Birthday Cakes!

Thanks to pinterest.com, I love to see what other people make and post so it can give me ideas that I can use. I made the famous kit-kat bar cake with chocolate m&m's on top for my son's 12th birthday. What a huge hit with the kids and yes sugar rush lol! Also made the famous piggy cake for my daughter's 15th birthday! We had so much fun making this cake.  Her friends loved it! I figured I would try and make some chocolate bar cakes of my own! So I made my husbands birthday cake with coconut and bounty bars and for my son's 20th birthday we made a twix bar with skor pieces.  These cakes are all very easy to make, don't have to be a professional cake baker because I am certainly not! But they all turned out great! Also on a tight budget these cakes are less than an ice cream cake or even the ones you buy in the store and the kids love them! The chocolate bars are cheap at the dollar store, we paid .69 cents. Not a bad price at all. You have to try one of these cakes or come up with your own chocolate bar cakes. Enjoy!

Ingredients for cake mix

cake mix
3 eggs
oil  (olive oil)
water

Follow the directions on  the cake mix box
I use 9" cake pans u can also use 8" pans.

Also a little hint to keep your cake soft and moist is I use olive oil in all my cakes, makes a huge difference.

I also am a big fan of Duncan Hines cake mix. That's what I use! Or you can make your own cake mix from scratch.


            For this cake you will need 1 box chocolate cake mix, cook as instructed on box. let cook then decorate. It takes 12 kit-kat chocolate bars. Then you will need some chocolate m&m's as many as you want.  Chocolate icing. Icing the first layer and then add second layer of the cake, icing that.  I keep my chocolate bars in the fridge, helps when you handle them.  I add a small amount of icing on the back and  start lining them across the cake.  You can add a bow to keep it altogether but you don't' have to. Then add the m&m's on once the bars are all set in place.

 

 

Kit-Kat & M&M cake

 

Ingredients

 

1 box 2 layer chocolate cake mix, follow directions on back

2 containers of chocolate icing

12 kit-kat bars

chocolate m&m's at least 1 cup or more

ribbon if u want

 

 

                                                                                               

 

If you would like this cake you will need a box of chocolate cake mix follow the directions on back for cooking instructions. Chocolate icing. The piggy's were made out of homemade fondant which is way better than the stuff you buy In the store. I have recipe posted under the this picture so you can make them as well.  Its very easy to make and tastes like marshmallows. When cake is cooled you icing the first layer, then add the 2nd layer and  icing that as well. Then you will add the kit-kat bars around the sides of the cake, putting a small amount of icing on the back.  Again I keep my chocolate bars in the fridge. Then add the little piggy's and your ribbon. Making the little fondant pigs were a lot of fun!

                                                         
                                                                  Kit-Kat & Piggy Cake

 

                                                                        Ingredients

                                                    1 box of 2 layer chocolate Cake mix
                                                      2 containers of chocolate icing
                                                                   12 kit-kat bars     
                                                   1 bag miniature marshmallows (white)
                                                                       icing sugar
                                                                    food colouring 
                                                                             ribbon

 

 

Marshmallow Fondant recipe

Ingredients:

• 8 ounces miniature marshmallows (4 cups not packed, or half of a 16-ounce bag)
• 1 pound powdered sugar (4 cups), plus extra for dusting
• 2 tbsp. water
• Food coloring or flavored extracts, optional

  Dust your counter or a large cutting board with powdered sugar. Place the marshmallows and the water in a large microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high for 1 minute, until the marshmallows are puffy and expanded.
2. Stir the marshmallows with a rubber spatula until they are melted and smooth. If some unmelted marshmallow pieces remain, return to the microwave for 30-45 seconds, until the marshmallow mixture is entirely smooth and free of lumps. If you want colored or flavored fondant, you can add several drops of food coloring or extracts at this point and stir until incorporated. If you want to create multiple colors or flavors from one batch of fondant, do not add the colors or flavors now. Instead, refer to step 6 below for instructions.
3. Add the powdered sugar and begin to stir with the spatula. Stir until the sugar begins to incorporate and it becomes impossible to stir anymore.
4. Scrape the marshmallow-sugar mixture out onto the prepared work surface. It will be sticky and lumpy, with lots of sugar that has not been incorporated yet--this is normal. Dust your hands with powdered sugar, and begin to knead the fondant mixture like bread dough, working the sugar into the marshmallow with your hands.
5. Continue to knead the fondant until it smoothes out and loses its stickiness. Add more sugar if necessary, but stop adding sugar once it is smooth--too much sugar will make it stiff and difficult to work with. Once the fondant is a smooth ball, it is ready to be used. You can now roll it out, shape it, or wrap it in cling wrap to use later. Well-wrapped fondant can be stored in a cool room or in the refrigerator, and needs to be kneaded until supple before later use.
6. If you want to add coloring or flavoring to your fondant, flatten it into a round disc. You might want to wear gloves to avoid getting food coloring on your hands during this step. Add your desired amount of coloring or flavoring to the center of the disc, and fold the disc over on itself so that the color or flavor is enclosed in the center of the fondant ball.
7. Begin to knead the ball of fondant just like you did before. As you work it, you will begin to see streaks of color coming through from the center. Continue to knead until the streaks are gone and the fondant is a uniform color. Your fondant is now ready to be used or stored as outlined above.

                                                                                                               

 

For this cake you will need 1 box of a 2 layer cake mix. Follow the baking directions on the box. When the cake is cooled completely you will icing the first layer of cake. Add coconut over the icing, then add second layer of the cake and finish off icing the cake. Add the coconut again on the top layer over the icing. Then take your bounty bars with a small amount of icing on the back and stick them on the cake.  I always keep my chocolate bars in the fridge.

                                                             Bounty Bar/Skor Bar Cake

                                               

 

Ingredient's

 

1 box 2 layer chocolate cake mix



2 containers of chocolate icing

2 bags of shredded coconut

6 - 7 bounty bars with 3 pieces

 

 

                                                                                                                          

 

For this cake you will bake a 2 layer white cake and let it cool completely.  On the first layer you will icing. Then you will add skor pieces over the chocolate icing. Then you will add the 2nd layer and finish icing. Add the rest of the skor pieces. Take the twix bars and add some icing to the back and stick them on the cake around the outside. Make sure you keep the bars in the fridge.


                                                                  Twix/Skor bar cake

 

Ingredient's

 

1 box white 2 layer cake mix

2 container's of chocolate icing

1 bag of skor pieces

5 pkgs of twix bars