Grand Old Flag Cake

Name: Grand Old Flag Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 pints blueberries; 355 milliliters buttermilk; 591 milliliters confectioners sugar, sifted; 454 grams packages cream cheese, softened; 2 eggs; 414 milliliters flour; 355 milliliters granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice; 2 pints raspberries; 0 teaspoons salt; 170 grams 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened; 8 Tbsps (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened; 158 milliliters unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

This recipe serves 12. One serving contains 641 calories, 8g of protein, and 35g of fat. It will be Head to the store and pick up cream cheese, baking soda, raspberries, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F. Line length of 13-by-9-inch cake pan with parchment paper, leaving a 4-inch overhang.

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Lay another sheet across width of pan and up sides (without overhang). Spray paper evenly with cooking spray.

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Whisk together flour, granulated sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Using an electric mixer, beat in butter on low speed until mixture is crumbly.

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Granulated Sugar

Baking Soda

Cocoa Powder

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

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Add buttermilk, eggs and vanilla. Increase speed to medium and beat, scraping down inside of bowl, until smooth, 2 to 3 minutes.

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Buttermilk

Vanilla

Egg

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Transfer to baking pan.

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Bake cake until a cake tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool in pan on a rack for 10 minutes. Holding overhanging pieces of paper, pull cake from pan and let cool completely on rack. Invert platter on cake and flip over to invert cake. Carefully peel off paper and discard.

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Make frosting: Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and butter on medium speed until light. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until fluffy. Beat in lemon juice. Refrigerate frosting for about 10 minutes if it's too soft to spread.

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Powdered Sugar

Cream Cheese

Lemon Juice

Frosting

Butter

Spread

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Frost sides and top of cake. Arrange blueberries in a rectangle in upper left-hand corner of cake. Arrange raspberries in 7 rows for stripes. Refrigerate cake until serving. (Cake may be made up to 3 hours ahead.)

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Blueberries