I have made a flag cake before.  It was ok.  But I wanted to kick it up a notch.  Make something really wild that no one* had done before.

*There is a reason no one had done it.  Its crazy. 

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I decided to make a cake that was twenty five layers.

Um.  Why would one decide to do something that is seemingly impossible and has no historical accuracy or reference?

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I don’t know.

Banging. Head. Against. Wall. Repeatedly.

I think I had too many cups of coffee the day I decided to make this.

 

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That being said, I decided to continue my blogs ‘ruffle’ theme and make vertical stripes on the exterior.

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Pretty little red, white, and blue ruffles.  I think I am addicted.

How does one serve a twenty five layer cake?

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By chopping it in half thats how!

Then I cut myself a slice, hummed at little America the Beautiful and had a bite.

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Red Velvet Cake with White Cake with buttercream frosting.

Here’s to you!  I am hoping you are enjoying your long weekend, that you are soaking up the sun, that you are giving yourself a break and relaxing, and that you are with people you love.

Happy 235th Birthday America! You dont look a day over 200. 😉

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See my other patriotic desserts here!

Red, White & Blue Pancakes

Patriotic Cupcakes

Patriotic Rose Cake

Red, White & Blue Surprise Inside Cake

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Amanda Rettke is the creator of I Am Baker, and the bestselling author of Surprise Inside Cakes: Amazing Cakes for Every Occasion – With a Little Something Extra Inside.Over the course of her 15+ year blogging adventure, she has been featured in and collaborated with the Food Network, New York Times, LA Times, Country Living Magazine, People Magazine, Epicurious, Brides, Romantic Homes, life:beautiful, Publishers Weekly, The Daily Mail, Star Tribune, The Globe and Mail, DailyCandy, YumSugar, The Knot, The Kitchn, and Parade, to name a few.

Reader Comments

  1. Wow! That is amazing Amanda and love the witty post too. Thanks for sharing your beautiful work!

  2. WOW. Fourth of July cakes are often lovely, but rarely surprising. This is quite a feat. I’m jealous and inspired.

  3. This might be the coolest cake I have ever seen. It´s amazing how once you cut into it, each piece is a flag!!!

  4. Wow – this cake is absolutely amazing. I posted a link to it on my blog, Kitchen Lore, with attribution – hope you don’t mind. I can’t believe you managed to stack all those 25 layers!

  5. How the hell did you cut that in half without splodging icing absolutely everywhere!!!!? I swear you are a magician in the baking world. This is a stupidly awesome cake, what a show stopper 🙂 ive said it before and will no doubt say it again, your blog is just plain wonderful.

  6. Your Cake is amazing very creative, wow i never though you can have clice of flag!!! Very smart color!!!

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