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Jul 10 2012

Kit Kat, M&M Birthday Cake

Category: Cakes • Recipes

A few weeks ago we had some friends visit to celebrate their youngest little mans 1st birthday.  I offered to make his birthday cake, as I love decorating cakes.  I spent some time searching for the right cake to make, but then a few days before my oven stopped working.  Eek.

Our friends were on their way and I promised them a cake, I didn’t want to disappoint. Another friend earlier in the year was showing me photo’s of the cake she made her kids, it was bright and colourful, I thought I would give it a go as no oven was needed.

I went to the grocery store and purchased 2 packets of white Kit Kat’s, a white chocolate mud cake, and 2 packets of m&ms, on this particular week all these items were on special!  I was super pleased with how the cake turned out.  

Take all wrapping off the white chocolate cake and place on board

Cut Kit Kat’s with a sharp knife to have two bars per slice.  Then slice Kit Kat’s to have the desired height (I removed 2cm from each piece).  Place the Kit Kat’s around cake.

Place a ribbon around the cake to keep kit kat’s in place, then fill with M&M’s. 

Super fast, very easy, very colourful cake!!  

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  • brella

    this looks awesome :-)

  • Vcupitt

    I LOVE THIS IDEA!
    Even “I” could manage this one.

  • Susan Nitz

    How did you manage to get the kit kat’s to stay in place before you put the ribbon on?

    • Kathryn

      I just leant them up with a slight slant and then when you wrap the ribbon around it brings them all up standing tall

  • Lisa

    Looks awesome, although I would use real cjocolate not yucky white stuff.  What a great idea, think I’ll be using this one.

  • michelle

    this is great but yes do u put icing mixture around the cake for the kit kats to stay in place?? also for the ribbon?

    • Nani

       The instructions say to put a ribbon around the cake to keep the kit kats in place

  • http://utterlyorganised.blogspot.com.au/ Allison @ Utterly Organised

    This looks divine!! I saw a picture of a cake like this online and was wondering just how it was made. I love white choc too.

  • Ange

    I’ve seen this with jelly beans in the middle and a Dora figurine to ‘kidify’ it. Looks so simple.

  • Hannahshorney

    Fantastic idea.

  • Sunshine n Giggles

    WOW! What a fantastic idea! Love it.

  • Busymumto5

    LOL I made a cake similar for my daughters birthday in June.. Except I bought 2 mud cakes, cut the icing off one and added whipped cream and mini m&m’s!!

  • disturbed_angel89

    Awesome I am so going to do this for my 23rd birthday!

  • Abanannagirl

    That was out of one of Donna Hay’s kids annuals, with a basic chocolate buttercake as the base.  I made it and used chocolate biscuits around the edge as they were cheaper (the Woolworths brand malt sticks, or you could use tv sticks if they were on special too)

  • Shanballin

    I have also made this cake!! Got an awesome reaction! I made a red cake to surprise my 3y/o who loves red and iced it thickly with buttercream icing that I then stuck the kit kats (used milk choc) to! Then filled with m&m’s and Maltesers! Eyes nearly
    Popped out of the kids heads!!!

  • http://www.wheresmyglow.com Glowless

    My question is what did you do with the 2cm from each piece?? ;-)

  • Kirsty

    I have made this too… super easy and super effective :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/claire.lenton.7 Claire Lenton-Cater

    omg so making this!

  • Donna @ NappyDaze

    Love this! Will be using this very soon for the husband’s birthday x

    • http://www.theorganisedhousewife.com.au Katrina

      I hope he enjoys it

  • http://tinagray.me Tina

    Ive made this one too. It was a hit! But I used choc mud cake and original kitkat. I also iced the sides of the cake so the kitkats would stick to it.

  • Julie

    Wow, looks divine, I am so doing this for my hubby’s bday in a couple of weeks!  How did you get the kitkats to stay up prior to the ribbon going on?

    • http://www.theorganisedhousewife.com.au Katrina

      Julie, get a little bit of icing sugar add a few drops of water to make a gluey paste, it should then stay together.

  • Jenny L

    Awesome idea….a favourite for young and old :)

    • http://www.theorganisedhousewife.com.au Katrina

      I love some of the other example being shared, use Maltesears instead of m&m’s

  • Emma

    I love this, I might make it just cause I can

  • http://www.facebook.com/anne.c.baldwin Anne Cromarty Baldwin

    Hello….I made this yesterday for hubbies birthday was so easy…but just need to say i needed 3 blocks of kit kats….. I love you, you have the best ideas. hope you are having a great day…. FB follower Anne

    • http://www.theorganisedhousewife.com.au Katrina

      It such a simple cake, I hope your hubby liked it J

    • Kathryn

      I made it today actually and needed 3 blocks also. 2 just didn’t go all the way around. So glad I bought a 3rd block “just in case” b/c the checkout queues were looong! Was a huge success! Thank you for the idea. 

  • karennarelle

    Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou. I am going to make this for my little girls 4th birthday on Wednesday!

    • http://www.theorganisedhousewife.com.au Katrina

      I hope she enjoys it J

  • MummyToFive

    I did this cake for hubby last year and it was chocolate overload and he loved it! I love how did it with white chocolate though, it looks so yummy! 

  • Mandy

    Showed my hubby this a few days ago and he made me one for my birthday yesterday. No white chocolate here though – yuck!

  • Kathryn

    I “made” this cake today for my Miss3. It was a huge success. I did need 3 packets of the Kit Kat family break though. 2 blocks didn’t make it around the Woolworths cake. Thankful I bought 3 ‘just in case’. Phew! Also I used smarties because they have purple and pink in the packet unlike the M&Ms. The scattering of pink & purple smarties amongst all the other smartie colours then matched the purple ribbon holding up the kit kats. I also did a ‘double decker’ cake so that I didn’t have to cut the kit kats. I did Chocolate mud on the bottom (cut icing off to make cake flat) & white mud on top with jam and cream in the middle. Keep icing on the top cake to secure the kit kats & the smarties/M&Ms. LOVE LOVE LOVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INSPIRATION. I love reading all your posts. 

  • Manda-Kate

    “Furry Friends” chocolates (upright – smooth side out) also look great as a border around a square or rectangle cake.

  • My

    Thanks so much for sharing this idea.  My kids and my husband made me one of these cakes for my birthday.   They put tim-tams around the outside.  I loved the idea so much I am making one for my brother-in-law.  I’m going to try some of the suggestions from the comments and use malteasers on top and furry friends as the border.  

  • SheenyB

    I made this cake for Mr 14 for his birthday, instead he wanted “Nans” chocolate cake, Skittles and the white Kit Kats (way too sickly let me tell you). It worked out beautifully and I had a very happy big boy.
    :)

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