diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/BlockTemplatesController.php b/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/BlockTemplatesController.php
index faf6d49a8ed..68c9f73d738 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/BlockTemplatesController.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/BlockTemplatesController.php
@@ -351,32 +351,8 @@ class BlockTemplatesController {
 	 * @return int[]|\WP_Post[] An array of found templates.
 	 */
 	public function get_block_templates_from_db( $slugs = array(), $template_type = 'wp_template' ) {
-		$check_query_args = array(
-			'post_type'      => $template_type,
-			'posts_per_page' => -1,
-			'no_found_rows'  => true,
-			'tax_query'      => array( // phpcs:ignore WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_tax_query
-				array(
-					'taxonomy' => 'wp_theme',
-					'field'    => 'name',
-					'terms'    => array( BlockTemplateUtils::DEPRECATED_PLUGIN_SLUG, BlockTemplateUtils::PLUGIN_SLUG, get_stylesheet() ),
-				),
-			),
-		);
-
-		if ( is_array( $slugs ) && count( $slugs ) > 0 ) {
-			$check_query_args['post_name__in'] = $slugs;
-		}
-
-		$check_query         = new \WP_Query( $check_query_args );
-		$saved_woo_templates = $check_query->posts;
-
-		return array_map(
-			function( $saved_woo_template ) {
-				return BlockTemplateUtils::build_template_result_from_post( $saved_woo_template );
-			},
-			$saved_woo_templates
-		);
+		wc_deprecated_function( 'BlockTemplatesController::get_block_templates_from_db()', '7.8', '\Automattic\WooCommerce\Blocks\Utils\BlockTemplateUtils::get_block_templates_from_db()' );
+		return BlockTemplateUtils::get_block_templates_from_db( $slugs, $template_type );
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -470,7 +446,7 @@ class BlockTemplatesController {
 	 * @return array WP_Block_Template[] An array of block template objects.
 	 */
 	public function get_block_templates( $slugs = array(), $template_type = 'wp_template' ) {
-		$templates_from_db  = $this->get_block_templates_from_db( $slugs, $template_type );
+		$templates_from_db  = BlockTemplateUtils::get_block_templates_from_db( $slugs, $template_type );
 		$templates_from_woo = $this->get_block_templates_from_woocommerce( $slugs, $templates_from_db, $template_type );
 		$templates          = array_merge( $templates_from_db, $templates_from_woo );
 
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/BlockTypes/MiniCart.php b/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/BlockTypes/MiniCart.php
index 52b10037977..54a65135c7c 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/BlockTypes/MiniCart.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/BlockTypes/MiniCart.php
@@ -471,10 +471,15 @@ class MiniCart extends AbstractBlock {
 
 		$template_part_contents = '';
 
-		// Determine if we need to load the template part from the theme, or WooCommerce in that order.
-		$theme_has_mini_cart   = BlockTemplateUtils::theme_has_template_part( 'mini-cart' );
-		$template_slug_to_load = $theme_has_mini_cart ? get_stylesheet() : BlockTemplateUtils::PLUGIN_SLUG;
-		$template_part         = BlockTemplateUtils::get_block_template( $template_slug_to_load . '//mini-cart', 'wp_template_part' );
+		// Determine if we need to load the template part from the DB, the theme or WooCommerce in that order.
+		$templates_from_db = BlockTemplateUtils::get_block_templates_from_db( array( 'mini-cart' ), 'wp_template_part' );
+		if ( count( $templates_from_db ) > 0 ) {
+			$template_slug_to_load = $templates_from_db[0]->theme;
+		} else {
+			$theme_has_mini_cart   = BlockTemplateUtils::theme_has_template_part( 'mini-cart' );
+			$template_slug_to_load = $theme_has_mini_cart ? get_stylesheet() : BlockTemplateUtils::PLUGIN_SLUG;
+		}
+		$template_part = BlockTemplateUtils::get_block_template( $template_slug_to_load . '//mini-cart', 'wp_template_part' );
 
 		if ( $template_part && ! empty( $template_part->content ) ) {
 			$template_part_contents = do_blocks( $template_part->content );
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/Utils/BlockTemplateUtils.php b/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/Utils/BlockTemplateUtils.php
index a0f1c636c19..34e485a6387 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/Utils/BlockTemplateUtils.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-blocks/src/Utils/BlockTemplateUtils.php
@@ -675,4 +675,41 @@ class BlockTemplateUtils {
 	public static function template_has_legacy_template_block( $template ) {
 		return has_block( 'woocommerce/legacy-template', $template->content );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the templates saved in the database.
+	 *
+	 * @param array  $slugs An array of slugs to retrieve templates for.
+	 * @param string $template_type wp_template or wp_template_part.
+	 *
+	 * @return int[]|\WP_Post[] An array of found templates.
+	 */
+	public static function get_block_templates_from_db( $slugs = array(), $template_type = 'wp_template' ) {
+		$check_query_args = array(
+			'post_type'      => $template_type,
+			'posts_per_page' => -1,
+			'no_found_rows'  => true,
+			'tax_query'      => array( // phpcs:ignore WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_tax_query
+				array(
+					'taxonomy' => 'wp_theme',
+					'field'    => 'name',
+					'terms'    => array( self::DEPRECATED_PLUGIN_SLUG, self::PLUGIN_SLUG, get_stylesheet() ),
+				),
+			),
+		);
+
+		if ( is_array( $slugs ) && count( $slugs ) > 0 ) {
+			$check_query_args['post_name__in'] = $slugs;
+		}
+
+		$check_query         = new \WP_Query( $check_query_args );
+		$saved_woo_templates = $check_query->posts;
+
+		return array_map(
+			function( $saved_woo_template ) {
+				return self::build_template_result_from_post( $saved_woo_template );
+			},
+			$saved_woo_templates
+		);
+	}
 }