American Flag Cake Dessert
This American Flag Cake dessert is a simple yet fun cake to make for your July 4th festivities, as well as Memorial and Labor Day celebrations.
It is a basic rectangular cake with white frosting and sprinkles decorated to look like the American Flag. You can also use berries assorted on the cake to look like the American Flag. A lot like the American Flag Fruit Pizza Dessert.
These desserts are so fun to make even the kids will want to join in!
American Flag Cake Dessert
Simple Cake Batter From Scratch
Equipment
- 2 8" or 9" round cake pans or 1- 13×9" cake pan
- Baking spray
- Stand-up mixer or Electric hand mixer
- 1 Large mixing bowl
- Cooling racks
- 1 Medium mixing bowl
Ingredients
- ¾ cup butter room temperature
- 3 eggs room temperature
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2½ tsp baking powder
- 1¾ cups granulated sugar
- 1½ tsp vanilla
- 1¼ cups milk
Instructions
- Allow butter and eggs to sit at room temperature for 30mins¾ cup butter, 3 eggs
- Preheat oven to 375 °F
- Grease cake pan(s) and lightly flour, or use Baking Spray set aside
- In a medium bowl combine dry ingredients.2½ cups all-purpose flour, 2½ tsp baking powder
- In a large mixing bowl with electric hand mixer or stand-up mixer, beat butter on medium high speed until smooth. Roughly 30secs¾ cup butter
- Gradually add sugar still mixing on medium speed until well combined1¾ cups granulated sugar
- Scrape the sides and bottom, mix for 2mins more
- Add eggs one at a time, making sure to mix well after each egg is added3 eggs
- Pour in Vanilla1½ tsp vanilla
- On low speed, alternating, add dry mixture and milk making sure to mix well in between each pour2½ cups all-purpose flour, 1¼ cups milk, 2½ tsp baking powder
- Continue to mix on low speed until combined
- Pour batter into greased pan
Bake for allotted time below or until a wooden toothpick test is clean.
- 30-35mins * 8" pans
- 20-25mins * 9" pans
- 25-30mins * 13×9" pan
- Cool on baking racks in pan for 10mins
- After 10mins flip pans over and remove cake, allow to cool completely before decorating
- If keeping in 13×9" pan allow to cool completely before decorating.
- Decorate as desired.
Notes
Nutrition
Other cake batter suggestions.
- 1 box of white cake mix
- Pilsbury Stars & Stripes Funfetti cake mix. This usually comes out around the 4th of July holiday. If you are not able to find it at your local grocery store you can purchase it on Amazon
- You can also use the recipe for the Red, White & Blue Swirl Cake as well.
Other decorative topping ideas
Fruit Toppings
- ½ cup fresh blueberries
- 1 cup sliced strawberries
- 1 cup raspberries
Frosting and Candy Toppings
- Red and Blue Frosting
- Red and Blue M&M’s
- Sprinkles
- Star sprinkles/confetti
Enjoy!
Other variations of this dessert
If you are not fond of cake try another version as a cookie, find the recipe here!
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