3 Musketeers Cake
3 Musketeers Cake is the perfect dessert for people who LOVE cake and Three Musketeers candy bars! My husband craves 3 Musketeers Bars, so this is the perfect creamy chocolate cake with more creamy chocolate icing spread on top!
Easy 3 Musketeers Candy Bar Dessert
When you love creamy chocolate 3 Musketeers Candy Bars nothing is better than a cake that has candy bars that is then iced with more candy bars. How could dessert get any better?
Once in a while on a road trip we’ll stop at a gas station and everyone gets to pick out their favorite candy bar. My husband ALWAYS goes for 3 Musketeers! At trick-or-treat it’s a guarantee that he’s going to rummage through the kids candy and confiscate the 3 Musketeers bars. So when I made this Milk Way Cake out of my favorite candy bar and it tasted so good I knew that I needed to adapt it so that we could enjoy his favorite candy bar in a cake!
Making a smooth icing took a little practice and patience. Stick with it until you reach success.
We noticed that each time we’ve made this cake the center rectangle seems to separate a bit from the outer rectangle. Don’t worry, it tastes great!
If you’ve checked out many of our recipes you know we love all of the variations of candy bar cakes. More recently I’ve made this Snickers Bar Cake for his birthday party and it was also a hit!
3 Musketeers Cake Icing
As the 3 Musketeers candy bars are melting, if the icing isn’t smooth add a little milk and keep stirring and heating the mixture. Pour the icing over the cake while everything is still warm.
While the icing was warm I gently tilted the cake in each direction to get full coverage of icing. Cover with plastic wrap and let it all cool together. We made this cake once and the icing wasn’t quite smooth, but it still tasted great!
TIPS FOR MAKING 3 MUSKETEERS CAKE
This creamy chocolate cake is one of our favorites because it calls for real 3 Musketeers candy bars! Here are some tips for a delicious cake:
- Have all ingredients measured and ready before beginning each portion of the recipe.
- Don’t rush the melting of the candy bars. Low heat to medium-low heat and steady stirring wins the melting race. It would be a shame to burn the candy bars!
- Pour warm icing on a warm cake.
- Cover with plastic wrap to maintain maximum moistness.
- Cool before serving.
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Printable 3 Musketeers Birthday Cake Recipe
3 Musketeers Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 6 3 Musketeer Candy Bars regular size
- 1 3/4 sticks butter softened
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup milk
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
Icing
- 4 3 Muskeeter Bars regular size
- 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 to 2 tablespoons milk optional
Instructions
Cake
- I used a greased 9 x 13 pan, a bundt pan will also work, it will just take longer to bake.
- Melt together butter and 3 Musketeers bars in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir often to avoid burning.
- Measure remaining ingredients and have ready in a mixing bowl. Add melted candy bars. Mix well.
- Bake at 300 degrees for 45 to 55 minutes. Prepare icing; spread over cake
Icing
- Melt together butter and 3 Musketeers candy bars in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir often to avoid burning
- Add vanilla and powdered sugar; stir until smooth. If desired, add milk to get to spreading consistency. Spread over cake. While the icing was warm I gently tilted cake in each direction to get full coverage of icing.
Notes
- Have all ingredients measured and ready before beginning each portion of the recipe.
- Don’t rush the melting of the candy bars. Low heat to medium-low heat and steady stirring wins the melting race. It would be a shame to burn the candy bars!
- Pour warm icing on a warm cake.
- Cover with plastic wrap to maintain maximum moistness.
- Cool before serving.
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How have I been missing out on this cake my whole life? OH. MY. YUM!
This is a delicious cake!! The only thing that I encountered was the center sank some, but it didn’t matter!
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Jennifer. I rated this 5 stars without even making it because I know this will be delicious. I do have a question about the icing. Will this icing harden up on the cake after sitting or will it have a smoother, softer consistency after sitting?
Thanks so much! The icing does harden pretty quickly after being removed from the heat. We love this cake!
The recipe for the cake says melt 3 candy bars but calls for 6. The 3 not melted get chopped up and added?
Hey There! Great question. Some candy bars are in the cake and some are in the icing. Hope that helps and hope you enjoy the cake as much as we do!
Hi! Today will be the first time I bake this. I’m so looking forward to sticking a fork in it!! You don’t specify what kind of flour. Do you use all purpose or self rising? Thanks!
Hey There! Great question, we use all-purpose flour. Hope you enjoy this cake as much as we do 🙂
Hi! Do you use unsalted or salted butter for this recipe?Also, the picture looks like you used a glass pan. Is this correct?
Hey There! I typically use unsalted butter. I do make this in a glass 9 x 13 pan because the only pan I have that size with a lid is glass. Hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do 🙂
HI Carol Dean again! I made the cake at the request of our granddaughter. It was so moist and tasty; just like we thought it would be! I am concerned about the sinking in the middle. It took up most of the cake. The taste wasn’t affected but our g-daughter is requesting it again for her birthday party. I really hate to serve a sunken cake! Plus it will need to be flat on top to support decorations. Any ideas will be great to remedy this. Thanks so much!
I made this, but I think I used the wrong size candy bars. It was so impossible to find the regular sizes any where. So could I please have the ozs of the candy bar.
Mine is to gooey, I feel as those you would have to eat it with a fork.
Thank you, Sherrel
Hey There! Sorry to hear about this! The candy bars I use are 1.92 ounces. Hope this helps 🙂
Can a chocolate cake mix be used
Hey There! I haven’t tested this method, but doing a poke cake sounds like a delicious option. I hope you enjoy!
The cake shrunk in the middle. Is 300 the correct temp? Expensive ingredients and the cake was. Bad.
Butter separated in the frosting when put on the warm cake, cake shrink in the middle. Ugh, avoid this recipe
Boy I must be dense! So the 6 candy bars listed in the CAKE ingredients should only be 3 and the 3 listed in the icing ingredients should also be 3 – meaning the entire recipe should require 6 TOTAL candy bars……..or is the recipe written correctly and there should be 6 in the cake and 3 in the icing?
I think wrapping a 9×13 metal pan with wet cake savers should result in no dip in the middle but I won’t know until I try it when I know what the correct amount of candy bars are and will be happy to report back on the results. I think I would also use a double boiler method on the icing so there would never be a chance of burning it and no content stirring, we will see.
Hey There! I understand this is a bit tricky to follow because the ingredient has a number in it – 3 Musketeers. You are welcome to make changes to the recipe as you please. Our family tested and created this version with 6 candy bars in the cake and 3 in the icing. We hope you enjoy 🙂
PS
I meant no “constant stirring.” Typo for sure