Description
Candy Corn Cakes are a festive Halloween treat featuring a colorful mini cake tower that resembles the iconic candy corn. This recipe uses a white cake mix tinted with red and yellow food coloring to create a fun layered effect, topped with a creamy, vanilla-flavored frosting that is thinned to perfection with whipping cream or half and half.
Ingredients
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Cake
- 1 white cake mix and ingredients listed on back
- Yellow food coloring (as needed)
- Red food coloring (as needed)
Frosting
- 1 1/2 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 prepare the cake batter.
- Divide and Color Batter: Divide the prepared batter evenly into four bowls. Leave one portion plain to remain white. Use red and yellow food coloring to tint the remaining three portions to match the candy corn colors according to a food coloring chart.
- Prepare Pans: Grease and flour four cake pans, and line them with wax paper to ensure easy removal of cakes.
- Bake the Cakes: Pour each colored batter portion into the prepared pans. Bake for half the recommended time on the cake mix box to keep the cakes thinner for layering.
- Cool and Trim Layers: Remove the baked layers and cool them completely on a wire rack. Use a biscuit cutter or the bottom of a glass to cut out circles from each cake layer. If layers are uneven, use a serrated knife to level them for neat stacking.
- Frost the Cakes: Prepare the frosting by creaming softened butter, gradually adding powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and enough whipping cream or half and half to achieve a smooth, spreadable consistency. Use the frosting to layer and assemble the colored cake circles into a mini cake tower resembling candy corn.
Notes
- Candy Corn Cakes make an eye-catching and delicious Halloween party treat.
- The mini layered cake towers mimic the iconic candy corn colors perfectly.
- Thinning the frosting with cream or half and half helps achieve the ideal spreading consistency.
- Cutting the cake into circles and layering creates a fun and festive presentation.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 742
- 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
