How to Make a Chocolate Kit Kat Cake

Last Updated: March 21, 2020

Do you like Chocolate Cake? What about Kit Kat bars? If you like both, how about a Chocolate Kit Kat Cake? This article will show you just how easy it is to make your very own tasty Chocolate Cake, edged with delicious Kit Kat bars. This recipe serves 10-12.

Ingredients

The Cake

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup freshly brewed hot coffee

Frosting

6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 sticks (1/2 pound) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 large egg yolk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup plus 1 tablespoon of confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon of instant coffee granules sifted and mixed with 2 teaspoons of water.

Decorations

Eight Kit Kat bars
M&Ms or Chocolate Coins(Optional)
Malted Milk Balls(Optional)

Part 1

Part 1 of 3:

Making the Cake

1
Preheat your oven to 350 °F (177 °C).
2
Line two 8-by-12 inch (30.5 cm) pans. Wipe a thin layer of shortening onto two 8-by-2-inch round cake pans and dust the pans with flour, tapping out any excess. or you can line a wax paper for each pan.

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3
Combine the dry ingredients. Using an electric mixer, add flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and kosher salt into a bowl, mixing thoroughly on low for about 1-2 minutes or until incorporated.
4
Crack the two eggs into a bowl, and gradually add them to the dry ingredients on low. Add the buttermilk, oil, vanilla, and cooled coffee. Bump speed up to medium and mix for two minutes or until mixture is smooth.
5
Divide the cake mixture and pour the contents into your two pans prepared earlier.
6
Bake for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick stuck in the middle comes out clean.
7
Let them cool once baked. Once the cakes have been cooked, cool them in the oven first by turning off the oven and letting them sit for ten minutes. After ten minutes of cooling in the oven, invert pans onto a cooling rack and remove cake from the pans. Cool on the racks completely before frosting the cake

Part 2

Part 2 of 3:

Making the Frosting

1
Melt the chocolate chips in a microwave at 30 second intervals or until melted and then set aside to cool.
2
Place butter, egg, vanilla, confectioners sugar, coffee granules, and the melted chocolate in a mixer and mix until light and fluffy.
3
Spread the frosting. Flip the first cake gently onto a clean plate and spread about 1/3 of the frosting on the top, then stack the second cake on top of the cake you just frosted.
4
Spread the remaining frosting over the cake starting with the sides. This doesn't have to be perfect, as you will be sticking Kit Kat Bars to the sides. Frost the top of the cake, making nice swirls to cover the entire cake.

Part 3

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Adding Decorations

1
Open and separate 8 packages of Kit Kat bars.
2
Begin standing them on their side and pressing them lightly into the side of the cake. Repeat this all the way around the cake.
3
Place the cake in your refrigerator for 60 minutes to firm up the frosting.
4
Finish up by adding some M&Ms or Chocolate Coins.
5
Finished.