Candy Corn Cake
- 1 (16.5- to 15.25-ounce) package yellow cake mix with pudding
- 1 cup water
- 1/3 cup Land O Lakes Butter, melted
- 3 Land O Lakes Eggs
- 2 tablespoons orange candy sprinkles or nonpareils
- 6 cups powdered sugar
- 3/4 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
- 5 to 6 tablespoons Land O Lakes Half & Half
- Bright orange decorator sugar
- Bright yellow decorator sugar
- White sparkling decorator sugar
- Candy corn, if desired
- Heat oven to 350F.
- Line bottom of 13x9-inch baking pan with waxed paper; spray with no-stick cooking spray.
- Set aside.
- Place all cake ingredients except sprinkles in bowl; beat as directed on package.
- Stir in orange sprinkles.
- Pour batter into prepared cake pan.
- Bake 29-32 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool 1 hour.
- Cover with aluminum foil; freeze in pan 2 hours.
- Combine powdered sugar and 3/4 cup butter in bowl; beat at medium speed until well mixed.
- Continue beating, adding enough half & half for desired frosting consistency.
- Remove cake from freezer; invert cake onto large cutting board.
- Carefully peel off waxed paper.
- (If cake is not releasing out of pan, place warm, damp dish towel over inverted pan to help release cake.)
- Cut cake according to diagram using ruler or straight edge to guide knife.
- Place 2 small triangles together, top-side down, on large rectangle platter or baking sheet covered with aluminum foil, to form 1 large triangle.
- Frost top of triangle.
- Carefully place large triangle on top of frosted triangle.
- Trim all edges, if necessary, to even them out.
- Working quickly, frost cake.
- Use knife tip or toothpick to draw lines for separating decorator sugars.
- To keep decorator sugar colors from blending, cover sections that are not being sprinkled with waxed paper.
- Generously sprinkle wide end of triangle with yellow sugar, middle section with orange sugar and pointed section with white sugar.
- Decorate sides of cake with candy corn, if desired.
yellow cake, water, butter, o lakes eggs, sprinkles, powdered sugar, butter, orange decorator sugar, sugar, white sparkling decorator sugar, corn
Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/3580/candy-corn-cake (may not work)