Candy Corn Cake

"As much as I enjoy walking around the house with candy corn in my pocket, I think a slice of this Candy Corn Cake would be a much better choice! Of course, shoving a slice of this cake in my pocket would not be the smartest thing I’ve ever done. Nah, we’ll just save this cake for dessert during the Halloween season instead. After the fact, I realized I could’ve incorporated some honey into the frosting to match the flavor of candy corn, but truthfully I just didn’t think about it. Instead, I went with a classic vanilla cake topped with a classic vanilla buttercream. I split the cake batter and frosting into 3 bowls and added a bit of orange and yellow food coloring gel to achieve the colors I was looking for. However, one unique thing about this cake is the pudding. I stumbled onto the pudding trick back when I made this Lemon Pistachio Cake, and I’m now a huge fan of using pudding in both the cake as well as the frosting. The cake stays extremely moist and the frosting turns super creamy. In short, pudding mix in cake and frosting is a favorite new trick!"