Easy Candy Corn Cake {With Frosting}

Learn how to make an easy candy corn cake with orange, yellow and white colored buttercream icing. Great for spooky Halloween parties.

Last year, I made this candy corn cake for Halloween and I had a blast making it! This cake is not really made of candy corn. I just used the yellow, orange and white colors of candy corn to inspire the cake design. Since many of you ask for easy cake decorating ideas, I think you are really gonna like this cake. No fancy tools, no fondant, no complicated techniques needed, just a spatula and one decorating tip. For more easy Halloween treats, check out this Easy Candy Cake {With Halloween Leftovers} or these Easy Monster Cookies (Candy Corn Cookies).

How To Make Easy Candy Corn Cake With Buttercream Icing?

1. Bake cakes- Cool completely.
2. Stack and frost cake- In white buttercream icing.
3. Fill three piping bags- One with orange icing, one with yellow and one with white frosting. Attach Wilton tip to each bag.
4. Decorate the side of the cake- Squeeze yellow, orange and white icing randomly around the cake. Run your spatula in an upward direction, all around your cake.
5. Decorate the top of the cake- Pipe a swirl of orange, white, and yellow frosting repeatedly. Enjoy!

Variations For Halloween Cake

Try other cake flavors– Such as Funfetti/Confetti Cake {From Scratch}, Easy Rainbow Cake {With Cake Mix}, or this Moist Triple Chocolate Cake {From Scratch}.

Add a filling- Such as Dulce De Leche, Strawberry Pie Filling, Cherry Pie Filling, or Caramel Sauce.

Use a different cake coating– Such as fondant instead of buttercream around the side of the cake.

Use a different Wilton Tip- This will make the cake look different, but it could also make for some cool designs.

Add sprinkles- Add coordinating colors of sprinkles or other seasonal Halloween sprinkles.

Add candy corn- Add candy corn to the top of the cake or around the bottom of the cake for additional fun and festiveness.

Try other frosting flavors- Such as Sugar Free Frosting, Marshmallow Frosting, Best Cream Cheese Frosting, or White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting. These can all be easily dyed to match the colors for the cake.

Make a different theme- Use the same technique but use red, white, and green frosting for a Christmas theme, or Rainbow colors for a birthday cake, or even ombre frosting to match whatever event you are creating this cake for.

Tips And Techniques For Spooky Cake

Cool cake completely– It is impossible to frost a warm cake because it will melt and slide right off the cake.

Work in a cool room- A hot kitchen can make the buttercream melt and separate too quickly making piping impossible. Make sure the room you frost in is cool enough to keep the buttercream from melting while you pipe.

How to pipe top of cake?  Pipe a swirl of orange frosting around the outer edge of the cake in the shape of a circle. Pipe white frosting inside the orange circle. Pipe yellow frosting inside the white circle. Pipe orange frosting inside the yellow circle. Finally, pipe a white star in the center of the orange circle.

What tip to use? I used Wilton's Tip 1M for the top of the cake, but you can use a different one if you prefer.

Use gel colors– Liquid food coloring has a tendency to make icing thinner. Gel coloring is more concentrated and doesn’t affect the icing consistency.

Make mini cakes– Instead of a large cake, you can make multiple individual-sized smaller cakes or even cupcakes with the same tutorial.

Storage Of Decorated Cake

Refrigerate– In a sealed container for up to 3 days.

Freeze– In a sealed freezer safe container for up to 2 months. Thaw to room temperature or in the fridge to eat.

More Halloween Cake Recipes And Tutorials

• Halloween Cake (Twizzler Cake)
• Easy Spider Web Cake
• Easy Mummy Cake {Halloween Cake}
• Easy Monster Cake
• Easy Eyeball Cake

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