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Home / Latest Posts / Holiday Ideas / Halloween / Candy Corn Cake

Candy Corn Cake

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 10/11/20Updated: 12/30/21

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Candy Corn Cake on a plate

Candy Corn Cakes are the perfect Halloween party treat. A little mini tower of cake that looks just like candy corn.

candy corn cake on a plate

I am one of  “those.” I am a candy corn lover.  It’s not just that I like the way they taste but I love how cute they are!! I pretty much love anything that is candy corn shaped or in any way shape or form resembles candy corn.

candy corn cake with frosting

Ombre Cake

If you have spent any time on Pinterest you know that ombre is all the rage.  Ombre being where color is graduated from light to dark.  When I saw these cute little pink ombre cakes over at Baking with Blondie , my first thought was that they would be darling in candy corn colors and I was right.
Here’s how I did it.

How to Make An Ombre Cake

  • Mix up white cake mix according to directions on back of box.
  • Divide batter into four bowls or however many shades of color you are doing.
  • Add food coloring


I found this great food coloring chart for creating all kinds of colored frosting using a standard box of food coloring in my Food Network Magazine. It was just what I needed to get just the right colors.
This is what I used to make my colors for the candy corn cakes using just red and yellow food coloring.
I used the colors Carrot Cake, Apricot Jam and Lemon Bar. Don’t let the number of drops scare you – there are 100 drops in a teaspoon so it is really not that much food coloring.

adding food color to gatter

How much food coloring do I use?

White. Just leave one bowl white, no food coloring.

Dark Orange. 50 drops of red, 45 drops of yellow

Orange. 12 drops of red, 45 drops yellow

Yellow. 20 drops of yellow

bowls of colored cake batter

How to Make A Candy Corn Cake

  • Pour prepared batter into my greased and floured 9 inch cake pan that is lined on the bottom with wax paper.
pans of cake batter
  • Bake the cake for half the time called for on the back of the box since the cake pans are only half full.
cake out of pans
  • After they were cooled I used a biscuit cutter to cut the round shapes. Try to get your cake layers as even as possible. You may need to shave them a bit with a serrated knife to get the layers even. If they are not even you will have a hard time stacking the cakes and getting them to stand upright.  Mine are not as even as they should be and I had a few cakes topple over.
cutting out cake circles
  • Mix up a batch of buttercream frosting.
  • Layer each little cake with some buttercream frosting and stacked them up.
adding frosting to cake
  • Top your little candy corn cakes with some more buttercream and sprinkles if you’d like.
top of candy corn cake


How cute is that! Won’t they be perfect for your Halloween party!?

overhead shot of candy corn cake

For other candy corn treats try these:

  • Candy Corn Cupcakes
  • Quesadilla that looks like Candy Corn
  • Candy Corn Rice Krispies Treats

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Candy Corn Cakes and Cake Tutorial

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes
Candy Corn Cakes are the perfect Halloween party treat. A little mini tower of cake that looks just like candy corn.
serves: 5 servings
Prep:20 minutes
Cook:20 minutes
Frosting and assembly:30 minutes
Total:1 hour 10 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 1 white cake mix and ingredients listed on back
  • yellow and red food coloring

Buttercream

  • 1 1/2 sticks butter softened
  • 1 lbs. powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • whipping cream or 1/2 and 1/2 – enough to thin frosting to desired consistency

Instructions

  • Mix together cake mix according to directions on back of box.
  • Divide batter into four bowls. Set one aside to remain white.
  • Using food coloring chart make three different colors.
  • Put batter into four greased, floured and lined with wax paper cake pans
  • Bake for half the time listed on the back of box.
  • Remove and cool on rack.
  • Using a biscuit cutter or bottom of glass cut out circles. If cake layers are not even use a serrated knife to make them even.

Buttercream

  • Beat butter in mixer on medium high for 2-3 minutes or until pale and creamy. Reduce speed to medium and add sugar, 1/2 cup at a time. Beat well after each addition increasing speed to high after all sugar is added.
  • Add vanilla and food coloring if desired.
  • Beat until buttercream is smooth.
  • Layer Buttercream between layers of cake. Top with more buttercream

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Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 742kcal (37%) Carbohydrates: 175g (58%) Protein: 4g (8%) Fat: 4g (6%) Saturated Fat: 2g (13%) Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g Monounsaturated Fat: 1g Trans Fat: 1g Cholesterol: 1mg Sodium: 721mg (31%) Potassium: 67mg (2%) Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 132g (147%) Vitamin A: 7IU Calcium: 228mg (23%) Iron: 2mg (11%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Course:Dessert
Cuisine:American
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  1. Amy@theidearoom.net says

    Posted on 9/18 at 8:33 am

    This looks so beautiful!. Thanks for sharing!

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    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 9/18 at 10:14 am

      Thanks Amy. It is as much fun to make as it is to eat.

      Reply
  2. The Link Shoppe says

    Posted on 10/24 at 11:03 am

    These are so darn cute!!! I linked to a post a while back on “tin can cakes” similar to this idea. 🙂 I’d love for you to see! I’d hate for some of the cake to go to waste, although this cook loves to eat the leftovers!! LOL
    http://thelinkshoppe.com/2012/04/25/whats-on-your-pinterest-bucketlist/

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