Kit Kat and M&M Birthday Cake

02 Sunday Aug 2015

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chocolate buttercream frosting, chocolate mousse filling, double chocolate cake, Kit-Kat, m+m, Sour cream vanilla cake

So, my 12-year-old loves Kit Kat candy bars and M&Ms (who doesn’t?!)….this was his cake last year (finally getting around to posting it). We somehow managed to only take a few pics, but thought I’d share.

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It’s an 8″ 3-layer chocolate/vanilla/chocolate cake with milk chocolate buttercream and chocolate mousse filling into which I folded crushed Kit Kat bars. Yum. There was honestly so much sugar here it made my teeth hurt, but since I don’t let my kids eat candy often, I figured I’d give them this treat just once last year.

After the entire cake was frosted, I simply put Kit Kat bars–separated into sections–around the outside (I think it took about 6 full-sized bars). I then filled the top with M&M candies (at this point, I figured “why not?”!).

I tied it with a ribbon and put a chocolate-pretzel candy border around the bottom.

Happy 12th birthday, my SWEET boy!!

Candy anyone!?

Candy Lover’s Cupcake

10 Thursday Oct 2013

Posted by Laurie in Cupcakes

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candy bar, candy lovers cupcake, chocolate mousse filling, double chocolate cake, Kit-Kat, vanilla-bean frosting

Okay, so my kids talked me into buying a family-sized bag of Kit-Kat bars the other day….really? Family-sized? Who needs that much candy?! And it’s still 3 weeks until Halloween!

But, of course, in a moment of weakness at the grocery store, I gave in. Zero will-power…none at all, ZIP! Anyway, after looking at the bars staring at me in the face every time I opened the cupboard, I decided to make cupcakes out of them!

A simple but perfect combo: Double chocolate cake filled with chocolate mousse mixed with crushed candy pieces, creamy vanilla buttercream and Kit-Kat bars on top. Any good candy would work here…Reese’s cups, Twix Bars, Snickers, malted milk balls…pick your favorite. MMMM, sweet, smooth, crunchy, cakey. Candy and cake–life is good! (I think I finally know what to do with all of that left-over good Halloween candy :0)