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!)
Pillsbury Funfetti cake mix is the go-to cake mix at our house. Everyone loves it!!
I like Duncan Hines – and a lot of the people I bake for often prefer it when I use a mix (much to my dismay!)
I don’t mind using boxed cake mixes but I agree that store bought frosting is awful, and it doesn’t spread as wl as homemade frosting…..
My dad would love this… he loves orange/chocolate and pretty much anything to do with Halloween. Thanks for the giveaway – I look forward to the decorating tutorial!
That cake is so fun! I will definitely be trying it!
I am not afraid of using cake mix! Duncan Hines is definitely the best brand! Always moist!
I can’t say that I have used box cake mixes. I have a few recipes in my box that are so simple and delicious every time, it’s silly to use a box mix. But…. to each their own!
Fun cake!
I use Aldi brand because it’s cheap and good!
While I do use box mixes, there is nothing like a cake made from scratch. Regardless, I MUST make my own frosting. I cannot stand the grocery store types!
yes, I use cake mixes for my cake pops. I find that to have consistent results I need to stick with a mix. When it comes to cake pops, I’m not too picky. They all get smooched up anyway 🙂