I know I'm a few days late with this one, but it was Fourth of July (AKA American Independence Day) and things were REEEAAALLL busy. I wanted to show you all the cake I made for a BBQ I went to earlier in the day. I'd had some requests from friends for a cake and you know how I'll take any excuse to bake something new and different, so I went for it. My requirements were that 1) It was easy to make (it's the summer and things get busy guys) and 2) It had to scream AMERICA! So I made a white box cake (gasp) with an extra package of vanilla pudding mix, separated it into thirds and colored two of the layers blue and red.** After they were cooked, I cut them in half and made a six layer red, white and blue cake with cream cheese frosting. I'm not gonna lie guys, it was good. And a little tacky looking, so really all the better.
Also, per 4th of July tradition, here are a few reasons why I love America:
Lady GaGa
National Parks
Elmo (and muppets in general)
Cupcakeries
Jazz music
**A note on the food coloring: I used food coloring gel as it is more concentrated and doesn't affect the texture of the batter. Also, the trick to getting a truer red is to add a small amount of black along with it, otherwise it can become an odd orange-y color.
Also, per 4th of July tradition, here are a few reasons why I love America:
Lady GaGa
National Parks
Elmo (and muppets in general)
Cupcakeries
Jazz music
**A note on the food coloring: I used food coloring gel as it is more concentrated and doesn't affect the texture of the batter. Also, the trick to getting a truer red is to add a small amount of black along with it, otherwise it can become an odd orange-y color.
Tacky 4th of July patriot cake.
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