Recipes & Cooking Holiday Recipes Fourth of July Recipes Flag Cake 4.1 (12) Add your rating & review This berry-topped Flag Cake is a patriotic and pretty way to celebrate the Fourth of July, Memorial Day, or your home team at the Olympics. By BHG Test Kitchen BHG Test Kitchen The Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen has been in continuous operation for nearly 100 years, developing and testing practical, reliable recipes that readers can enjoy at home. The Test Kitchen team includes culinary specialists, food stylists, registered and licensed nutritionists, and other experts with Bachelor of Science degrees in food science, food and nutrition, or culinary arts. Together, the team tests more than 2,500 recipes, produces more than 2,500 food images, and creates more than 1,000 food videos each year in the state-of-the-art test kitchen. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Published on March 30, 2017 Rate PRINT Share Hands On Time: 1 hr 30 mins Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Servings: 20 Ingredients 2 8 ounce packages cream cheese, softened ½ cup butter, softened 1 teaspoon vanilla ½ teaspoon salt 3 - 4 cup powdered sugar 2 - 3 cup cherries or raspberries 2 cup powdered sugar Vanilla cake (baked into a 13x9x2-inch or 15x10x1-inch pan) 1 - 1 ½ cup blueberries 2 - 3 cup raspberries Directions In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and salt with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in powdered sugar until it reaches spreading consistency. In a gallon size resealable plastic bag, toss cherries with 2 cups powdered sugar. Pour into a sieve and shake excess sugar off. Transfer cake to serving platter or cake board, if desired*. Frost cake with all but ½ cup of the cream cheese frosting. Outline the flag design in the frosting with a toothpick. Fill the top left corner of the cake with blueberries to represent the blue part of the American flag. Alternately place horizontal rows of raspberries and powdered sugar cherries across the remainder of the cake until the flag is finished. Transfer the reserved ½ cup of frosting into a piping bag fitted with a small closed star tip. Pipe stars on top of the blueberries. Matthew Clark * *if you plan to transfer the cake on top a serving dish or cake board, be sure to line your baking pan with parchment before baking the cake Rate It Print