Two cake recipes in a week? Yes but I had the perfect excuse! Birthdays for me always call for amazing celebration cakes to be made. And a double chocolate cake has to be the most heavenly thing for me and always at the top of my baking list. It was my Sister’s 20th birthday and when I asked what cake she would like, her answer was a chocolate M&M Kit Kat cake. Even though this isn’t really a recipe I still thought it would be cool to share some photos and show you how you can create a showstopper celebration cake for a birthday or special occasion. This cake was amazingly easy to make, I used my most reliable and favourite chocolate fudge cake recipe, brought a chocolate ganache icing and decorated with a rainbow of M&M’s and chocolatey wafer-y Kit Kat’s. The cake went down storm with both family and friends and it was completely devoured in a record time. Enjoy guys!
You’ll be surprised how easy this cake is to decorate. It looks so visually amazing! Just spread your favourite chocolate ganache icing all over the cake, stick the Kit Kat’s all around the outside and then pour over the M&M’s. That’s literally it and the cake looks absolutely stunning! And as you can tell it makes an amazing birthday cake.
Ingredients-
Cake (Makes 2 x 8 inch cakes)
1 3/4 cups of plain flour (all purpose)
2 cups of caster sugar
2 teaspoons of bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 teaspoon of salt
3/4 cup of good-quality cocoa powder
2 free-range eggs (I used medium sized)
1 cup of buttermilk
1/2 cup of Vegetable oil
1 cup of freshly brewed coffee (use a nice strong coffee)
To decorate-
Approx. 450g of Chocolate fudge icing- you can use homemade if you prefer
Chocolate M&M’s, Kit Kat’s
Method-
1. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees C Fan. Line two 8 inch cake tins with some baking parchment and grease the sides with some butter. Then set aside. Sift all the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl (the flour, sugar, bicarb, baking powder, salt and cocoa.) Mix with a wooden spoon, just to combine.
2. Then add the eggs, buttermilk, oil and the freshly brewed coffee. Mix until all the ingredients are well combined and they are no lumps in the batter- don’t overmix, just mix until you can’t see any lumps of flour!
3. Ladel the cake mix into the tins and then bake in the oven for 35-40 minutes or until the cakes are well risen and a cake tester comes out clean. Once cooked, allow to cool in tins for 30 minutes, then remove from tins and leave to cool completely on a wire rack.
4. To decorate, spread a thin layer of the fudge icing onto one cake layer. Then sandwich together with the over cake half. Spread the remaining ganache around the outside of the cake- don’t worry if it doesn’t look perfect as you’re going to decorate with loads of chocolate! Then finish by going around the outside of the cake with the kit kat’s. Then decorate the top with chocolate M&M’s. Slice up and enjoy.
Note: The cake will keep in an airtight container for 3-4 days.
Becky with her birthday cake!
That’s my kind of cake, love it!
Thanks Jacqui! It really tasted amazing too!
In case you needed to know for next year, my birthday is the end of April 🙂
Haha! Glad you like the recipe Chad! I should probably start a cake baking business! 🙂
What a fun cake, and a lucky sister! Happy belated birthday to your sister, Jess!
Thanks Ngan! My Sister loved the cake!
I love your presentation!!! FABULOUS! Kit Kats are my husbands absolute favorite… we may have to indulge 🙂
Thank you! Kit Kats have always been one of my favourite chocolate bars, they definitely make a great cake decoration! You’d definitely love this recipe! 🙂
That’s an impressive looking cake, a chocoholics dream. 😊
Thanks Julie!
Bloody love these cakes – so simply & effective with the kit kats 🙂
Thank you! The design really was so simple, but it looks great! 🙂
It’s the red & white ribbon that set this cake off for me. How lovely and cute! Your sis is a lucky girl.
Although I confess, I didn’t know they had Kit Kats in London? Or M&M’s, they seem so American to me. Yorkies…right. That’s what I ate when I was in London. Oh London, how I love thee!!!
Thanks Laura! The ribbon was just a last minute design idea- so really pleased you liked it! My sister really loved the cake too!
Yeah, we have quite a lot of popular American sweets here in the UK. Yorkies definitely are my favourite!
What a cute cake, your sister must have loved it! X Mel
Thanks Mel! She did and so did everyone who tried a slice! x
The only word I can think of is, “WOW!!” This is amaaaazzzzing!! Absolutely gorgeous, and your pics are awesome!
Thanks Lori! You’re so kind! 🙂
Gorgeous! And such an inspired idea.
Thank you!
It’s gorgeous Jess! You had another great and smart idea! Happy birthday to your sister!
Thanks Margherita! You’re always so kind! 🙂
What an awesome birthday cake! Getting chocolate candies involved is genius. These photos are some of my all time favorites, especially the last black and white one! Lovely! Have a great weekend Jess!
Thanks Mary Frances! Chocolate sweets are definitely brilliant cake decorations for sure! Really pleased you like my pictures, I convinced my sister to have a photo holding the cake! Have a great weekend too!
Are you serious? I can’t even believe what I’m seeing — that cake is SO unique and looks so good! My kids would go crazy over this — what a fun and delicious idea! 🙂
Thanks Marcie! Definitely a brilliant bake to make with your kids, I just know my little cousins would love decorating with the sweets. 🙂
Woah! That is so cool! I think this is just the thing to take for the teacher’s lounge the last week of school! Awesome!
That’s great! Would love to see some pictures if you get round to making the recipe! Have a great weekend!
Your presentation is beyond words…so lovely! Great job! 🙂
Thank you! 🙂
Happy birthday to your sister! This cake is gorgeous and is just perfect for a birthday! Beautiful!
Thanks Shiran! She really loved the cake!
Lucky sis:) belated wishes. M&m and kit Kat omg love tis cake
Thank you! Really pleased you like the recipe! 🙂
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Enjoy the recipe!
Very stunning indeed! I don’t think I’d want to cut into the cake at all. Well, only if you give me a few extra M&Ms. 😉
Thanks Eva! I didn’t actually want to cut into the cake because it looked so pretty and decorative! But it tasted amazing! 🙂
What a beautiful and colorful cake, your sister has good taste and is lucky to have you, a great baker to make this wonderful cake for her, thanks for sharing your recipe:)
Thanks Lily! She does have good taste and I really enjoyed baking the cake for her! 🙂
That’s awesome! It looks beautiful and you gave your sister what she wanted 😀
Thanks Cindy! 🙂
Jessica!! Welcome Welcome Welcome to Fiesta Friday!! What an absolutely perfect cake to bring to the table this weekend!! Oh my gosh, I love this. I mean, I LOVE it!!! I am so making this cake (and I can’t bake!!)!! Happy Birthday to your sister… and thank you so much for sharing this pretty, and pretty delicious cake with us! I know that everyone else is going to love it! Have a wonderful weekend… Keep on baking! <3
Thanks so much Prudy! My pleasure sharing the recipe, it was super fun to bake and decorate! Have a great weekend too xx 🙂
Two cakes in weekend! I don’t know which one I would like for my birthday! I think two of them! A little piece of each one! It’s so nice your cake, congratulations to your sister!
Thanks Eva! 🙂
Wow! That is such a beautiful cake! And, it doesn’t seem too hard to make. Thank you for sharing and bringing it to the fiesta. Have a wonderful weekend. 🙂
What a beautiful, fun and festive cake! I absolutely love it! You make it sound so easy to make, but it looks like you slaved over it for hours! Nicely done. Gorgeous!
Thanks Kristi! It was really good! 🙂
So creative, and pretty, and chocolatey and all-round delicious!
Thanks Denise!
That is a killer looking cake. M&Ms make everything extra pretty! Your pics are lovely too 🙂
Thank you! The M&M really are so bright and colourful and decorate a cake perfectly! 🙂
Amazing cake 🙂
Thanks! 🙂
Extraordinary!
Thank you 🙂
Attention to detail on this cake is amazing! Patience must to do with it. 🙂 My kids will absolutely adore this cake. 😀
Thanks Nami! I did try and be really patient and I was really happy with the final piece! Really pleased you like the recipe! 🙂
wonderful presentation!!!!
Thank you! 🙂
That cake looks fab! I bet every kid will be happy to have that as their bday cake. I know I will..,! 🙂
Thanks Radhika! 🙂
Oh my goodness Jess, this cake is stunning! Happy birthday to your sister, that was so sweet of you to make this for her. She must have loved it 🙂
Thanks Kelly! 🙂
Jess, I’ve seen this awesomeness on Pinterest before. . love it!! dude, if I made this for my kids, I would be mom of the year! so wonderful that you baked this for your sister! hope she had a wonderful birthday! Cheers!
Thank you! 🙂
This is gorgeous! It looks straight out of a magazine! I would love to receive something this stunning on my birthday! You are such a talent, it’s not even funny!
Thanks Allison! Really appreciate your kind words! 🙂
Wow!!! What a Cake!!!! Fantastic!
Thanks Serena!
Oh my – what a fun cake and a great idea 🙂
Thanks! 🙂
Jessica, I am absolutely in love with this cake! I love how pretty it is, how easy it sounds to make and of course how chocolaty it is. Definitely not losing the chance to save this one for later!!
Thanks Helen! 🙂
Gorgeous cake!!
The recipe itself is great (I make it myself) but of-course with all these MM – AWESOME
Who wouldn’t love a huge slice of this cake ?!!
Thanks Winnie! 🙂
Stunning cake! Thanks for the idea and have a lovely weekend!
Thank you so much! Hope you’re having a great weekend too!
You’re so talented! Beautiful cake! Well done!
Thanks Mila 🙂
Oh wow, totally love this cake. It’s so beautiful, lucky Becky!!
Thank you Suzanne! 🙂
So colourful and pretty! I love this idea!
Thanks! Really happy you like the cake 🙂
Looks great! I love this method of cake decorating, I’ve never done it with kit kats,but I’ve done a couple with cadbury fingers.
Thanks Michelle! I’ve actually used Cadbury chocolate fingers before, that worked really well too!
this cake looks unreal! love it!
Thank you!
If that was my cake, I would not eat it. I would just sit somewhere and admire the beauty of the cake. It looks very nice and you’ve added all my favourite chocolates. thanks!
Haha, thanks Liz! Really happy you like the recipe!
This is the most adorable cake ever! And the fact that it has kit kats around it? I’m in love. I’m pinning this one!
Thanks Danielle! The kit kats made a brilliant decoration! Hope you do try the recipe out! 🙂
So pretty! 🙂
Thanks Arl! 🙂
This cake is so beautiful…. love it! It would be a fun centerpiece for the dinner table or for a party. I can’t believe how easy it is too!
Thanks Ruby! It did make a great centrepiece. And, yes it couldn’t have been easier to decorate!
Wow, this cake really is a showstopper! It looks so delicious and so fun. What a great way to celebrate!!
Thanks Cate 🙂