kit kat® bundt® cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• cooking spray
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 cups white sugar
• 2 cups butter, at room temperature
• 2/3 cup milk
• 5 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 6 snack-size chocolate-covered wafer candy bars (such as kit kat®), coarsely chopped, or more to taste
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• frosting:
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup evaporated milk
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ready Time: 1 hr 50 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). spray the inside of a fluted tube pan (such as bundt®) with cooking spray.
• combine 4 cups flour, baking powder, and salt together in the bowl of a stand mixer. add 2 cups softened butter, milk, eggs, and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract to flour mixture; lightly stir with a spatula to moisten ingredients. mix on low speed until batter is evenly combined, about 3 minutes.
• toss candy bar pieces with remaining 1 tablespoon flour in a bowl until coated; fold into batter. spread batter into the prepared pan.
• bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out moist with crumbs clinging, about 1 hour. cool in pan for 25 minutes; remove from pan and cool completely on a wire rack.
• combine 1/4 cup white sugar, evaporated milk, 1/4 cup butter, chocolate chips, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract together in a saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. reduce heat and simmer until frosting is thickened, about 5 minutes. pour frosting over cake.