This flag cake recipe comes directly from Ina Garten (Barefoot Contessa). She created it a long time ago, and it’s a recipe I reach for every year in the summer months. It’s just the perfect, patriotic dessert. Everyone loves to see it on the dessert table on 4th of July, but I make it for summer BBQ’s too. And guess what? It happens to be a pretty delicious cake!
Ingredients needed for the cake:
unsalted butter white sugar eggs sour cream vanilla extract all purpose flour cornstarch kosher salt and baking soda
How to make a Flag Cake:
The full, printable recipe is at the end of this post.
Ingredients needed for the frosting and topping:
unsalted butter cream cheese powdered sugar vanilla extract fresh blueberries fresh strawberries
How to make add the toppings to make a Flag Cake:
The fresh blueberries in the fourth quadrant of the cake make the perfect backdrop for piping on little stars.
Cut the slices in and around the berries to make perfect, cute, individual servings. Enjoy!
The Best Sheet Cake Recipes:
Chocolate Sheet Cake Pumpkin Sheet Cake Peanut Butter Sheet Cake Blueberry Zucchini Sheet Cake Yellow Sheet Cake with Chocolate Buttercream
