Heath Bar Cake
This easy recipe for Heath Bar Cake takes just five ingredients and no baking, and makes a delicious and dramatic dessert. Make it for your next birthday celebration – or the next time you get a craving for a super easy, super delicious, super chocolate cake!
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🔎 A quick look at this recipe
- What It Is: A five-ingredient chocolate-toffee cake made with angel food cake and fluffy Heath Bar whipped cream frosting — dramatic-looking and incredibly easy to make!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Chilling Time: 26 hours
- Total Time: 1 day and 2 hours and 20 minutes
- Servings: 8-10
- Calories: 485
- Cook Method: No-Bake!
- Good For: Birthday cake, quick and easy desserts, holiday desserts
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🌟 Why this recipe works
This is a super simple no-bake cake that features fluffy angel food cake and a rich chocolate Heath Bar whipped frosting. It’s designed to deliver maximum “birthday cake” vibes!
It would be impossible to keep count of all time times this Heath Bar Cake has been whipped up in our house, not only for birthdays but also for holidays and parties of all kinds.
And sometimes just because someone has a sudden and urgent need for a light and lovely angel food cake frosted with a decadent creamy frosting filled with crushed bits of Heath bars, which are toffee candy bars covered in chocolate (and you can also get them in packages of baking bits, too).
You can of course make the angel food cake from scratch, but whenever I’m the one making it I go for the pre-made angel food cake from the market, and spend my time making the delectable frosting.
Which means this cake is all of five ingredients, with no baking and maximum dramatic creamy Heath Bar deliciousness.
PRO TIP: While this cake is ALL kinds of easy, it does need to be started a day ahead so the frosting has time to chill down. 🥶 So make sure you work that timing into your plans.
And with that, let’s make it!
🤔 What are Heath Bars?
Heath bars are a candy bar that features a crunchy, buttery English toffee center covered with a thin layer of milk chocolate.
They come in standard candy bar size, mini candy bars, and you can also sometimes find Heath Bar bits in the baking aisle, which will save you the step of breaking them up for this frosting!
🍫 Ingredients you need
📝 Ingredient notes
- Angel Food Cake: Look for this light and sugary cake in the bakery section of your supermarket.
- Heath Bars: You can use regular or mini Heath bars (you will need to crush them up into bits) or you can use Heath bar bits, which are in the baking aisle near the chocolate chips.
- Cocoa Powder: Look for this unsweetened chocolate powder in the baking aisle.
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See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities and nutritional information.
STEP 1: Combine some heavy cream, unsweetened cocoa powder and powdered sugar in a bowl, give it a good stir and refrigerate it overnight.
STEP 2: Take your angel food cake and cut it horizontally so you have three layers. A long serrated knife works straight for this if you have one.
STEP 3: Whip your chilled cream mixture in a mixer until soft peaks form. Gently stir in your crushed Heath bars.
STEP 4: Place the cake on your serving dish. Spread the frosting in between the layers and then all around the sides and the top of the cake. Chill for at least two hours before serving.
Happy Whatever You Are Celebrating! 🥳
🤔 Recipe FAQs
Angel food cake keeps this dessert light and airy, but if you want a richer dessert you can use pound cake or even brownies (cut them into three long rectangles). You can also use chocolate pound cake if you can find it!
There are various kinds of toffee bars (Skor is a good one) that will also work. You could also swap the Heath bar bits for mini chocolate chips, crushed Butterfinger bars, mini M&Ms or crushed peanut brittle – any substantial sweet candy will work.
I like to put them in a zippered plastic bag and then give them some good whacks with a rolling pin or a meat tenderizing mallet.
It actually HAS to be made ahead of time, first for the frosting to chill and second for the finished cake to firm up.
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- Offset Spatula: This handy little tool is perfect for everything from spreading and swirling batter to coaxing cheesecake squares out of the pan.
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Heath Bar Cake
This easy recipe for Heath Bar Cake takes just five ingredients and no baking, and makes a delicious and dramatic dessert.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Chilling Time: 26 hours
- Total Time: 26 hours 20 minutes
- Yield: 8–10 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No Bake
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 1 angel food cake, cut horizontally so you have three layers
- 1 pint heavy whipping cream
- 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 6 full size Heath bars, crushed (about one cup)
Instructions
- Combine cream, cocoa and sugar and refrigerate overnight.
- Whip the cream mixture in a mixer until soft peaks form. Gently stir in the crushed Heath bars.
- Place the cake on your serving dish. Spread the frosting in between the layers, and then all around the sides and top of the cake.
- Chill at least 2 hours before serving.
Notes
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- Angel Food Cake: Look for this light and sugary cake in the bakery section of your supermarket.
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- Heath Bars: You can use regular or mini Heath bars (you will need to crush them up into bits) or you can use Heath bar bits, which are in the baking aisle near the chocolate chips.
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- Cocoa Powder: Look for this unsweetened chocolate powder in the baking aisle.
This cake looks amazing! I love desserts, but I am no baker! Usually when I make a dessert recipe, its no bake, or really easy! So this is perfect for me. Yum!
This is definitely the ultimate no-bake-cake!
Beautiful post, Kate. And a beautiful cake as well, it looks really impressive and festive!
Thanks Adina – and it’s definitely festive!
What a beautiful post to tribute your wonderful Dad, Kate. This delicious cake would sure remind of him. Awesome cake.
Thanks Anu!
What a wonderful tribute to your dad. This cake will remind you of him every time and what a wonderful feeling to treasure! My mom loves to make homemade angel food cake…this frosting would be perfect for her!
It will remind me of him every time – so many happy cake memories!
What a touching post and nice tribute to a beloved father. Thank you so much for the recipe and your fond thoughts about your dad.
Thanks Kim!
What a beautiful post Kate! Yes, you dad is definitely watching over you, stay blessed. Love the cake!
Thank you so much – and yes he is! :)
this is a really sweet tribute to your dad! simple, but still elegant and SO delicious!
Thanks Grace!
Okay.. What’s not to love about this cake!?!
I remember the first time I tasted a Heath Bar:)
I am so glad you all were together for cake, memories of the past and making new ones and of course.. Shenanigans????❤️
As you know your Dad is always with you.. However it is very tough not being able to have that conversation or grab a hug???? After 34 years still miss my Dad every day.
Look for and capture those special reminders ❤️
Xoxo
Oh Karen. You always know the best things to say. Means so much to me. Thank you my friend!
Aw, Kate, I teared up a bit reading this post. I bet he was a wonderful, wonderful Dad. <3 It's so important that you all have each other and can celebrate his memory. He must be so proud to have had such a big part in creating all of the kind, hard-working, thoughtful people in your family. :) Here's to having a bite (or more) of this very special birthday cake and remembering your guardian angel. <3
He was, and he always will be. And yes, he was so proud of all of us. Thank you for your sweet words, my friend! xo
Lovely post, Kate, it definitely tug at my heart strings. I know how big of a loss your father was, and this post and cake is such a great tribute! I do believe in guardian angels, and I’m pretty sure both our father’s are looking over us! Huge hugs your way, my dear.
Anyways, cake! This heath bar birthday cake is fabulous! I can’t believe it’s so easy to put together, yet OH SO delicious! I’m sure your dad is up there eating a few slices and smiling down at you! Cheers, lovely! xoxo
Hi Cheyanne – I know you know how this feels, and sending love and hugs your way. You have been a guardian angel for me too with all your support. xoxo
I love the tribute you shared, Kate! So nice that your family was able to get together with each other. And I think I would request this heath bar cake all the time, too! Sounds so delicious!
Thanks Gayle – I hope you try it! It’s the best. :)
I’m so sorry for your loss. I know having your family around is helpful. I can also see why this cake is so special. What a great flavor :)
Thanks Megan…I’m lucky not only for family but my blogging family too. Thanks for being part of it. xo
Lovely tribute to your dad, and so true about those bittersweet family moments. It’s beautiful that you’re all together, upholding tradition. With cake!
Thanks Mir…and yes, so amazing and healing to have family all together. I’m lucky!
Beautiful post and yummy cake! Loved it!
Thanks Kushi!
Such a gorgeous post. xoxoxo <3 <3
Love you, little sis. Couldn’t have gotten through the last 6 months without you. <3