Candy Corn Cakes Recipes

CANDY CORN CAKES

Steps:

• Chop 14 cookies coarsely. Prepare cake batter and bake as directed on package for 2 (9-inch) round layers, stirring chopped cookies into batter before pouring into prepared pans. Cool cakes in pans 10 min.; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.
• Tint 1/2 cup frosting with a few drops yellow food coloring; set aside. Spoon 1/2 cup of the remaining frosting into separate bowl. Stir in a few drops each yellow and red food colorings to tint it orange. (Remaining frosting will stay white.)
• Cut each cake layer into 8 wedges. Spread with orange, yellow and white frostings to resemble candy corn as shown in photo. Sprinkle each section with matching colored sugars.
• Cut remaining cookies into quarters. Attach to rounded edges of cake wedges with remaining frostings.

CANDY CORN HALLOWEEN CAKE POPS

Steps:

• Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan, using water, oil and eggs. Cool. Line cookie sheet with waxed paper. Crumble cake into large bowl. Add frosting; mix well. Roll into 1-inch balls; shape each ball into triangle, pressing sides flat to look like candy corn. Place on cookie sheet. Freeze until firm; keep refrigerated.
• In microwavable bowl, microwave yellow candy melts and 2 tablespoons of the shortening uncovered on Medium (50%) 1 minute, then in 15-second intervals, until melted; stir until smooth. Repeat with orange candy melts and white candy melts, using 1 tablespoon shortening for each. Dip tip of 1 lollipop stick about 1/2 inch into melted yellow candy and insert stick into base of 1 cake triangle no more than halfway. Repeat. Return to cookie sheet. Refrigerate 5 minutes. Remove from refrigerator a few at a time. Dip cake triangles in melted yellow candy; tap off excess. Poke opposite end of stick into foam block. Let stand until set. Dip two-thirds of each cake triangle into melted orange candy; let stand until set. Dip tips in melted white candy; let stand until set.

STUFFED CANDY CORN CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter two 9-inch round cake pans and line the bottom of each with parchment.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Whisk the milk, vanilla, eggs and egg yolk together in another medium bowl. Beat the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add about a third of the flour mixture and beat on medium-low until incorporated. Now add a third of the egg-milk mixture and continue to beat on medium-low until incorporated, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Repeat with another third of the flour, then all of the egg-milk mixture and finishing with the flour.
• Divide the batter evenly between the prepared cake pans and bake until the cake has a nice golden brown crust around the edge, bounces back when pressed and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool completely in the cake pans on a rack.
• For the frosting: Combine the confectioners' sugar, butter, milk and vanilla in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer on low speed until all the sugar is blended into the butter. Increase the speed to medium-high and beat until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
• Remove 3 tablespoons frosting and place it in a small bowl; leave this frosting plain. Remove another 3/4 cup frosting, place in another bowl and dye with the orange food coloring. Dye the remaining 3 3/4 cups frosting in the mixing bowl with the yellow food coloring. Fill a piping bag fitted with a 1/2-inch plain tip with the yellow frosting. Fill a second piping bag fitted with a tip with the orange frosting.
• Assemble the cake: Cut a 4-inch circle out of the center of one cake layer (reserve or discard the cut-out cake). Put the cake ring on a spinning cake stand or serving platter and frost the top with about 1/2 cup of the yellow frosting. Fill the hole with the candy corn. Put the other cake layer on top, so that the rounded side of the cake is facing up; push down gently to sandwich the two cake layers together.
• Pipe a ring of yellow frosting along the outside edge of the cake. Pipe a second ring just inside it so they are touching. Pipe the remaining yellow frosting onto the sides of the cake, making sure to connect it to the frosting ring on the top of the cake. Using a large offset spatula, flatten the icing on the side of the cake to frost the outside until smooth.
• Pipe 3 concentric touching rings of orange frosting just inside the yellow rings. Spoon the reserved white frosting on the center of the cake and spread it flat so that it touches the orange frosting.
• Position the tip of a large offset spatula in the center of the cake so the length of the blade looks like a radius and touches the top of all three frostings. Using one continuous, circular motion with gentle pressure (using a spinning cake stand will help), spread the frostings flat on the top of the cake so they form stripes (some of the frosting will come off with the spatula; do not try to reapply it). Let the cake stand at room temperature for 1 hour before serving.

CANDY CORN BABY CAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place mini paper baking cup in each of 48 miniature muffin cups. Make cake batter as directed on box for cupcakes, using water, oil and egg whites.
• Divide batter evenly among 3 medium bowls (about 1 1/2 cups in each). Stir orange food color into one bowl; stir yellow food color into second bowl. Leave remaining batter white. Place about 1 teaspoon of each color batter into each muffin cup, layering colors in order of candy corn-yellow, orange and white. Do not stir! Each muffin cup will be about three-fourths full.
• Bake 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Remove cupcakes from pans to cooling racks; cool completely, about 20 minutes.
• Spread frosting on cupcakes. Sprinkle with coarse sugar; top with candy corn.

CANDY CORN FROSTING

Steps:

• Fill a large bowl with ice creating an ice bath.
• Heat candy corn, cream, and butter together in a saucepan over medium heat; cook, stirring frequently, until mixture is melted and almost bubbling, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat, add confectioners' sugar, and place saucepan in ice bath. Beat until frosting is fluffy.