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!)
Yes, I have used box mixes, Duncan Hines Chocolate Fudge is my favorite. Thanks for the great give away.
such an adorable cake! i love it!!
Love this cake and think it will be a big hit with my 2 & 4 year old grand-daughters this Halloween. I have no problems using a boxed cake when I am in a hurry. I prefer Duncan Hines because it seems to have a more natural taste and is very moist.
Oh my goodness! This is such an awesome cake! Matt was so baffled at how you could do that with a cake! (He is definitely a baker’s husband) It is so pretty. I want to try to make one for Halloween. Can’t wait for the tutorial 🙂
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I do use box mixes on occasion. I think the one I use is Betty Crocker. However, it could be Duncan Hines. I haven’t used one in so long, I can’t remember which one I buy! Loved the Candy Corn Cake! 🙂
Beautiful cake. I will be making this for our Fall Festival.
Pretty cake!!! I love to make from scratch, but if I’m in a hurry, Betty Crocker all the way!
I wouldn’t use a cake mix, but that’s probably only because I feel that half the fun is the baking part, it’s a great stress relief for me. I hope the cake tasted good, I live in Australia, so I don’t know anything about candy corn but the cake looks really good. 🙂
I like box mixes for quick dessert cakes, but special occasion cakes are always from scratch!