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4th of July Dessert Recipes: Part II
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Photo courtesy of Food Network
Still looking for a simple, last-minute dessert idea for the 4th of July? You’re in luck! What better way to show your patriotic side (and satisfy everyone’s sweet tooth) than with this fun recipe for a flag cake!
For the cake:
Unsalted butter, room temperature, 18 Tbsp (2 ¼ sticks)
Sugar, 3 cups
Extra-large eggs, room temperature, 6 each
Sour cream, room temperature, 1 cup
Vanilla extract, 1 ½ tsp
Flour, all-purpose, 3 cups
Cornstarch, 1/3 cup
Kosher salt, 1 tsp
Baking soda, 1 tsp
Pre-heat oven to 350 F. Butter and flour an 18 x 13 x 1 ½ inch sheet pan. Cream the butter and sugar in bowl of electric mixer with paddle attachment on high speed (until light and fluffy). On medium speed, add eggs (2 at a time), then add sour cream and vanilla. Scrape sides of bowl and stir until smooth. In a bowl, sift together flour, cornstarch, salt, and baking soda. With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture to butter mixture until just combined. Pour into prepared cake pan. Smooth the top with a spatula. Bake in the center of the oven for 20 to 30 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool to room temperature.
For the icing:
Unsalted butter, room temperature, 1 pound (4 sticks)
Cream cheese, room temperature, 1 ½ pounds
Confectioner’s sugar, sifted, 1 pound
Vanilla extract, 1 ½ tsp
For assembling:
Blueberries, 2 half-pints
Raspberries, 3 half-pints
**If desired, you may substitute strawberries for the raspberries, but be sure to cut them into quarters.
Combine butter, cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla in bowl of an electric mixer with paddle attachment, mixing just until smooth. Spread ¾ of icing on top of cooled sheet cake. Outline the flag on top of cake with toothpick. Fill upper left corner with blueberries. Place 2 rows of raspberries (or 1 row of strawberries) across the top of cake, like a red stripe. Put the remaining icing in a pastry bag fitted with a star tip, and pipe two rows of white stripes below the raspberries. Alternate rows of raspberries and icing until the flag is completed. Pipe stars on top of the blueberries.
Recipe courtesy of Food Network.
*Cake is meant to be served in the pan, however if you wish to turn it out onto a board before frosting, be sure to use parchment paper when you grease and flour the pan.
*If you do not have a pastry bag, you can use a plastic Ziploc bag, just make a small cut at one of the bottom corners of the bag, and fit a star tip into the hole.
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