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Finished M&M’s Kit Kat cake with a red ribbon and a floating candy effect.

Gravity Defying M&M’s Kit Kat Cake

Make every birthday sweeter with a Gravity Defying M&M’s Kit Kat Cake, a chocolate creation wrapped in Kit Kats and topped with floating M&M’s, an instant favourite for birthdays and family celebrations.

Course: Cake
Cuisine: International
Prep Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour
Author: Manuela Zangara

Ingredients

  • 2 Eggless Chocolate Cakes – baked in 1 × 23 cm – 9-inch tins
  • Chocolate icing
  • Simple syrup – made with 2 tbsp caster sugar and 2 tbsp warm water
  • Melted chocolate
  • Fondant
  • M&M’s
  • Kit Kat bars
  • 2 straws or 1 balloon stick
  • 1 empty M&M’s packet

Instructions

Cake

  1. This cake uses two chocolate layers. I used my Eggless Chocolate Cakes baked earlier and frozen.

Assembly

  1. Assemble the cake a day before serving. Prepare a batch of chocolate icing for the crumb coat. Use your favourite icing recipe and make sure it is slightly softer so it spreads smoothly.
  2. Take the cakes out of the freezer and level them while still half frozen, using a sharp serrated knife.
  3. Brush the tops with simple syrup to keep the cakes moist.
  4. Spread a layer of icing on the rough side of one cake and place the second cake on top. Choose the flattest surface for the top layer. It is usually the bottom of one of the cakes. This makes icing and decorating easier.
  5. Apply the crumb coat while the cakes are still slightly frozen. It is easier this way. Start from the top, then move to the sides. Use a cake spatula to smooth the surface as evenly as possible. Once the cake is covered, refrigerate it until the icing hardens.

Decoration

  1. When the icing is firm, make a hole in the centre of the cake using a skewer. Make sure it goes all the way through both cakes and is wide enough to fit the straw or balloon stick.
  2. Place some melted chocolate in the centre of a cake board and add a small piece of fondant on top. Insert the straw or balloon stick into the melted chocolate and let it harden.
  3. Carefully place the cake onto the board, fitting it through the straw or balloon stick. Check that the stick is tall enough to extend above the top of the cake.
  4. Using a sharp knife, cut the Kit Kat bars into twos.
  5. Spread a thin layer of fresh chocolate icing around the sides of the cake, then press the Kit Kat pieces onto it to stick them in place.
  6. Top the cake with M&M’s. Brush a little melted chocolate onto the visible part of the balloon stick and attach some M&M’s. Work slowly, letting each section harden before adding more, so they stay in place.
  7. Attach an empty M&M’s packet to the top of the stick so it looks as though the candies are falling from it. Fill the packet halfway with cotton buds or similar material to keep its shape and secure it with melted chocolate.
  8. Lastly, wrap a ribbon around the Kit Kat border to hold everything in place and the cake is ready to serve.

Recipe Notes

Total time will vary depending on the cake used and decoration detail.

You can use any chocolate cake as the base. I used my Eggless Chocolate Cake because one of my daughter’s friends doesn’t eat eggs and it’s not too sweet. Since the cake will be topped with chocolate frosting, M&M’s, and Kit Kats, it’s best to start with a cake that isn’t too sugary.