Kit-Kat cakes have become really popular in the last couple of years. They look beautiful without the painstaking effort of hard-to-grasp frosting techniques, they’re adored by kids, and they can fix or hide pretty much any failed baking attempt.

I initially thought the Kit-Kat cake might be hard to achieve. I worried the candy would fall off avalanche-style, making an even bigger mess than the one I was aspiring to cover.