Fourth Of July Flag Cake And Tutorial

This Fourth of July Flag Cake was created to commemorate that important historic day in 1776 if the U.S. British. I really meant to make another thing, but found plans constantly veering towards cake, for which better strategy to celebrate a vital occasion as compared to a slice of cake. I also include more detail on what I made this cake. My earlier posts on flag cakes were style of written in haste, which means this time I’ll think of yourself as as circumspect and clear as you can, and hope way too many details don’t possibly be boring.

The decorations are cutouts from marshmallow fondant, which is the same recipe found in last year’s flag cake and my first flag cake. This is the way the assembled cake looked unfrosted. I just added the celebs for fun. It didn’t really matter since cake would be covered with frosting anyway. As soon as I sliced this cake, the cross section appeared to be this, full of 50 stars— kidding. Of course not, I just piped the celebs to amuse myself. Here’s how a cross section really looks without the celebrities.

I was intending on making a shorter cake, but appeared making more layers for those 13 stripes from the flag. So with all the recipe that I’ve included here, I had to make use of one recipe to the blue portion, one recipe with the red stripes the other recipe to the white stripes.

The batter of the recipe was split into 7 for making 7 layers for every single color. The height on the blue portion equals the height of 7 alternating red and white stripes next towards the blue. Below that, are 6 red and white stripes in order that left me with one unused white layer. I happen to have several baking pans so baking the batter in numerous layers wasn’t an issue. There are inexpensive disposable cake pans within the supermarket you can use.

They also create easy cleanup. I used apricot jam to fill the layers, but just about any clear, light colored jam work. I had an overall of 21 layers in the first place. Only 20 layers were needed- 7 layers for blue, 7 for red and 6 for white. I was using one unused white layer. Each numbered step below corresponds to your same number from the picture above. 1. Place a red layer using a cake plate.

Always get started with red towards the bottom. Spread jam on the outside. 2. Place a white layer around the bottom red layer and spread jam outside the body. Continue alternately stacking layers for a complete of 6 layers using a white layer ahead. 3. Take a blue layer and, that has a cookie cutter in the shape of a keyhole, reduce a shape on the center.

Wait one minute, not everyone has a hubby which will fashion an improvised keyhole standard made from a metallic strip! Not to worry. A triangle shape should work too. Simply slice out a triangle the same as you’re slicing a snap. 4. Keep the outer blue ring. The blue cutout won't be needed. Do the same cutout for just a red layer and the smaller piece. The outer red ring won’t be needed.

5. Place the blue layer on top from the 6 layers which might be already stacked. Spread jam within the inner edges the spot that the red piece will fit and also at first glance. Then squeeze red piece inside gap for making it fit such as a puzzle. 6. Same step as # 3 above, take another blue layer and reduce a keyhole shape or triangle whilst keeping the outer ring.

7. Then have a white layer and repeat the task. Keep small piece. Place the blue outer ring on this cake, spread jam at first glance and inner edges the place that the white piece will fit. Fill the gap within the blue ring using the white piece. 8. Continue stacking ending using the blue and red piece on the top for a complete of 13 red and white stripes.

Picture 8 shows the stacked cake when viewed on the side. 9. Picture 9 shows the stacked cake when viewed on the front. 10. Frost the dessert. 11. Decorate or let it sit plain. 12. Slice. See important notes on slicing below. The first slice needs to be somewhere inside red and white layers. It would be sort of hard to express to where that may be once the wedding cake is covered with frosting, so I placed some tape underneath the dessert plate to be a marker.

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