This cake is completely inspired by candy corn. But not the regular candy corn, Brach’s Indian Corn.
Candy Corn Cake
Ingredients
- 1 box white cake mix
- 1 box chocolate cake mix
- 3 containers white frosting or three cups
- 1 container chocolate frosting or 1 cup
- Optional: Orange extract
Instructions
- Bake chocolate cake in 8in round cake pan. One cake will be used, so you can wrap the other 8in round cake and place in freezer.
- For the white and orange layers, simply prepare white cake batter as you normally would. Divide batter in half and tint one half orange. (Add orange extract if you wish)
- Bake white cake batter in 8in cake pan and bake orange cake batter in 8in cake pan.
- For frosting, take one container of white frosting and tint it orange. I used gel food coloring and about 4-6 drops.
To assemble cake:
- Place chocolate cake on cake stand. Place thin layer of chocolate frosting.
- Place orange layer on top and cover in thin layer of orange frosting.
- Finally, place white cake on top and cover entire cake in crumb coat.
- Decorate as you wish.
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Have you seen this type of candy corn? With the chocolate on the bottom? I found it to be the perfect cake inspiration! (picture below)
But I went wrong on this cake. I was in a hurry. A BIG hurry. I needed to have this cake done and be out the door in 57 minutes.
So I used all box mixes (which is fine with me!) and canned frosting (horrible mistake).
Something happened. I sampled the canned frosting and thought it tasted like cardboard. Even the chocolate. They were all just awful. I wouldnt feel comfortable serving this cake to anyone. Is it just me? I used to not mind them at all! (To be fair, I stuck to one brand. It could have just been that brand.)
I am a huge proponent of supporting peoples choices in baking… if you want to use canned frosting I would never bat an eye. Heck, I would support and encourage you for choosing to bake!
But for me, I think this was my very last time.
Here are the from-scratch recipes for this cake:
Here is a video of me decorating a cake with the same technique as I used on this Candy Corn Cake.
If you like this cake you will love my new book Surprise-Inside Cakes! (especially the Ombre Cake I share in the book!)
I have only used box cake mix. I choose whatever is cheapest and has the flavor I’m looking for!
I would SO love to win this set!
Boxed cake mix can be good if you’re too lazy to want to get all the ingredients together yourself (like me). Pillsbury is usually my first choice. Sorry to hear about your bad experience with the frosting. Your candy corn cake still looks amazing!
I wouldn’t normally dream of using mixes…but this looks pretty good! Do you find the mixes a bit…well…salty? I’m not sure what cakes taste like in the US but every time I buy one of the American brand ‘quick fix’ cake mixes (only ever if I’m in a mega hurry) I find that too much salt has been added…maybe cakes are just bland in the UK and I’m used to it? lol
i have used boxed cake occasionally – duncan hines – but do prefer from scratch 🙂
I sometimes use a cake mix when I,m Pressed for time.
I do used boxed cake mixes most of the time…whatever is on sale
I love the way this cake looks! I’ve never been a fan of using canned frosting. I do like using boxed mixes a lot. I haven’t quite found that from scratch recipe that I love. That decorator’s set looks amazing!
I use Pillsbury only. It’s by far the best I’ve found.
Looks so yummy. I love Candy Corn! Especially the little candy corn pumpkins. I freeze mine and then pop one or two in my mouth for a nice refreshing dessert. The cake looks adorable.
I have to agree…. I am not a frosting in a can kind of girl. It’s homemade all the way!