Description
Create festive and colorful Candy Corn Cakes, perfect for Halloween celebrations. This recipe transforms a classic white cake mix into a vibrant, tri-colored cake layered to resemble candy corn, topped with a smooth, creamy frosting.
Ingredients
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Cake Batter
- 1 white cake mix and ingredients listed on back
- Yellow food coloring
- Red food coloring
Frosting
- 1½ sticks butter, softened
- 1 lb. powdered sugar
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- Whipping cream or half-and-half, enough to thin frosting to desired consistency
Instructions
- Prepare Cake Batter: Mix the white cake mix according to the directions on the back of the box to create the base batter.
- Divide and Color Batter: Divide the batter evenly into four bowls. Leave one portion white, then color three others with yellow and red food coloring based on your desired candy corn shades.
- Prepare Cake Pans: Grease, flour, and line four cake pans with wax paper to prevent sticking and ensure easy removal of cakes.
- Bake Cakes: Pour each colored batter into the prepared pans and bake for half the time recommended on the cake mix box, producing slightly underbaked layers suitable for stacking.
- Cool and Trim: Remove cakes from oven and cool completely on a rack. Use a biscuit cutter or the bottom of a glass to cut out uniform circles from each cake layer. If the layers are uneven, use a serrated knife gently to level them for neat stacking.
- Assemble and Frost: Using the frosting, layer the cake circles in color order to resemble candy corn, applying frosting between layers and covering the assembled mini towers with frosting as desired.
Notes
- Candy Corn Cakes make a delightful and festive treat, perfect as mini cake towers for Halloween parties.
- Cutting layers into circles mimics the iconic candy corn shape and adds to the visual appeal of the dessert.
- Adjust food coloring carefully to achieve the classic candy corn orange and yellow hues.
- For easier slicing, chill cake layers before cutting.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mini cake
- Calories: 742 kcal
- Sugar: 132 g
- Sodium: 721 mg
- Fat: 4 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 175 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 1 mg
