It's official! My first ever blog post!
As a disclaimer the ideas I used for the cake are not original! :) I used 3 different designs and put them together to make my own!
First we start with the base: The Cake!
This design takes 2 boxes of cake mix. Be forewarned you will have a little less than 1 cake box of cake left over. Make the cake as directed however make 2 8" round cakes dyed red and 1 8" round cake dyed blue in total you will have
1 - white 8" round
1 - blue 8" round
2 - red 8" rounds
Next slice the two red cakes in half horizontally so you will not have 4 red rounds. You make set one of these rounds to the size (you will not use it for this cake) Next cut a 4" circle out one of the remaining red rounds (I used a small pyrex bowl as my guide and simply cut around it).
Next slice the white cake in half horizontally, as you did the red cakes. Cut a 4" circle out of one of the rounds.
Finally cut a 4" circle out of the middle of the blue cake - don't worry if it is not exactly in the middle!
In total you should have
2 - red 8" rounds
1 - white 8" round
1 - red 4" round
1 - white 4" round
1 - blue with a 4" round cut in the middle
*There are too many red rounds in this picture! :)
I always start my cakes by putting a small amount of frosting on the plate or cake board in order to ensure that the cake won't more while during icing.
Then you can start assembling the cake! Start with one of the red rounds then put a thin layer of icing then add the white round, then another this layer of icing, topped with the other red round. Add another this layer of icing and then put the blue round on. Ice the inside of the round and place the white 4" round, ice with another thin layer of icing and then place the red 4" round into the whole.
At this point your cake should look something like this:
Then I iced the entire cake in white buttercream, the sides I put a pretty thin layer of icing, because of the design I planned to use!
Second: Flags around the outside!
Using Tip 12 I piped a flagpole at the quarter marks of the cake (and put a ball on the top of each)
I then marked an outer edge for the blue field for each flag (approximately 2.5")
Then with Tip 18 I piped a row of red stars around the bottom of the cake, followed by a row of white also with an 18 tip. Alternate red and white (putting 6 rows total before the marked blue field) then finish the alternating pattern to the right of the "blue field". There should be a total of 13 red and white lines.
Then I used the 18 tip to fill in the "marked field" with Blue stars.
Next I used a 16 tip to pipe white stars onto the blue field
I should have taken a picture during this process but I didn't (first blog!)
Finally: Fireworks on the top!
Using tip 233 I piped a circle of blue, followed by a circle of white, started within the blue and finished with red in the middle giving the effect of fireworks!
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