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Chocolate Candy Cake – R’s birthday

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When I saw a picture of this cake, I just KNEW I had to make it for someone!  Lucky for me, R’s birthday is in a couple of days, but we had a combined party for him, H, and my niece yesterday.  I showed him a picture of the cake and he loved it!
First you are going to start with your favorite kind of cake.  We wanted an extra chocolate-y cake, so we used devil’s food cake.  I used 9″ pans and two cake mixes.  After baking, I let the cakes cool completely (over night) and then frosted with a crumb coat.  Not too much, but enough to make sure the candy would stay on!
 Next, Jenn helped me by separating all of the M&M’s by color!
Then we broke out the Kit Kat bars.  I used about 3.5 king size packs (9.5 regular size packs).  Break them up so you can place them on the cake.
 Now start placing your Kit Kat bars side by side.  Now remember, I used two 9″ cakes, leveled and stacked.  The kit kats reached almost to the top of the stacked cakes.
Now start placing your M&M’s.  You can do any color scheme you want.  We noticed that there seemed to be more green, blue and orange M&M’s in the bag than the other colors.  So we started with those. 🙂
To cover the space between the Kit Kats and the M&M’s, I used some of the left over chocolate frosting and a star tip to make a cute border around the top and bottom of the cake.  Finish off with a matching ribbon and candles and there you have it!
The happy, almost 9 year old and his Candy Cake!  He was SOOOO sweet about it!  He kept coming up to me all night saying “I just can’t stop smiling and telling you thank you for my cake!”  What a sweet boy!
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  17. Donna Ganas

    I love this. It’s absolutely beautiful, colorful, and oh so cheerful! I can’t think of anyone who wouldn’t adore having a cake like that on their birthday!

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  18. Anonymous

    You can also go to the Jelly Belly Factory or any place that sells candy in bulk and get the colored candies pre sorted. Death by chocolate! What a way to go!

    Lori in Wisconsin

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  19. Betsy

    I love this idea. I’m thinking of trying it in a smaller version – still 2 layers high – but smaller around. That would be cute, too!!

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  22. Anonymous

    I pinned your beautiful cake so it will be ‘near me’ when I need it. Found only one problem in doing it. I wanted to use the picture of “R” instead of the actual cake. What a priceless picture!!! Makes me miss my grandkids so very much…. I’d sign this but don’t know how, so had to go with Anonymous.

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    • Paula

      Oh my goodness! Thank you so much! He really loved it so much and was just so sweet about it. 🙂 Thank you for your kind comment, I really do appreciate it!

      Reply

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