The bug
If player middle clicks candle hitbox when candle is on cake in creative (pick block function), player will get cake instead of candle.
MC-204952
Middle clicking the candle on a cake gives player a cake instead of a candle
Resolved
Won't Fix
4
I can confirm. The game can’t distinguish, whether you are looking at the candle of the cake, or of the cake itself, it is just one single block, which is the candle cake.