Candy Corn Chocolate Cakes
Source of Recipe
Southern Living
List of Ingredients
Candy Corn Chocolate Cakes
• 2 cups sugar $
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• 2 cups all-purpose flour $
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• 1 cup cocoa
• 1 cup vegetable oil $
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• 1 teaspoon salt $
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• 2 large eggs $
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup hot water
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Buttercream Frosting
• 1 cup butter or margarine, softened $
• 1 (2-pound) package powdered sugar
• 1/3 cup milk $
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Orange paste food coloring
• Yellow paste food coloringRecipe
Beat first 6 ingredients in a large bowl at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended. Stir in buttermilk.
Stir together 1 cup hot water and baking soda; stir into batter. Stir in vanilla. Pour into 2 greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans.
Bake at 350° for 30 to 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.
Freeze layers 30 minutes. Cut each layer into 8 wedges.
Pipe frosting on top and sides of cake wedges to resemble candy corn. Using a medium star tip, pipe white frosting on the small end of each cake, yellow frosting on center, and orange on wide end.
Buttercream Frosting
• Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy; gradually add powdered sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add milk, beating until spreading consistency. Stir in vanilla.
• Stir orange food coloring into 1 1/2 cups frosting. Stir yellow food coloring into 1 1/4 cups frosting.
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