This is the coolest cake EVER!
And, the best part, it is the EASIEST decorated cake I have ever made!
We celebrated my son's 3rd birthday yesterday and I served this cake!
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We celebrated my son's 3rd birthday yesterday and I served this cake!
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The KitKat cake!!!!!!
I want to thank Laura from Cookie Crumbs & Sawdust for inspiring me to make a KitKat Cake for my son's birthday party!!
The cake was a total hit!
What I used to make this cake...
1 round piece of cardboard covered in cellophane for the base of the cake
2 - 8" round pans
1 butter yellow cake (boxed cake)
1 tbsp of coconut oil added to the cake batter - for good measure :)
Cream cheese frosting in the middle layer
Chocolate buttercream frosting around the cake...
Then you just press the KitKats and M&M's into the frosting.
Be sure to place the M&M's face down so that the "M&M" logo doesn't show - I made the mistake of not paying attention and 1/3 of the way through I notice that half the M&M's were plain and half the M&M's had the logo showing. Ugh. I had to re-do them so that it would look uniform.
I used 42(ish) small kitkats. You want to go to the bagged candy section and buy a bag of the kitkats that are individually wrapped in packaging. There are 2 small kitkats per wrapping and I used 2/3 of the bag of kitkats. You do not want to buy the kitkats in the large bars (they will be too tall for the cake and it will make it look like a crater). I broke up each kitkat and then stuck them individually around the cake.
I hope this makes sense!
I used 42(ish) small kitkats. You want to go to the bagged candy section and buy a bag of the kitkats that are individually wrapped in packaging. There are 2 small kitkats per wrapping and I used 2/3 of the bag of kitkats. You do not want to buy the kitkats in the large bars (they will be too tall for the cake and it will make it look like a crater). I broke up each kitkat and then stuck them individually around the cake.
I hope this makes sense!
My BIG 3 yr old blowing out the candles!!!
I think the best part about this cake was the ease in slicing it!
2 KitKats per slice!
YUM!!
2 KitKats per slice!
YUM!!
I will definitely make this cake again!
That is super cute. I might do this one day just to surprise the family with something totally unexpected. Looks wonderful.
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Megan, I think your family would love it! I am a big fan of special desserts for no reason other than to bless my family!
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Hello, just wanted to let you know that I have mentioned this post on my blog. If there is anything you would like for me to remove, please let me know. Cheers Jennifer
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Can you recall how many KitKats it took? :)
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I used 42(ish) small kitkats. You want to go to the bagged candy section and buy a bag of the kitkats that are individually wrapped in packaging. There are 2 small kitkats per wrapping and I used 2/3 of the bag of kitkats.
You do not want to buy the kitkats in the large bars (they will be too tall for the cake and it will make it look like a crater).
I hope this makes sense!
I broke up each kitkat and then stuck them individually around the cake.
Let me know if you have any questions!!
:) Janiene
Ooooh, okay! I thought they looked a little shorter than usual KitKat proportions, didn't know they made them that way! Thanks for getting back to me, I may be doing this for my KitKat-loving Dad this weekend!
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