Candy Corn Chocolate Cakes

Name: Candy Corn Chocolate Cakes
Ingredients: 2 cups sugar; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 cup cocoa; 1 cup vegetable oil; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 large eggs; 1 cup buttermilk; 1 cup hot water; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 3 12 cups buttercream frosting

11 ingredients

12 steps

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup cocoa
1 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup hot water
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 12 cups buttercream frosting

Directions

1

Beat first 6 ingredients in a large bowl at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended.
2

Stir in buttermilk.
3

Stir together 1 cup hot water and baking soda; stir into batter.
4

Stir in vanilla.
5

Pour into 2 greased and floured 9-inch round cakepans.
6

Bake at 350 for 30 to 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
7

Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.
8

Freeze layers 30 minutes.
9

Cut each layer into 8 wedges.
10

Stir orange food coloring into 1 1/2 cups frosting.
11

Stir yellow food coloring into 1 1/4 cups frosting.
12

Pipe frosting on top and sides of cake wedges to resemble candy corn.