orange · Magenta · Light Blue · Yellow · Lime · Pink · Gray · Light Gray · Cyan · Purple · Blue · Brown · Green · Red · Black
Stained Glass Cakes (all 16 colours)
All sixteen stained-glass colours each have their own cake.
Wood & Plank Cakes
Log and plank cakes exist for every wood type: Oak, Acacia, Bamboo, Birch, Cherry, Crimson, Dark Oak, Jungle, Mangrove, Pale Oak, Spruce, and Warped. Plank-based cakes correctly show eaten-state visuals for all twelve wood types, shrinking properly as slices are taken.
Block & Utility Cakes
Cobblestone · Andesite · Diorite · Granite · Bricks · Clay · Glowstone · Bookshelf · Chest · Barrel · Blast Furnace · Cartography Table · Anvil · Armadillo Scute · and many more.
How To Use
Eating a Cake
Place a cake on any solid surface and right-click it to consume one slice. Each cake has seven slices; the block model updates after each bite to show the slice removed. When all seven slices are eaten, the block disappears. Cakes cannot be eaten from your hand — they must be placed first.
Using the Cake Knife
Hold a Cake Knife and right-click a placed cake to slice it cleanly, yielding individual cake-slice items you can carry in your inventory and eat later. The knife can also be used directly on some display setups.
Cake Tools
Right-click a placed cake with Cake Tools to decorate it. Decorating changes the cake's appearance for display purposes.
Display Stand
Place a Display Stand and right-click it with a cake to mount the cake on top. The stand shows a six-slice face, making it ideal for bakeries, shops, or home decoration.
Potion & Status Effects
Cakes made from ingredients that have special properties — such as Pufferfish, Spider Eye, Poisonous Potato, Chorus Fruit, Enchanted Golden Apple, or Golden Carrot — pass those effects (hunger, poison, levitation, night vision, regeneration, etc.) to whoever eats a slice.
In-Game Guide Book
Combine a Book with a Cake in a crafting grid (shapeless) to receive the Batter Up! guide book, which documents cake recipes and mechanics in-game.
Crafting And Obtaining
Cake Knife
Display Stand
Guide Book
Food & Crop Cakes
Meat & Fish Cakes
Unusual & Special Cakes
Ore & Mineral Cakes
Wool Cakes
Concrete Cakes
Stained Glass Cakes
Log Cakes
Plank Cakes
Block & Utility Cakes
Abilities And Mechanics
Hunger & Saturation
Every cake restores hunger and saturation proportional to the nutritional value of its theme ingredient. Hearty meat cakes (Steak, Porkchop, Mutton) restore more than vegetable cakes; frivolous cakes like Water Cake or Coal Ore Cake are mainly decorative.
Status Effects
Certain cakes apply effects to anyone who eats a slice:
| Cake | Effect |
|---|---|
| Enchanted Golden Apple Cake | Absorption, Regeneration, Resistance, Fire Resistance |
| Golden Apple Cake | Absorption, Regeneration |
| Golden Carrot Cake | Saturation boost |
| Pufferfish Cake | Nausea, Poison, Hunger |
| Spider Eye Cake | Poison |
| Fermented Spider Eye Cake | Blindness |
| Poisonous Potato Cake | Poison chance |
| Chorus Cake | Teleportation (Chorus Fruit effect) |
| Zombie Cake | Hunger, potential negative effects |
| Honey Cake | Removes poison |
Visual Shrinking
Every cake block has seven distinct model states. As you eat slices the block visually shrinks from a full cake down to a single remaining slice, then disappears entirely. Plank-based cakes update these eaten-state visuals correctly for all twelve wood types.
Cake Cake Overload
You can use a Cake Cake (a cake made from vanilla cake) as the centre ingredient to craft another Cake Cake — an infinite recursive loop for the truly dedicated confectioner.
Progression And Strategy
Grand Confectioner Advancement
The Grand Confectioner advancement tracks all 221 cake varieties. Completing it requires crafting or placing every unique cake. Use naturally generated structures as a head start: starter tents, bakeries, and cake shops all contain cake samples and ingredients you would otherwise need to farm.
Exploration First
A starter tent is always generated near world spawn. Visit it early to collect free cake items and get a preview of what the mod offers before committing materials to crafting.
Efficient Farming Strategy
Many cakes share base ingredients (Milk Buckets, Sugar, Wheat). Stockpile those first, then swap in the special ingredient per cake variety. Cakes that use rare late-game items (Netherite, Enchanted Golden Apple, Diamond Ore) are late-game targets; build towards them as you progress through vanilla content.
Display Stands for Collection Showcases
Build a bakery or museum using Display Stands to exhibit each completed cake variety. Stands display a clean six-slice face, making collections visually striking and easy to track at a glance.
Operator Shortcut
Server operators and creative players can use /cake_time to spawn collections of the mod's items instantly, useful for testing effects or stocking a bakery without grinding all 221 recipes.
How to install
This Java mod can be used on Windows and Mac PCs with the CreativeMode Launcher or any Minecraft launcher of your choice.
1. Download and install the new CreativeMode Launcher
2. Click to play on the top of the screen.
3. That's it — launches instantly. No complicated setup required.
Want to use on a different launcher? Download mod and manually install.
This mod is licensed under the CreativeMode Mods License.