Bad Temper

Lucas has such bad temper when he is at home. He is such an angel when he is in school or when we are not around. Today, we had the 'I don't want to eat rice' ordeal. He insisted that I change the food. I lost my patience after I tried to explain a few times. He lost this temper too and started pushing Chloe's high chair against the wall, kick the laundry basket which was on his way to the bathroom and smack me with his hand. I took out the cane. Cane him on his hands when he smacked or throw things, cane his legs when he kicked things. Even threatened him to give him all the cane mark to show his class-mates tomorrow. He then ate his dinner. But I won't let all those temper throwing go. As a punishment, he did not get his ice-cream. Then when I gave him his bath, the threw his wet face towel on me. He get a nice lecture from him and another punishment - I'm not reading to him and he has to go to sleep on his own. Oh....he is so difficult. I tried explaning, give him time out, take away his favourite things and nothing seems to work. You can be sure he is back to it again tomorrow.
I'm out of wits on what should I do.