Flag Cake

Name: Flag Cake
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 2 half-pints blueberries; 454 grams confectioners sugar, sifted; 79 milliliters cornstarch; 680 grams cream cheese at room temperature; 6 extra larges eggs at room temperature; 710 milliliters flour; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 3 half-pints raspberries; 237 milliliters sour cream at room temperature; 710 milliliters sugar; 454 grams (4 sticks) unsalted butter at room temperature; 18 Tbsps (2 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter at room temperature; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Flag Cake requires about 1 hour and 15 minutes from start to finish. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 578 calories, 5g of protein, and 37g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 24. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have sugar, vanillan extract, eggs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It will be a hit at your The Fourth Of July event.

Instructions

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Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Butter and flour an 18 by 13 by 1 1/2-inch sheet pan.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Frying Pan

Cream the butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on high speed, until light and fluffy. On medium speed, add the eggs, 2 at a time, then add the sour cream and vanilla. Scrape down the sides and stir until smooth.

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Sour Cream

Vanilla

Butter

Cream

Sugar

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Sift together the flour, cornstarch, salt, and baking soda in a bowl. With the mixer on low speed, add the flour mixture to the butter mixture until just combined.

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Corn Starch

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Blender

Bowl

Pour into the prepared pan. Smooth the top with a spatula.

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Spatula

Frying Pan

Bake in the center of the oven for 20 to 30 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool to room temperature.

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Toothpicks

Oven

For the icing, combine the butter, cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mixing just until smooth.

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Cream Cheese

Vanilla

Butter

Icing

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Spread three-fourths of the icing on the top of the cooled sheet cake. Outline the flag on the top of the cake with a toothpick. Fill the upper left corner with blueberries.

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Blueberries

Spread

Icing

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Toothpicks

Place 2 rows of raspberries across the top of the cake like a red stripe.

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Raspberries

Put the remaining icing in a pastry bag fitted with a star tip and pipe two rows of white stripes below the raspberries. Alternate rows of raspberries and icing until the flag is completed. Pipe stars on top of the blueberries.

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Blueberries

Raspberries

Icing

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Pastry Bag