Kit Kat Cake - Nicci & Roberto

Ingredients:
Cake:
one 18.25 oz. box of chocolate cake mix
1 c. flour
1 c. granulated sugar
3/4 t. salt
1 1/3 c. water
2 T. vegetable oil
1 t. vanilla
1 c. sour cream
4 large eggs

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting:
1/2 c. butter, at room temperature
3 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature
1 lb. powdered sugar, sifted
1/4 c. milk
1 t. vanilla
1 c. dark chocolate chips

Decor:
three 4.5 oz. Giant Kit Kat Bars (you'll need 36 Kit Kat sticks total)
one 12.6 oz. bag M&M's

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325º. Grease and flour two 9 inch round cake pans and line a cupcake pan with 6 liners.
2. In a large owl, whisk together cake mix, flour, sugar and salt. Add remaining ingredients and beat with hand mixer for 2 minutes, or until well blended.
3. Scoop the batter into 6 cupcake liner 3/4-full. Divide the remaining batter into the prepared round pans. Bake the cupcakes for about 25 minutes, and bake the cake rounds about 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the cake cool in the pan for 20 minutes, then remove the cake layers to a wire rack to cool completely
4. when the cake is cool, you're ready to assemble. Place one layer on a serving plate, and tuck strips of waxed paper underneath the sides of the cake.
5. Prepare the frosting: In a large bowl, beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating at low speed until blended. Increase speed to medium, and slowly add milk and vanilla, beating until smooth. Microwave chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl at MEDIUM 1 1/2 to 2 minutes or until melted and smooth, stirring at 30 second intervals. Gradually add melted chocolate to mixture; beat until blended and smooth.
6. Frost the 1st layer. Set the 2nd layer on top of the first. Frost the 2nd layer and along the sides of the cake too. Stick Kit Kat's to the sides of the cake, leaving a very small space in between each Kit Kat (1/4 inch). Wrap a bow around the cake, securing the Kit Kat's. Fill the top of the cake with M&M's. Pull out the strips of waved paper and discard. Use any extra frosting to frost your 6 extra cupcakes.
7. If you refrigerate the cake for a couple of hours or so, it will be much easier to cut and serve.