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Corn on the Cob Cake, Chocolate Butterscotch Chip Cake

Cake disguised as corn!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
decorating time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 10

Ingredients
  

Cake

  • 1 box yellow cake mix
  • 1 regular size instant chocolate pudding
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 stick butter melted
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1/4 cup half and half
  • 6 oz chocolate chips
  • 6 oz butterscotch chips

Buttercream Icing

  • 1 regular box confectioner’s sugar or about 4 cups
  • 1 stick butter softened
  • 3-4 T milk or cream
  • 2 T vanilla extract

Decorations

  • yellow jelly beans
  • buttered popcorn jelly bellies
  • yellow salt water taffy smashed and cut into pieces to look like butter pats
  • fresh corn shucks

Instructions
 

Cake

  • Combine cake mix with eggs, butter, sour cream, pudding and cream.  Mix to a smooth batter.  Gently fold in chips and turn into a greased 9 x 13″ baking dish*.  Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until done, testing at 25 minutes.  Let cake cool completely.
  • *line baking dish with a piece of parchment paper for easy cake removal if desired
  • Cut cake in half, making 2 rectangles and place them end to end.  Trim ends to form corn cob shape

Buttercream Icing

  • Combine ingredients and mix well until frosting has formed, adding more liquid if necessary.
  • Frost with Buttercream Icing and use yellow and white candies to form corn rows.  Add taffy butter pats if desired.  Garnish with fresh corn shucks
Keyword cake decorated like corn, chocolate butterscotch cake, corn on the cob cake, summer dessert