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Patriotic American Flag Cake

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PREP TIME
90 min
COOKING TIME
30 min
TOTAL TIME
180 min
SERVINGS
16 servings
Dessert
Patriotic American Flag Cake
Ingredients
  • 2 (15.25 ounce) packages white cake mix
  • 3 3/4 cups whole milk
  • 9 egg whites
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 tablespoons clear vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons red food coloring
  • 1 tablespoon blue food coloring
  • 1 cup white chocolate chips
  • 10 cups fluffy white frosting
  • 1 tablespoon white chocolate chips, or as needed
  • 2 tablespoons white sugar, or as needed
  • 1 4-inch round paper or cardboard stencil
Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and line four 8-inch round cake pans with parchment paper to ensure they are properly coated.
2
Combine the white cake mix, milk, egg whites, oil, and vanilla in a large bowl to create a uniform batter. Use an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds and then increase the speed to medium, beating for a further 2 minutes. The batter should still be slightly lumpy.
3
To create the red cakes, measure half of the cake batter into a separate bowl and whisk in red food coloring until it is fully incorporated. Transfer this colored batter evenly into 2 of the prepared pans, smoothing the tops with a spatula.
4
To make the white cake, transfer half of the remaining uncolored batter into another prepared pan and smooth the top as before.
5
For the blue cake, add blue food coloring to the remaining uncolored batter in the large bowl and mix until it is well combined. Fold in 1 cup of white chocolate chips until they are fully incorporated. Transfer the batter to the remaining prepared pan and smooth the top.
6
Bake the cakes in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of each cake comes out clean, approximately 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and place onto wire racks to cool completely.
7
Run a knife around the edges of each cooled cake to loosen it from the pan. Invert the cakes, remove the pans, and peel off the parchment paper to reveal the cake layers. Use a sharp knife to trim the tops of the cakes flat and even.
8
Cut both of the red cake layers and the white cake layer in half horizontally, resulting in 4 thin red cake layers and 2 thin white cake layers.
9
Place a 4-inch round stencil on top of 1 thin red cake layer and cut out a 4-inch red cake circle. Repeat this process, placing the stencil on 1 thin white cake layer to make one 4-inch white cake round. Center the 4-inch round stencil on the blue cake and cut out and remove the center portion covered by the stencil to make a blue cake ring.
10
To assemble the cake, you will need two thin 8-inch red cake layers, one thin 8-inch white cake layer, one 4-inch thin red cake circle, one 4-inch thin white cake circle, and one blue 8-inch cake ring. Reserve the leftover thin red cake layer and other cake pieces for making crumbs for decorating.
11
Place one 8-inch thin red cake layer on a cake pan and frost the top generously with white frosting. Place the thin 8-inch white cake layer on top of the red one and frost the top. Place the remaining 8-inch thin red cake layer atop the white one, frosting it as well.
12
Place the blue ring cake on top of the 2nd red cake layer and carefully frost the inside of the blue cake ring. Gently fit the 4-inch white cake layer into the blue cake ring, frosting the top of the 4-inch white center. Place the 4-inch red cake layer on top of the white one, gently pressing small cake circles flush with the top of the blue ring.
13
Frost the entire outside of the cake generously with remaining frosting, ensuring a smooth finish.
14
Crumble red and blue pieces of leftover cake into 2 separate bowls. Use a kitchen knife to score lines into the top of the cake's frosting, creating a flag design. The design should feature a 2-inch square at the upper left for blue field and white stars, with 7 thick horizontal stripes, approximately 1-inch wide.
15
Fill the square field at the upper left with blue crumbs, then press 1 tablespoon of white chocolate chips upside-down into the blue crumbs to make "stars." Fill the bottom stripe and every other stripe with red crumbs to make red stripes. Sprinkle white sugar generously into the white stripes, making them stand out.
16
To serve, cut the cake into wedges. The inside of the cake will reveal its layers of red and white stripes and blue field with white chocolate chip stars in every slice.