Flag Cake

Perfectly festive, this Flag Cake consists of a delicious vanilla cake topped with buttercream and fruit for the perfect red, white and blue dessert.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 30

Cooling Time 30

Total Time 1 30

Servings servings

Calories 432kcal

Author Deborah Harroun

Ingredients

Cake:

2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup butter at room temperature
4 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups milk

Frosting/Decoration:

1 cup butter at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla
Dash of salt
3 1/2 - 4 cups powdered sugar
1-2 tablespoons milk or cream
Blueberries
Sliced strawberries

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking dish.
In a large bowl (or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment), beat the sugar and butter together until it is lighter in color and smooth. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Beat in the vanilla extract.
2 cups granulated sugar, 1 cup butter, 4 eggs, 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Add the flour, baking powder and salt, and mix just until mostly combined. With the mixer on low, add the milk and continue to beat just until the mixture is smooth, making sure to scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl.
3 cups all-purpose flour, 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 1/2 cups milk
Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish and bake until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 30-40 minutes.
Let the cake cool completely.
Once cool, make the frosting. In another large bowl, beat the butter until light and smooth. Beat in the vanilla and salt. Start adding in the powdered sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, mixing completely after each addition. Add enough cream and/or more powdered sugar until you have reached your desired thickness. Continue to beat the frosting for another 5-7 minutes, until light and fluffy.
1 cup butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla, Dash of salt, 3 1/2 - 4 cups powdered sugar, 1-2 tablespoons milk or cream
Spread 1/2 of the frosting over the top of the cooled cake. Decorate in a flag pattern with the blueberries and strawberries.
Blueberries, Sliced strawberries
Use the remaining frosting to decoratively pipe in the white stripes, if desired.
Slice and serve.

Notes

Nutrition information provided as an estimate only. Various brands and products can change the counts. Any nutritional information should be used as a general guide.

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