How to Make Cake in Grow a Garden
Last updated September 2026
Quick answer
Cake is cooked in the Cooking Kit from 6 rarity tiers. It always takes 8 minutes and weighs 2kg at base. The lowest tier is Uncommon (1x Strawberry + 1x Tomato + 1x Corn + 1x Apple); the best is Prismatic (3x Bone Blossom + 1x Sugar Apple + 1x Banana). Across every tier this dish uses 12 different crops.
A high-ingredient recipe with strong profit. Requires 4+ ingredients but pays off at higher tiers.
Cake ingredients by rarity tier
6 tiers, 9 known ingredient combinations in total. Higher-rarity crops in the pot push the output tier up — mutated crops count as higher-rarity inputs.
| Rarity tier | Ingredients | Alternative combo |
|---|---|---|
| Uncommon | 1x Strawberry + 1x Tomato + 1x Corn + 1x Apple | 2x Watermelon + 2x Corn |
| Rare | 2x Banana + 2x Strawberry + 1x Pumpkin | 1x Blueberry + 1x Grape + 1x Apple + 1x Corn |
| Legendary | 2x Kiwi + 2x Banana | — |
| Mythical | 2x Sugar Apple + 2x Corn | — |
| Divine | 4x Sugar Apple + 1x Corn | 1x Banana + 1x Kiwi + 3x Bone Blossom |
| Prismatic | 3x Bone Blossom + 1x Sugar Apple + 1x Banana | — |
Every crop Cake uses
12 crops appear in at least one Cake combination. Sorted by base value — the rarest ones only show up in the top tier, so plant them separately from your bulk crops.
| Crop | Rarity | Base value | Seed cost | Grow time | Used by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bone Blossom | Transcendent | 181K | 100B | 2h 52m | 11 recipes |
 Sugar Apple | Prismatic | 43.3K | 20M | 53m | 9 recipes |
 Grape | Divine | 7.1K | 850K | 2h 58m | 2 recipes |
 Pumpkin | Legendary | 3.1K | 3K | 33m | 2 recipes |
 Watermelon | Legendary | 2.7K | 2.5K | 17m | 3 recipes |
 Kiwi | Mythical | 2.5K | 8K | 3h 45m | 1 recipe |
 Banana | Legendary | 1.6K | 7K | 25m | 4 recipes |
 Apple | Legendary | 248 | 3.3K | 37m | 5 recipes |
 Corn | Rare | 36 | 1.3K | 1h 49m | 11 recipes |
 Tomato | Rare | 27 | 800 | 18m | 5 recipes |
 Blueberry | Uncommon | 18 | 400 | 2m | 5 recipes |
 Strawberry | Common | 14 | 50 | 32s | 7 recipes |
Where Cake sits in the recipe list
Ranked against all 15 cooking recipes in Grow a Garden.
Recipes that share ingredients with Cake
If you already grow the crops for Cake, these dishes reuse the same plots.
Cake FAQ
How do you make Cake in Grow a Garden?
Put the ingredients into your Cooking Kit's pot and press Cook. Cake has 6 known rarity tiers — the lowest is Uncommon (1x Strawberry + 1x Tomato + 1x Corn + 1x Apple) and the highest is Prismatic (3x Bone Blossom + 1x Sugar Apple + 1x Banana). The dish always takes 8 minutes to cook regardless of which tier you aim for.
What ingredients does Cake need?
Across all 6 tiers, Cake uses 12 different crops: Bone Blossom, Sugar Apple, Grape, Pumpkin, Watermelon, Kiwi, Banana, Apple, Corn, Tomato, Blueberry, Strawberry. You never need all of them at once — each tier has its own two-crop or three-crop combination.
What is the best tier of Cake?
The Prismatic tier is the best version, made with 3x Bone Blossom + 1x Sugar Apple + 1x Banana. Reaching it needs 3 ingredient slots filled with high-rarity crops — the hardest one to source here is Bone Blossom (181K base value).
How long does Cake take to cook?
Cake cooks in 8 minutes. That puts it at rank 13 of 15 recipes by cook time, where the fastest is Candy Apple (3 min) and the slowest is Burger (10 min).
Is Cake worth cooking in Grow a Garden?
Cake uses 12 crops — rank 2 of 15 recipes by ingredient count, and its easiest ingredient to restock is Strawberry. That is a lean ingredient list, so it is one of the cheaper dishes to farm repeatedly. Cook it during Chris P. Bacon's craving event for the biggest payoff.