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 prefer Duncan Hines as far boxed mixes, but much prefer scratch.
I never use boxed cake mixes, but that is just my nuttiness that everything needs to be homemade – I love to bake and I think it tastes much better :). I love your website – you have inspired me with all of your cake decorating ideas and I have started a small Wilton tip collection! I recently used your butter cream crusting recipe to decorate the cupcakes I made for my daughter’s 3 rd birthday.
Hi Amanda,
That’s a gorgeous cake. You have so many gorgeous cakes here, I am planning to try several of them soon. Will definitely let you know how they turn up 🙂
Regards,
Manju
I have used box cakes in the beginning, while I was learning to bake, but now I sort of prefer made-from-scratch cakes. But box mixes are equally good, so I have a neutral opinion 🙂
Regards,
Manju
Of course I prefer from scratch, but a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do to get things done 🙂 I actually prefer them when I am doing a poke cake, ect. and I love Betty Crocker 🙂
That looks marvelous!
I don´t use cake mix, so I don´t have a favorite brand.
Candy corn is my favorite fall candy. This cake looks delicious!
This looks amazing! I may have to make this for my boyfriends birthday that is coming up. Have you ever seen the Christmas candy corn? They would probably make an awesome cake!
I have not seen that… but what a great idea! 🙂
While I honestly prefer making cakes from scratch, (just cause I think they taste better, and I don’t find it too difficult to make ‘um up) I do have some box mixes I use for those times when I feel plain lazy. They really aren’t all that bad, which constantly surprises me. Though I have to say, I’d never use canned frosting. I use to love it, but now it’s just waaaaay too sugary for me. One bite and I’m practically in sugar overload. I don’t really know if I’d have a favorite box brand. Betty Crocker’s is good, though most of the time I just go for the one that’s one sale. 😛