Fourth of July Flag Cake

Name: Fourth of July Flag Cake Recipe
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 3 White Cake Mixes; Ingredients called for in cake mixes; Red Food Coloring; Blue Food Coloring; Red Jam (strawberry cherry raspberry etc.); Vanilla Buttercream Frosting enough for a 3-layer cake plus extra for filling; Red and Blue Sparkles Gel Writers (Wilton Cake Products); Sparklers or Candles

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Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

3 White Cake MixesIngredients called for in cake mixesRed Food ColoringBlue Food ColoringRed Jam (strawberry, cherry, raspberry, etc.)Vanilla Buttercream Frosting, enough for a 3-layer cake, plus extra for fillingRed and Blue Sparkles Gel Writers (Wilton Cake Products)Sparklers or Candles

Directions

Mix cakes per box instructions, add red food coloring to 1 cake mix and add blue food coloring to another cake mix, leave 3rd cake mix white. Use 8-inch cake pans and bake cakes per box instructions. Cool completely on wire racks. Place cakes in refrigerator or freezer for 6-10 hours to firm up cakes. Once cakes are firm slice red cake and white cake layers in half, use a long serrated bread knife to reach across layer. Set one red 'layer' and one white 'layer' aside. Stack the remaining red and white 'layers'; start with a white 'layer', frost this layer with buttercream and then place red 'layer' on top, place this 'layer' in refrigerator. Take blue cake and cut out center 6-inches, this piece is yours to eat. Take red and white 'layers' that you set aside and trim outer 2-inches away, the cut away pieces are also yours to eat. Heat approx. 1 cup of red jam and heat on the stove top or in the microwave until thinned and spreadable. Take cake from refrigerator, take approx. 1/2 cup of red jam and coat the top of the red 'layer'. Place the blue cake 'ring' on top of red/white 'layer'. Next, place white cutout 'layer' inside blue 'ring', frost this 'layer' with buttercream, then place remaining 'layer' of red cake inside blue 'ring' on top of white 'layer'. Frost entire cake with remaining buttercream. Decorate as desired using sparklers or other candles, also as desired. When you slice cake it should look like the US flag! Happy 4th!

Serving Size:�makes 8-10 servings

Servings Per Recipe: 8

Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving

Calories: 1,377.8
Total Fat: 40.6 g
Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
Sodium: 1,523.7 mg
Total Carbs: 245.0 g
Dietary Fiber: 2.1 g
Protein: 8.9 g

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Member Reviews

KLB037
Why do we need 1 cup of jam and only use 1/2 cup? - 5/26/12
CD3409143
OK I challenge you to make a UNION JACK OR RED ENSIGN cake! - 11/8/11

Reply from PRKYGTH (11/8/11)
Ohh, a challenge...I always like a good challenge. I will see what I can come up with :)