Can you use anything other than marzipan for the cake?

Hi. I want to bake a Minecraft cake for my little brother's birthday. It says that you need marzipan for the topping. Can you use something else because he doesn't like marzipan? Maybe fondant or something?

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Oh and for those who want the recipe:

Minecraft cake

Of course, you can also make a Minecraft cake in reality. However, the whole thing is a bit more complicated than in the game. I'll tell you what ingredients you need and how to prepare it.

ingredients

cake
250 grams of butter
250 grams of sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
300 grams of flour
75 gr cocoa powder
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
275 ml milk
Chocolate butter cream
100 gr dark chocolate
150 grams of butter
200 grams of powdered sugar
ornament
400 gr marzipan
Food coloring (red)
powdered sugar
You also need two square baking tins, preferably a little larger than 20 cm.

preparation

You should plan almost two hours for the preparation of the ingredients and the baking process. With a little practice, of course, it is faster.
cake

Preheats the oven to 180 degrees.
Grease the baking molds and then dust them with flour.
Mix the butter and sugar until frothy.
Then stir in the eggs and vanilla extract well.
Pick up a second bowl.
Mix flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt here and sieve.
Put the mixture and milk slowly and alternately under the dough.
Spread the dough over the two baking tins.
You bake the cake for 30-40 minutes until the dough is fluffy.
Then flip the cake onto a suitable surface (only after it has cooled down a bit).

butter cream

Melt the chocolate in a water bath.
Beat butter loosely and creamy.
Gradually add icing sugar as you whisk.
Add melted chocolate and whip well again.

ornament

Spread the chocolate cream on one of the two halves of the cake and put the other piece on top.
Brush the cake completely with the cream - a little cream should remain.
Now dye a larger piece of marzipan with the food coloring red. Here you have to experiment a little with the amount of color and marzipan.
With the rest of the marzipan, make a square the size of the cake and place it on top.
Now you need four marzipan strips measuring 20 cm (depending on the shape size) * 3 cm.
In the strips you cut three more rectangles (on one side)
Now stick the strips to the sides of the cake, with the rectangles facing down.
Squeeze the marzipan on the cake with the side strips.
You are now still using the red marzipan to make red rectangles and to distribute them on the cake.

Finished. Good Appetite!

You can use fondant as an alternative

Or frosting

Yes you can. Make a frosting or cake icing

Saffron with cocoa powder

I'm not so sure about icing because I need a firmer mass, but thanks for the suggestion!

I'm not so sure about icing because I need a firmer mass, but thanks for the suggestion!

Thank you!

Icing, can also be colored, you can't wrap it like marzipan.

Or chocolate icing.

Or marzipan and you force it to eat.

Forcing is also a good idea, I'll give it a try.

He can take off the marzipan, it's just a thin layer on the outside

Yes, fondant is even better because it doesn't go away as quickly as marzipan. Otherwise there's also massa ticino. You can google it, always work with it to cover cakes.