My son has requested a candy cake for his 5th birthday tomorrow. This boy loves desserts, candy, ice cream... Any kind of dessert really. But he only really eats a few bites and then has had enough. We looked at a bunch of cakes in Pinterest, and when he came across this one, he immediately decided that's what he wanted.
I started with a doctored up 1,2,3,4 cake, following Paula Deen's recipe at a base. Then I added in some sour cream and a box of vanilla pudding.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 small box instant vanilla pudding
- 3 cups sifted self-rising flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease and flour 2 (9-inch) cake pans.
- Using an electric mixer, cream butter until fluffy.
- Add sugar and continue to cream well for 6 to 8 minutes.
- Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Add pudding and sour cream, amd beat until combined.
- Add flour and milk alternately to creamed mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
- Add vanilla and continue to beat until just mixed.
- Divide batter equally among prepared pans. Level batter in each pan by holding pan 3 or 4 inches above counter, then dropping it flat onto counter. Do this several times to release air bubbles and assure you of a more level cake.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until done. Cool in pans 5 to 10 minutes.
- Invert cakes onto cooling racks. Cool completely.
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I used Hershey's chocolate icing for the layers and outside of the cake. Then we covered the sides with kit kats, and poured an entire bag of M&Ms on the top. To.Die.For. This was a huge hit with not just our son, but the entire family!
