Kit Kat Birthday Cake

Yesterday we celebrated Sarah's 17th birthday. When I asked her what type of birthday cake she would like, she immediately requested a Kit Kat Birthday cake. You have probably seen variations of this cake around the internet and pinterest over the past few years. The Kit Kat Birthday Cake is a chocolate lovers dream. Two layers of chocolate cake, sandwiched with chocolate buttercream, then surrounded with Kit Kats' and topped with M & M's. The Kit Kat cake is so delicious but very rich. We made a variation a few years ago with musk sticks which you can find over here.
If you are after an easy but effective birthday cake that ticks all the boxes, you can't go past the Kit Kat Birthday Cake!

Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:
3/4 cup cocoa
1 1/2 cups plain (all purpose) flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
3/4 cup milk
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
3/4 cup warm water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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Method:
Preheat oven to 175 degrees C (350 deg F). Grease and line two 24 cm (8 inch) cake pans. Sift cocoa, flour, sugar, bicarb soda, baking powder, and salt into the bowl of an electric mixer. Beat on low speed until just combined. Raise speed to medium and add eggs, milk, water, oil, and vanilla. Beat until smooth, around 3 minutes.

Divide batter between pans. Bake for approximately 35 minutes, until a cake tester comes out clean. Cool in pan for 15 minutes then turn onto wire rack to cool completely.

Frosting:Ingredients:125 g butter (1 stick), softened3 cups icing (confectioners sugar)2 - 3 tablespoons milk1 teaspoon vanilla1 tablespoon cocoa

Method:Place the butter in a large mixing bowl and on medium speed of an electric mixer beat until smooth. Add the sugar, 2 tablespoons of milk, and vanilla. Beat until smooth and creamy, about 5-7 minutes. Gradually add the remaining milk or until the icing is thick enough to be of good spreading consistency. Add sifted cocoa and mix thoroughly.

Sandwich the two cake layers together with frosting. Cover top and sides of cake with remaining frosting. Stand Kit Kats around outside of cake. We used three family sized blocks of Kit Kat Chocolate. Cover top of cake with M & M's.