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Candy Corn Cakes are the perfect Halloween party treat. A little mini tower of cake that looks just like candy corn.
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.
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.
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
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.
- Bake the cake for half the time called for on the back of the box since the cake pans are only half full.
- 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.
- Mix up a batch of buttercream frosting.
- Layer each little cake with some buttercream frosting and stacked them up.
- Top your little candy corn cakes with some more buttercream and sprinkles if you’d like.
How cute is that! Won’t they be perfect for your Halloween party!?
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Candy Corn Cakes and Cake Tutorial
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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Amy@theidearoom.net says
This looks so beautiful!. Thanks for sharing!
Leigh Anne says
Thanks Amy. It is as much fun to make as it is to eat.
The Link Shoppe says
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/