Sparkling Fourth of July Cake

Name: Sparkling Fourth of July Cake
Prep time: 2 h 20 min
Cook time: 2 h 20 min
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons blue food color; 1 teaspoons red food color; 15 servings White star candies, if desired; 1 Tbsp Betty blue sugar; 2 Tbsps Betty red sugar; 1 container Betty Whipped fluffy white or whipped cream frosting; 1 box Betty white cake mix; 15 servings Fourth of July candles

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Sparkling Fourth of July Cake It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for The Fourth Of July. If you have betty sugar, fourth of july candles, betty cake mix, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350F (325F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with baking spray with flour.

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Baking Spray

All Purpose Flour

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Oven

Frying Pan

Place paper baking cup in 1 regular-size muffin cup.

Make cake batter as directed on box. In small bowl, place 1/2 cup batter; stir in red food color. In another small bowl, place 1/2 cup batter; stir in blue food color.

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Red Food Color

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Bowl

Fill muffin cup 2/3 full with white batter; set aside.

Pour remaining white batter into 13x9-inch pan. Randomly drop generous teaspoonfuls of red and blue batters over white batter in pan. For swirled design, cut through batters with knife in S-shaped curves in one continuous motion; turn pan one-fourth turn and repeat.

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Knife

Frying Pan

Place muffin pan and cake pan in oven.

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Muffin Tray

Cake Form

Oven

Bake muffin cup 12 to 13 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean; place pan on cooling rack. Continue baking 13x9-inch cake 14 to 18 minutes longer or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan 10 minutes.

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Wire Rack

Toothpicks

Oven

Frying Pan

Remove cake and cupcake from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

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Cupcakes

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Wire Rack

Reserve 2 tablespoons frosting. Frost cake with remaining frosting. In upper left-hand corner of cake, lightly score 5x3 1/2-inch rectangle in frosting for blue area of flag; sprinkle with blue sugar.

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Frosting