{"id":4049,"date":"2013-06-28T05:16:55","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T05:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.com\/?p=4049"},"modified":"2013-06-28T05:16:55","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T05:16:55","slug":"american-flag-cake-for-the-4th-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=4049","title":{"rendered":"American Flag Cake for the 4th of July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Need a Forth of July cake for a get-together with friends?\u00a0 Well, this USA flag cake is sure to impress! In this video we&#8217;ll show you how to make a 4th of July themed cake with a flag inside the cake.\u00a0 It looks tricky, but I promise that it&#8217;s not when it&#8217;s broken down into my simple steps.\u00a0 You&#8217;re going to LOVE this cake, so lets get baking!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2-xccf3iCyc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_7194blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4068\" title=\"Flag Cake\" src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_7194blog.jpg\" alt=\"American flag cake\" width=\"604\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_7194blog.jpg 604w, http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_7194blog-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">How to Make an American Flag Cake<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Items used in this video:<\/strong><br \/>&#8211; 2 (9&#8243; round) red vanilla cakes see our recipe here- http:\/\/youtu.be\/XaNELscDtms<br \/>&#8211; 1 (9&#8243; round) blue vanilla cake<br \/>&#8211; white butter cream\u00a0 see our recipe here- http:\/\/youtu.be\/rjqOTM5icOE<br \/>&#8211; blue colored buttercream<br \/>&#8211; red colored buttercream<br \/>&#8211; 104 Wilton tip with piping bag<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_7184blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4069\" title=\"First of July cake\" src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_7184blog.jpg\" alt=\"1st of July cake\" width=\"604\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_7184blog.jpg 604w, http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/DSC_7184blog-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You will need to bake your cakes, and get your buttercream ready. \u00a0 Take one of your red cakes, and slice it into 3 equal layers. \u00a0Layer a thick layer of buttercream between each cake layer and build upwards. \u00a0Taking you blue cake layer, cut a hole out of the middle (the one I cut was about 2\/3 the diameter of the cake. \u00a0Remove the center and discard or save for cake pops! \u00a0Using the same measurement as was used in the 2\/3 cut of the blue cake, cut the center out of the remaining red layer. \u00a0This time, you will keep the center of the red layer, and cut it into 3 equal layers. \u00a0Attach the blue cake onto the stacked red cake and buttercream layers, then fill in the center of the blue cake, by alternating with buttercream and red cake layers. \u00a0You can decorate the outside of the cake however you want, and if you&#8217;re interested in what I did, I used a 104 Wilton Tip in three colours and used the ribbon technique to finish off the cake.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I told you it would be easy! \u00a0Reading the instructions may be overwhelming, so definitely give watching the video a shot! \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Happy Baking and Happy Forth Of July to all my family and friends in the States!\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_target addtoany_list\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a class=\"a2a_button_facebook_like addtoany_special_service\" data-href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=4049\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter_tweet addtoany_special_service\" data-count=\"none\" data-url=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=4049\" data-text=\"American Flag Cake for the 4th of July\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_google_plusone addtoany_special_service\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=4049\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/pinterest?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcookiescupcakesandcardio.co%2F%3Fp%3D4049&amp;linkname=American%20Flag%20Cake%20for%20the%204th%20of%20July\" title=\"Pinterest\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/icons\/pinterest.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Pinterest\"\/><\/a><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nwpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Need a Forth of July cake for a get-together with friends?\u00a0 Well, this USA flag cake is sure to impress! 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