Erika's Eats: Halloween Polka Dot Cake

I have been wanting to make this cake for about a month and I finally had a good reason to whip it up! A coworker of mine had her birthday on Saturday and I knew this would be a winner! There are a few things that I did differently that I would have changed but for the most part, it came out pretty "boootacular".

The only way this recipe would have been easier is if I had a cake pop pan! The original recipe called for a cake pop maker but a. those are expensive and b. they are hard to find. I made a sheet cake and formed little round balls but I think a cake pop pan would be perfect for this and they are relatively inexpensive.

I can tell you that this was the most fun I have had making a cake in a long time and it mainly came from the fact that Halloween is a fun holiday to decorate for!! :) I also believe that if and when I make this cake again, I will get better. Let me know how it turns out for you..ENJOY!!

Ingredients:
1 box of white cake mix
1 box of devils food cake mix
DEPENDING ON WHAT CAKE MIX YOU BUY, YOU WILL NEED THE INGREDIENTS LISTED ON THE BACK OF THE BOX.
Frosting (I used white so that I could die it orange. I think chocolate would be cute too!!)
Food dye- yellow/red/black (Optional)

Step One:
Preheat oven. Prepare white cake mix as directed on back of box. Add food dye (yellow + red = orange) until you get the desired orange. Place into oven until fully baked. (Depending if you are using a cake pop pan/maker or making a sheet cake like me, this step could change for you. )

Step Two:
Once "orange" cake is done cooking, remove from oven and grab your melon baller. With the melon baller, press into sheet cake and make small spheres. You want one side to be flat so that you can press them onto the sides of the pan. If you don't have a melon baller, I used my hands and formed little balls (it worked but not as great as it could have been). I ended up using about 3/4 of a sheet cake for all my cake balls.

Step Three:
Mix up the devils food cake mix as directed on the back of the box. Once it is ready to go, pour about 1/4-1/3 of it into the bottom of a deep circle cake pan. Take cake balls and dip into the chocolate cake mix, stick them to the side of the cake pan and also place some in the middle of the cake mix. Pour more devils food on top of this layer and repeat until everything is used up. (if you want to make a two layer cake, you could also do this step but in smaller increments)

Step Four:
Put cake into oven at the temperature that is listed on the back of the devils food cake mix box. It will take about 15-20 mins longer than it would for a normal cake to bake. Mine took about 60 mins to fully bake.

Step Five:
Once cake is done baking, let cool for about 10 mins, loosen edges with a knife and flip onto a cooling rack. Once cake has completely cooled off, ice the cake with whatever frosting you want and decorate it!! Now all you have left to do is dig in and ENJOY!!