About This Recipe
Happy Fourth of July!
This holiday was made for special food. You should grill some burgers, make potato salad, enjoy a root beer float, and have a special dessert decorated to look like a flag.
Use a cake mix for the cake, or make my Deep Dark Chocolate Cake or White Velvet Cake. Or use the brownie recipe from Crunchy Peanut Caramel Layered Bars, or Fabulous Mint Brownies.
I use two types of canned frosting on this cake (or brownie). The combination of cream cheese frosting and vanilla frosting is really good. The flag is made with berries: blueberries for the blue part of the flag, and strawberries or raspberries to make the stripes.
Fly your flag and have a great day!
Why this recipe works:
- Fruit is the perfect topping for cake. It adds a sweet and fresh note.
- The frosting will hold onto any juices the fruit release, so the cake won’t get soggy.
- Have your kids use the fruit to decorate the cake.
Steps
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Make the cake. I like to use a chocolate cake for this recipe, but you can use any flavor you'd like. A boxed cake mix is just fine. Or you can make my chocolate or white cake. |
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Cool the cake completely. Frost with the vanilla frosting. Then top with the cream cheese frosting. |
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Use the fresh berries to decorate your cake. Take a picture and dig in! |
