diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php
index 360f962ad37..e87e8950b3c 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ public function testBlockCapture() {
 		echo 'Block content';
 		$this->View->end();
 
-		$result = $this->View->get('test');
+		$result = $this->View->getBlock('test');
 		$this->assertEquals('Block content', $result);
 	}
 
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ public function testBlockCaptureAppend() {
 		echo ' content';
 		$this->View->end();
 
-		$result = $this->View->get('test');
+		$result = $this->View->getBlock('test');
 		$this->assertEquals('Block content', $result);
 	}
 
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ public function testBlockCaptureAppend() {
  */
 	public function testBlockSet() {
 		$this->View->setBlock('test', 'Block content');
-		$result = $this->View->get('test');
+		$result = $this->View->getBlock('test');
 		$this->assertEquals('Block content', $result);
 	}
 
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ public function testBlockAppend() {
 		$this->View->setBlock('test', 'Block');
 		$this->View->append('test', ' content');
 
-		$result = $this->View->get('test');
+		$result = $this->View->getBlock('test');
 		$this->assertEquals('Block content', $result);
 	}
 
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ public function testBlockAppend() {
  */
 	public function testBlockAppendUndefined() {
 		$this->View->append('test', 'Unknown');
-		$result = $this->View->get('test');
+		$result = $this->View->getBlock('test');
 		$this->assertEquals('Unknown', $result);
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/View.php b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
index 76690144bb6..0d967de961d 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/View.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
@@ -499,12 +499,9 @@ public function getVar($var) {
  * @return mixed The content of the named var if its set, otherwise null.
  */
 	public function get($var) {
-		if (!isset($this->viewVars[$var]) && !isset($this->_blocks[$var])) {
+		if (!isset($this->viewVars[$var])) {
 			return null;
 		}
-		if (isset($this->_blocks[$var])) {
-			return $this->_blocks[$var];
-		}
 		return $this->viewVars[$var];
 	}
 
@@ -577,6 +574,19 @@ public function setBlock($name, $value) {
 		$this->_blocks[$name] = $value;
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Get the content for a block.
+ *
+ * @param string $name Name of the block
+ * @return The block content or '' if the block does not exist.
+ */
+	public function getBlock($name) {
+		if (!isset($this->_blocks[$name])) {
+			return '';
+		}
+		return $this->_blocks[$name];
+	}
+
 /**
  * End a capturing block. The compliment to View::start()
  *