
Snickers Birthday Cake
I love this recipe because the finished product looks so elegant yet it is easy to make.
Chocolate cake, whipped cream, peanuts, frosting and mini snickers bars are such a classic and tasty combination.
If you love them then you will love this cake!
I have always loved snickers bars.
And if a dish had snickers in it then I had to make it.
These are the INGREDIENTS you will need:
Cake:
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Whipped cream, for topping, optional
- 8 oz jar of peanuts, optional
Chocolate Frosting:
- 1/4 cup butter
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoons buttermilk
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 6 bars 2.07-ounce snickers candy bars cut into 1/2-inch pieces
These are the INSTRUCTIONS for preparation:
Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 9-inch baking pan with heavy-duty aluminum foil.
- In a large bowl, combine butter and sugar. Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla extract.
- In a small bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add to butter mixture, beating until combined. Spoon batter into prepared pan.
- Bake for 22 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Chocolate Frosting:
- In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium-low heat. Add cocoa, buttermilk and 1 cup confectioners’ sugar.
- Stir in candy bars and allow to melt. Stir in remaining confectioners’ sugar and immediately spread over hot cake.
- Let cool completely. Cut into squares and serve with whipped cream, if desired.
NOTES:
*Spread cool whip into top center of cake. Then you can frost the chocolate thicker.
*Pipe a ribbon of frosting around base and top of cake for decoration.
*Press peanuts into frosting along the side of the cake if desired. They give that salty sweet flavor that is so good.
I served this cake to my son for his birthday.
He loves snickers, chocolate and nuts so it is fitting that I made this cake.
There is so little preparation to this recipe that anyone can make it and it will be a winner!
My son and his friends are disappointed if this cake is not on the counter cooling when they arrive to celebrate.
This Snickers cake is moist and fluffy.
The chocolate is not over powering. The frosting is smooth and not gritty.
And the best part is you can garnish it any way that fits your family preferences.
It is getting to be a tradition to serve this cake and a meal of sloppy jo and chips.
My son blessed me by waiting 2 hours to be born on Halloween instead of Devil’s Eve. And I try to show my gratitude.
But being born on Halloween, he never had a birthday party on his actual birthday when he was little.
It was fun though when he was little. He always seemed so delighted and couldn’t wait for his birthday to come.
As we drove past houses he would ooh and awwww at all the decorations.
And when the kids rang the bell he wanted to hand out the treats to his “guests”.
It wasn’t until he started to trick or treat with friends and have a sleep over did I get the entire story.
He always thought the celebrations were for his special birthdate!
Even to this day, Halloween is celebrated with an even bigger display than Christmas.
Happy Birthday my precious son!
Snickers Birthday Cake Single Layer
Ingredients
Cake:
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Whipped cream, for topping, optional
- 8 oz jar of peanuts, optional
Chocolate Frosting:
- 1/4 cup butter
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoons buttermilk
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 6 bars 2.07-ounce snickers candy bars cut into 1/2-inch pieces
Instructions
Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 9-inch baking pan with heavy-duty aluminum foil.
- In a large bowl, combine butter and sugar. Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla extract.
- In a small bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add to butter mixture, beating until combined. Spoon batter into prepared pan.
- Bake for 22 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Chocolate Frosting:
- In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium-low heat. Add cocoa, buttermilk and 1 cup confectioners' sugar.
- Stir in candy bars and allow to melt. Stir in remaining confectioners' sugar and immediately spread over hot cake.
- Let cool completely. Cut into squares and serve with whipped cream, if desired.
Notes
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You know I love this cake and bet it was well enjoyed!!!
Your post is being featured this week on Oh My Heartsie Girls “Friday Features Linkup”, hope you will stop by, check it out and linkup again!
Have a lovely weekend!
Thank you Karren! I appreciate the feature. Also, glad you enjoy the recipe. I hope you get to enjoy this cake. Have a great week.
Looks delish!!! Thanks for sharing at Reader Tip Tuesday.
We can’t wait to see what you have to share at this week’s party. xo
Thank you Jodie. See you then.
Yum! Snickers are my favorite candy bar!
Thanks for linking up @LiveLifeWell!
Blessings,
Amy
I have to agree Amy. Snickers is my favorite followed closely by Reeses. Enjoy your week.
Hi Marilyn,
Happy Birthday to your son and this cake looks great! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday, your post is awesome. Hope you are having a great week and come back to see us soon!
Miz Helen
Glad you like this snickers cake Miz Helen. I will padd along the birthday wishes. Enjoy your week.
Yum, I am not waiting for a birthday to make this beauty! Happy Fall, Kippi
Let me know if you try this snickers cake Kippi. I hope you enjoy it! Enjoy your week.
Yum!! This cake looks wonderful. Also, Happy (almost) Birthday to your son. 🙂
Thank you Dean for the wishes. I will pass them on!
The cake looks yummy! Happy Birthday to your son. Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
Thank you Jann. I will pass along your wishes. Have a lovely week.
Happy Birthday to your son, Marilyn, and what a gorgeous cake to celebrate! It looks absolutely delicious. Thank you so much or sharing, and for being a part of the Hearth and Soul Link Party. Hope you are having a great weekend!
Thank you April for your kind words. I will pass along your wishes. I just love Heart and Soul. Your audience is different than mine and I can visits different links! Have a lovely week.
I could eat a lot of this yumminess!
I know Julie. I bet you could eat a lot. Of this cake. Unfortunately, I Have. LOL. Enjoy your week.
WOW. This speaks to me on a whole new level! Looks very good. #trafficjam
Thank you Tracy! I hope you get to enjoy it. Have a lovely week!
I don’t make many single layer cakes but this one is going to change all that! Best Wishes to your son and thanks for sharing at Celebrate Your Story.
Thank you Sandra. I passed along the wishes. If you make a single layer I can’t wait to see it!
That looks really, really good!
Thank you Suzie. Thanks for letting me know. Enjoy your weekend!
The cake is wonderful, what a great treat for your sons Birthday, Happy Birthday!!
Thank you for sharing on #omhgff this week!!
Have a wonderful weekend coming!
Thank you Karren for the birthday wishes. I will pass it along. Have a lovely weekend.
This cake looks and sounds delightful. It was nice to see a single layer cake for a change. I was just telling my sister, the other day, that it seems that almost all of the cakes that I see on blogs now keep getting higher and higher. I told her that it would be impossible to eat a piece of some of those cakes.
Wait. Have you been hanging out in my kitchen? I almost never have a layer cake. I use one round pan, a bundt, or a rectangular. Layer cakes are messy, fall over and impossible to eat. I feel the same about iced cupcakes. LOL. I am glad you like it. Enjoy!
Yummy, yes please 🙂 Love cake here. Thanks for sharing at Creative Mondays. Hope you can join us again soon.
We lovve cake too. This one was delicious!! Thanks CLaire. Enjoy your week.
wonderful cake to celebrate your son’s birthday. Happy belated birthday wishes xo
Thank you Katherine. I will pass that on. Enjoy your week!
what a great idea, today is my own birthday and my grand-sons is next month I believe I will try to do this for him
thanks for sharing
I am glad you like the recipe Angie. Happy Birthday to you both! Enjoy your week.
Sounds really yummy! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party. I appreciate you sharing every week.
You are welcome. I wouldn’t miss what’s for Dinner unless something terrible happens. Enjoy your evening!
Wow, that is quite a cake, and quite a story!! Happy Birthday to your son, I’m sure he enjoyed this cake!
Thank you Jenna! Enjoy your weekend.
Yum! That’s my kind of cake. I love Snickers!
We all did too!!! Glad. You found it appealing. Enjoy your day.