Independence Day Recipes
Fourth of July Flag Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1 2/3 cups granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup cocoa
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/3 cups water
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/3 cup butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Topping
- 1/2 pint blueberries
- 1 quart small evenly-sized strawberries
Instructions
Cake
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 13 x 9 inch baking pan.
- In a large bowl, combine butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla extract; beat on high speed for about 3 minutes.
- Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt; add alternately with water to butter mixture. Mix just until combined (do not overmix).
- Pour into the prepared baking pan.
- Bake for about 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool for about 15 minutes then remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack. Place cake on cardboard that has been covered with foil.
- Frost cake with the Vanilla Buttercream Frosting.
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
- In a large bowl, combine confectioners' sugar and butter. Add milk and vanilla extract; beat to spreading consistency.
Topping
- Arrange blueberries in upper left corner of cake, covering about 1/4 of the cake.
- Arrange strawberries in rows to create the red stripes.