A Festive Cake to Love!
Patriotic holidays like the Fourth of July and Memorial Day deserve festive desserts! We love to incorporate the colors of independence and the flavors of summer in our celebrations like this Red, White and Blue Cake. Best part about this fun and festive cake, is that it’s not only delicious, but it’s rather simple as well. The colorful layers are perfect for celebrating and simple to achieve.
Ingredients
PREP TIME: 45 minutes
Anyone can do it. We’ve made it easy to achieve with step-by-step directions so even a novice baker/cake decorator can enjoy this beautifully tasty cake. Customize. Make it yours with different decorations and toppings from sprinkles to fresh fruit! Show-stopper. This cake has a beautiful presentation with red, white, and blue layers, a festive 4th of July dessert or Memorial Day dessert!
BAKE TIME: 25 minutes Cake
3⅔ cups cake flour – To make your own, add 2 tablespoons of cornstarch into a 1-cup measuring cup. Fill it the rest of the way up with all-purpose flour. Level the top. Dump the contents of the measuring cup into a bowl and use a whisk to sift them together. 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder ¾ teaspoon baking soda 1½ cups unsalted butter – How to Soften Butter Quickly 2 cups granulated sugar 3 whole eggs – room temperature eggs incorporate best. 2 egg whites – How to Separate Egg Whites 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1½ cups buttermilk – or make Homemade Buttermilk for this recipe. red and blue food coloring – I use blue gel food coloring and red gel food coloring to get a deeper color. Using too much liquid food coloring can affect the texture of the cake batter.
Frosting
1½ cups unsalted butter – softened 6 cups powdered sugar ⅓ cup milk – or half and half 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract pinch salt sprinkles – or other patriotic decorations optional – add fresh blueberries and strawberries to the top
How to Make Red White and Blue Cake
Frost and ASSEMBLE
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