![You can never buy too many Kit Kat bars. Break them apart and apply to iced cake. Icing acts as a glue and helps secure the "planks" of the tub to the cake.](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/hash/75/53/7553d0d33cbe3c7977e167e70fe9bc80.jpg?itok=JPEpeDgD "You can never buy too many Kit Kat bars. Break them apart and apply to iced cake. Icing acts as a glue and helps secure the "planks" of the tub to the cake."){kind=small}
Making a mud tub cake for your spring or summer party is so easy and does not take a lot of time. It is also so simple that children can be involved in helping with the decorations, and kids and kids-at-heart will be delighted over the cuteness!
Supplies needed:
- Baked cake with chocolate frosting using mix or recipe of your choosing. (This creation used one box of cake mix divided and baked in three 9" inch round pans to make a three-layer cake. (And of course the icing has to be chocolate if you want it to look like mud! Another icing dyed blue could be substituted if you want to do a hot tub cake as a variation.) For this cake the cake itself was strawberry and party guests loved the chocolate-covered strawberry flavor as well as the look of it when it was cut.
- Kit Kat bars. Buy enough extra for the temptation you will succumb to when "planking" the cake. (44 Kit Kat bars were used in this recipe of the .49 oz size.)
- Ribbon.
- Decorations.
![You can never buy too many Kit Kat bars. Break them apart and apply to iced cake. Icing acts as a glue and helps secure the "planks" of the tub to the cake.](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/profile_large/hash/85/dd/85ddb28d191168690ccd9144cace9101.jpg?itok=itlLzQTr "You can never buy too many Kit Kat bars. Break them apart and apply to iced cake. Icing acts as a glue and helps secure the "planks" of the tub to the cake.")
![Instead of writing on the cake it was decided to use some umbrella straws that were purchased at Hobby Lobby on 23rd Street in their party supply section. The tops of the straws were snipped off and a simple birthday greeting was made and attached to the straws. The "rubber duckies" were bought in the Hobby Lobby cake decorating section and are sugar candies. The plastic beach ball decoration can also be found in Hobby Lobby party supplies. They come as part of a pack so you can save the rest for another party!](http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/profile_large/hash/cd/86/cd86b3213d976141cae8fe5c45b33347.jpg?itok=KQ2qUhIG "Instead of writing on the cake it was decided to use some umbrella straws that were purchased at Hobby Lobby on 23rd Street in their party supply section. The tops of the straws were snipped off and a simple birthday greeting was made and attached to the straws. The "rubber duckies" were bought in the Hobby Lobby cake decorating section and are sugar candies. The plastic beach ball decoration can also be found in Hobby Lobby party supplies. They come as part of a pack so you can save the rest for another party!")
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