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I know these Kit Kat Candy Cakes are all over the internet, but every time I make one, I’m always surprised at how many people have never seen them! So today, I thought I’d do a tutorial showing you how easy it is to make one of these impressive cakes!
For today’s cake, I thought it would be fun to make it a little Goldfish Pond, but you could also fill it completely with candy – see my son’s Kit Kat M&M’s cake here – or decorate it for a pool or beach themed party! The possibilities are endless.
Here’s what you’ll need:
- A round cake – I used a 7″ for this tutorial but any size will do!
- Kit Kats (formula below to figure out how many you’ll need)
- Frosting
- Other Candy for decorations
- Ribbon
Start with your two layers of cake filled. I used a 7″ round cake and filled it with vanilla buttercream.
Frost the cake. Make sure to get plenty of fresh buttercream around the sides! That’s what will help the Kit Kats to stick!
Add Kit Kats all around the sides. They’re easier to work with if you break them into sections of 2 sticks. I have to tell you… you’re probably going to need more Kit Kats than you think!
Here’s a formula to figure out how many: Size of your round cake (in inches) multiplied by 3.14 divided by 2.5 (the width of a full-size Kit Kat).
Here’s the numbers from my cake; it was 7 inches round. I did 7 x 3.14 = 21.98. Then 21.98/2.5 = 8.79. Round that number up… so I needed 9 Kit Kat candy bars. I actually only used 8 plus one stick from another, but that’s why you should round UP!
Would you have guessed that you needed 9 Kit Kats? It’s a lot huh!
Add a good pile of frosting in the center and spread it out. If you’re going to be covering it with candy (such as this M&M’s filled one), then you can add as much or as little as you want because you’ll cover it up.
Since I was going to make a little Goldfish Pond cake, I made sure to get a good spread of blue buttercream for water!
I added little Goldfish and a ribbon and called it a day! After it was baked, this cake took less than an hour to put together but it’s so cute and so versatile!
Have you ever made a Kit Kat Candy Cake? I’d love for you to leave a comment!
Happy Caking!
Rose
Did you use jumbo size kit kats or regular size?
Regular – and the little snack size won’t work either!
I have made 2 kit kat cakes, one was filled with mnm and the other was pigs in the mud
Awesome!! They’re so much fun, huh?!
I need to go back to basics- serious basics- like coulouring butter cream- how to make butter cream- stop a cake from crumbling. Lovely cake this . I have a great imigination but useless basic baking skills- Help !
Is the ribbon necessary for holding the kit Kat or its for decoration
The Kit Kat bars should stick to the buttercream on their own and not need the ribbon.. it just makes it pretty 😀
nice one ma,i love ur work.
Thank you!
It looks just like an aboveground swimming pool… too cool! Thanks for the great idea!
You’re welcome!! Thanks for reading! 🙂
Can’t wait to try this! Thanks for sharing.
I just know you’ll love it!
that looks so yummy and easy to make!
I made two of these cakes for adults… covered the tops with home made chocolate truffles and they were so easy to put together.
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Awesome! They really are easy and everybody loves them!