My friend Leah makes amazing birthday cakes. I’ve seen her make a perfectly round soccer ball (it really looked like a giant soccer ball), Minecraft cupcakes, and swimming pools with slides and ladders. Whatever phase her children were going through, whether it was Harry Potter or The Hunger Games, Leah has been able to provide the matching cake.
Me? Not so much. I make the same birthday cake. Over and over again.
It’s always been a love heart cake. Chocolate, iced, smarties around the outside, and the number of your age in the middle. It’s been constant, reliable, but perhaps after 10 years in a row – a little underwhelming. On the occasion of parties with big numbers I’ve sometimes turned to the professionals, but when it’s dinner time at home on your birthday – it’s always the love heart cake.
A couple of years ago the eldest traveller asked for a variation, not being a lover of icing there was a request for a donut cake. I tried not to take it personally. Then there was a cookie cake, I made the call, picked it up from the store.
This year my heart made a little pitter batter (yes, that was an intentional bad pun) when she asked if we could return to the love heart cake. So I decided this was my opportunity – I was going to make the love heart cake of all love heart cakes.
“Shall we try something a bit special? You know, like put some-thing on top of it that you really like. Or maybe do a double decker love heart with something in the middle?”
And so it began. Two cakes.
There’s a layer of white chocolate chips in between them.
I whipped the butter, sifted in icing sugar, cocoa, milk and vanilla essence for the frosting.
The trick with the kit kats is to leave enough room in between (easier to slice).
Maltesers and white chocolate lindt balls are her faves.
Voila!
“The best birthday cake ever Mum”.
So, if you’re like me and you’ve had your fair share of cake disasters – I think this one is a winner. Easy peasy and a definite crowd pleaser.
Anyone else made a kit kat cake? What have you put on top?
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Over the years, I’ve made a castle cake, pirate ships, princess cake, numerous heart cakes (my biggest mould!) and some (many!!) others, but I never made a kitkat cake… something to try for the next birthday party?! 🙂
I would so love to be better at the cake making thing than I am. Pirate ships?! AMAZING!!!
Take a round cake, cut it in half to get two half moons, glue with icing or filling of some sort. Ice it and use a tooth pick to make a plank design on the outside. Chopstick for the mast, paper sail, kitchen thread for some ropes, maltesers for cannon balls… let your imagination loose! If I had them on hand, I’d attach pictures 😉
Looks fabulous. Well done you x
The best bit, the very best bit – was when her friends arrived for the party, the first thing she did was took them into the kitchen to show them the cake. Heart bursting stuff. xx
Apparently that is what we will be having for a 10th birthday coming up…… thanks for the inspo
Do it! I’m hooked now, I actually can’t wait to make the next one?!
We rock the loveheart cake here too on occasion. I have been coveting a kitkat cake for quite some time, yours does look splendid. My kids do the flick through the Women’s Weekly birthday cake book here, so we’ve had a few different things lately when it comes to the party cake. Luckily Al has the patience to decorate, I’m usually baked out by that stage!
kit kat cake I made this year with strawberries and raspberries – definitely a crowd pleaser and it looks impressive without being too hard!
I love the strawberries! Much healthier and it actually looks yummier.
you are a true genius. Any icing disasters and it doesn’t matter ONE BIT. Its just the glue!
I also favour choc finger biscuits over kit kats – one packet does a round cake nicely. And dumped smarties or freckles over the top with gay abandon. Must try the maltesers trick though.
And go on a diet the following day!
Last year I didn’t get on the cake until far too late in the game. So I punted. We had a couple big bags of M&Ms from duty free and this is what resulted. Next time I’ll try to remember to do a fun middle layer – love the Kit Kat heart cake, thanks for sharing.
Ask me how glad I was to get through the final row.
OMG Cindy! That is fabulous!!!
I love the tradition of your heart cake. This year our 15 year son old wanted something different as he doesn’t like icing much so I surprised him with this and he loved it…
My girl is the same, she cannot stand icing and is not a lover of cake. This is fantastic!
Thanks Kirsty. I’ll be trying the Kit Kat cake this year. Last year’s Snicker’s birthday cake for my 11-year old was a big hit!