KITKAT CAKE

CREDITS TO: Gonna Want Seconds

INGREDIENTS:

For The Cake:

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2/3 cups granulated sugar
• 2/3 cups dark brown sugar
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1-1/2 cup whole milk
• 3/4 cup or 1-1/2 sticks butter, softened
• 3 large eggs
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

For the Frosting:

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2/3 cup cocoa
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1/3 cup whole milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the Decoration:

• 15 ounces 10 packs of 4 Kitkat bars
• 1 12 ounce bag M & Ms

DIRECTIONS:

Make cake.

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. Butter two 8-inch cake pans lightly and dusts them with flour tapping out the excess. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, milk, butter, eggs, vanilla, baking powder, baking soda and salt, with a hand-held electric mixer set on lowest speed, until ingredients are moistened. Increase the speed to medium and continue to beat batter until just combined about 3 minutes.
4. Pour batter equally into the two prepared pans, using a small off set spatula to even the batter.
5. Place in preheated oven and bake 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
6. Set pans on a wire baking rack for 10 minutes.
7. Slip a knife between the pan and the edge of the cake to loosen, and invert cakes onto wire rack and cool completely.

Make frosting.

1. In a medium saucepan, melt the butter.
2. Whisk in cocoa until smooth.
3. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk beating until frosting is a spreading consistency. Thin with a little milk, as needed, if too thick.
4. Stir in vanilla.

Assembly.

1. Set the first layer cake on a platter. Frost the top.
2. Add the second layer of cake and first the top and the sides of both layers.
3. Break the Kitkats into sticks and arrange the sticks along the side of the cake.
4. Wrap a ribbon around the Kitkat edge to secure the Kitkats.
5. Fill the top with M & Ms.
6. Refrigerate the cake for about 4 hours to firm for ease of serving.

I call this my specialty cake even if this has only been my second time to bake it. Baking this cake is like an expert Pastry Chef, LOL.

😍 Kitkat Cake ala Presyosa Ligaya 😍

Happy baking and enjoy eating.