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Flag Cake

By: Glenda Jarboe  
"This impressive cake makes for a pretty presentation on a Memorial Day table. It conveniently starts with a boxed cake mix, then is topped with a sweet homemade frosting. --Glenda Jarboe, Oroville, California"

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Prep Time:
20 Min
Cook Time:
20 Min
Ready In:
40 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 12 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 (2 pound) package confectioners' sugar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Blue and red food coloring

Directions

  1. Prepare and bake cake according to package directions, using two greased 9-in. round baking pans. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.
  2. For frosting, in a mixing bowl, combine the shortening, sugar, water, salt and vanilla. Beat on medium speed for 5-8 minutes or until fluffy. Place one cake on a serving plate; spread with 2/3 cup frosting. Top with remaining cake.
  3. In a small bowl, combine 2/3 cup frosting and blue food coloring. In another bowl, combine 1-2/ cups frosting and red food coloring. Fill pastry or plastic bag with 1/4 cup white frosting; cut a small hole in the corner of the bag and set aside.
  4. Frost cake top and sides with remaining white frosting. With blue frosting, frost a 3-in. section in the upper left corner of the cake. Pipe white starts over blue frosting. Fill another pastry or plastic bag with red frosting; cut a large hole in the corner of the bag. Pipe stripes across top of cake.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on May 28, 2009 by Blazer Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)
I made this for Memorial Day. I made the cake in a jelly roll pan. Mixed a jar of... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 13, 2009 by Lori 
This was the first flag cake I have ever made. My kids helped decorate and the cake was... MORE

 
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