How to Make a Flag Cake

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What's a national holiday without a sheet cake featuring Old Glory? Luckily, it's simple to make….And delicious too!

Step 1: Bake a sheet cake
Bake a sheet cake using your favorite recipe or cake mix. While the cake bakes, hull and slice the strawberries, if you're using them.

Step 2: Transfer cake
When the cake is done and cooled, transfer it to your serving plate. Put wax or parchment paper under the edges of the cake to keep the plate clean of frosting.

Tip
Trim any raggedy edges with a serrated knife.

Step 3: Apply frosting
Using a spatula, frost the cake with vanilla or cream cheese frosting, real whipped cream, or whipped topping. Save enough frosting to fill a large pastry bag fitted with a star tip.

Step 4: Outline the flag
Outline the pattern of the American flag on the cake using a toothpick.

Step 5: Fill in the stars
Fill in the upper left-hand corner "star" section with a layer of blueberries.

Step 6: Start the stripes
Place a row of raspberries or sliced strawberries across the upper edge of the cake to form the first red stripe.

Step 7: Pipe stars
Pipe a row of stars below the red berries to form the first white stripe.

Step 8: Repeat
Repeat until you have seven red and six white stripes. Serve or refrigerate.

Did You Know?
In the 1700s, July 4th was celebrated with an Independence Cake, made with wine, brandy, nutmeg, cinnamon, and raisins.

[BinkieMcFartnuggets]

The last time my grandma made one of these she got angry at how much effort it took and just threw some raspberries in the center making a Japan flag cake. You can imagine how that didn't go over well in the 40's.

[blazesteel]

ahhhh I remember watching this as a kid them memories

[zoeybatterup]

believe it or not this was the first howcast video i ever watched

[goinghome]

Lol once my teacher had a twin and she told us that once on the 4th of july they were having a family reunion and they were in charge of the cake. Sso they both ended up making the same cake except one used blueberries and rasberries when the other used black berries and straw berries

[csh]

I made one when I was 5 with my mom, and we made little blue/red/and white cupcakes to go around the outside

[KarenKernan]

It's a very old fashioned design, which no one "steals, " they just choose it for their cake. My grandmother was doing it before the Barefoot Contessa, as were countless others for thier traditional 4th of July picnics.

[henrynguyen]

Finally a cake from howcast that doesn't look crappy.

[vegettosonlab]

These videos are really about making simple things.

[barwr]

At the beggining I thought she said "what's a national holiday without ashit cake...?". lol i need to get some sleep

[EllieSvitKona]

Just what I was thinking - it looks delicious!

[Jk]

It gets much better if you do 5 rows of strawberries, raspberries or cherries, 5 rows of frosting or whipped cream, mashmellows or white chocolate easter eggs, then 5 rows of blueberries. And layering it, filling it with fruit/whipped cream mixture makes it even better. Serve on april 30.

[gabster]

I am thinking I HAVE to make this cake for 4th of July it's so cute and 4th of July is coming in 5 days!!!!

[TheFireElevator]

Howcast, make this fair and make a Canadian and British flag cake tutorial. It would make people much happier.

[Mcflurry]

thank u. Now you made me hungry and i am to lazy to make that cake!

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[armmagedonepox]

I kinda wanna make this, but I’m Canadian 😂 Maybe I’ll make it for my American aunts when the pandemic lifts 😅🇨🇦🇺🇸

[mintedog]

how to make a flag cake
step 1. make your favorite cake mix
step 2. put 49 blueberry's in the middle
step 3. then put blackberries all over the cakes
step 4. put 3 cups of cinnamon on the cake
happy choking!
did you know: we live on Earth

[johnbob]

The video: How to make a flag cake.
Half of the viewers: Are not from America

[comraa]

that spatcula when she was putting the white frosting it looks like ice-cream lol no offence i like it nice vid

[StoneShipman]

Step 1: Bake a cake
Steps 2-8: Decorate it to look like a flag.

Thanks, Howcast.