Chocolate cake with buttercream, chocolate ganache, heath bars, and heath bits make for a pretty amazing cake!

Heath Bar Cake with Chocolate Ganache and Vanilla Buttercream!

Chocolate Cake

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
cooling 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
This cake is completely inspired by Jamie’s Heath Bar Cupcakes. The second I saw them I wanted to make them into a cake! And it was definitely a labor of love.
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Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 c all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
  • 2 extra-large eggs at room temperature
  • 1/2 c vegetable oil
  • 1 c buttermilk
  • 1 tsp. kosher salt
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 2 tsp. baking soda
  • 3/4 c good unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 c sugar
  • 1 c freshly brewed hot coffee I use decaf

Instructions

  • Heat oven to 350. Prepare two 8-inch round cake pans.
  • Sift the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into the bowl and mix until combined.
  • In another bowl, combine the buttermilk, oil, eggs, and vanilla.
  • With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry. With mixer still on low, add the coffee and stir just to combine, scraping the bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Pour the batter into the prepared pans (it will be very thin) and bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until a cake tester comes out clean.
  • Cool in the pans for 30 minutes, then turn them out onto a cooling rack and cool completely
Course: Dessert
Keyword: chocolate cake
Servings: 8 servings
Author: Amanda Rettke

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Heath Bar Cake

Heath is one of my favorite candy bars, so adding it to a cake seemed like a natural progression. I love the buttery crisp bits sprinkled on top and how they add a soft butterscotch flavor to the rich caramel cake and ganache. This is just one heckuva great cake!

Heath Bar Cake with Chocolate Ganache and Vanilla Buttercream!

Just looking at that cake with the sweet vanilla buttercream covered in rich chocolate ganache lovingly sprinkled with buttery Heath chips… it just makes me happy.  It’s perfection.

Chocolate Heath Cake

This is my favorite chocolate cake recipe.

This cake was truly inspirational.  It sounds weird to say it… but I felt so happy and full of life and joy while preparing it!!

The whole experience was so inspiring that I actually made a little video!  This video is more for fun than anything, but you will also get the general idea how I assembled the cake.

Heath Cake with Chocolate Ganache and Vanilla Buttercream!

 

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Meet Amanda Rettke

Amanda Rettke is the creator of I Am Baker, and the bestselling author of Surprise Inside Cakes: Amazing Cakes for Every Occasion – With a Little Something Extra Inside.Over the course of her 15+ year blogging adventure, she has been featured in and collaborated with the Food Network, New York Times, LA Times, Country Living Magazine, People Magazine, Epicurious, Brides, Romantic Homes, life:beautiful, Publishers Weekly, The Daily Mail, Star Tribune, The Globe and Mail, DailyCandy, YumSugar, The Knot, The Kitchn, and Parade, to name a few.

Reader Comments

  3. what a gorgeous cake, Amanda! I’ve followed Jamie since forever, too. As a matter of fact, I think I found out about HER blog through YOUR blog! <3

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  4. Your post was one of the first ones that I read this morning and yes, Amber is correct, you definitely made cry. Thanks so much for your beautiful cake, video and words – I can’t even begin to express the joy that you ladies brought to our little family today!

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  5. Oh my word! This is a cake recipe that I’ve been making for years! My favorite cake to make with it is a layer cake with a raspberry liquor creme between the layers and a chocolate buttercream on the outside. It is incredible!

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  8. Hi Amanda. This Heath Bar cake looks fabulous. After looking at the video and reading the recipe, I was wondering if you made a larger amount of ganache. Your cake looks like it has pretty much on it, and the recipe for the ganache only called for 4 oz. of chocolate along with the other ingredients. This doesn’t seem like it would make enough to make the cake look as delicious as yours. Would so appreciate if you could clear this up for me. Thanks.

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    1. You have a quick mind Marlene! I actually DID double the ganache recipe, but then ended up only using half. Therefore I didn’t offer up that adjustment in my notes. Have a blessed day!

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  9. What a super fun, simple way to dress up a chocolate cake! LOVE IT! And… that picture at the end of the post of the single piece of cake… it made me want to jump through my screen and eat it for breakfast! YUM!

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  10. My God! this looks awesome. I have a friend with a 1yr anniversary coming up and would love to present this cake. My question is, is the cream made from the butter milk, eggs, and veg. oil? Also, what chocolate topping (and how to create) did you use?

    Thank you so much for your post!

    Joe

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    1. Thanks Joe! There is a link above that says Heath Bar Cupcakes… if you click that there is a complete recipe! 🙂

      Reply

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