Drop a couple drops in at a time to better control the color. Color each of the other bowls red and blue. Add as much gel as you’d like to achieve the desired color and ensure it’s thoroughly mixed. I used royal blue and super red. Baker’s Note: Adding the sprinkles to the buttercream makes the sprinkles look much more subtle. If you like a more bold sprinkle cake, save them to sprinkle on top of the final coat of buttercream. Homemade cake flour. Cake flour is finer than all-purpose flour which yields a lighter and more tender crumb. Make your own cake flour:

Remember, all of the ingredient amounts you’ll need are in the printable recipe card below. How to Make Red White and Blue Poke Cake Scratch Vanilla Cake Recipe– It’s easy to make a delicious vanilla cake from scratch as long as you have a good recipe! This sponge cake recipe uses real butter and buttermilk to create a tender, bakery-style cake that everyone loves. This is the perfect patriotic cake to serve at your 4th of July barbecues! It also works for memorial day, veterans day, or flag day. Try some of our favorite summer barbecue dishes:

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Please note, the dates below are estimates only, and couriers may face delays during the busy festive period. Strawberry Jello Cupcakes - Use this method to create individually colored cupcakes using red and blue flavors of Jello. Regular buttermilk is always my first choice and I love Guernsey brand (not sponsored!). Not only because Guernsey is a local Michigan brand but also because of their high standards and quality products. With that said, with most recipes calling for buttermilk, low-fat and regular buttermilk can be used interchangeably. And if ever in a pinch you can mix milk with lemon juice or white vinegar, let it sit for 5 minutes and you will get a tangy mixture quite similar to buttermilk. How To Make A Buttermilk Substitute:

Gel Food Coloring. For the red cake, I used “super red”, and for the blue cake, I used “royal blue” and “navy blue”, using the Americolor brand of gel food coloring. You can use less or more of the food coloring, depending on how pale or vivid you want the color of the cake to be. To simplify the decoration for this cake, skip the blue frosting. Instead, just add extra sprinkles to the top edge of the cake! Recipe Tips COMBINE. With the mixer on low, gradually add the dry ingredients, until well combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Pour in the buttermilk and mix until combined. To celebrate the 4th of July, I decided to make Red, White and Blue Cake Pops. The cake pops are covered in a red or white candy coating and decorated with red white and blue candy coating or sprinkles. Red, White and Blue Cake Pops are a delicious fun dessert that is perfect for Memorial Day, July 4th or any patriotic celebration. These Red, White, and Blue Angel Food Cake Cupcakes are the perfect way to show your patriotism this 4th of July! Not only are they delicious, but they also look festive. Celebrate in style without any complicated recipes! More easy dessert recipes to make red, white and blueIn my mind’s eye I saw a white cake with red and blue streaks. The streaks in a poke cake are usually make of prepared jello mix before it’s chilled. I researched like a fiend and then made a poke cake that was a disastrous failure. Mix in the dry ingredients and buttermilk: In a separate bowl, sift and then whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt so that it’s well-combined. With a wooden spoon or spatula, gradually fold in the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, alternating adding the flour with adding buttermilk, until just barely combined. Do not overmix the batter. Baker’s Note: I highly recommend substituting vegetable shortening for half of the butter, for a whiter color to your buttercream, otherwise it will have a yellowish hue. You can also add a few drops of “bright white” gel food coloring to whiten the color. Prepare to Bake a Layer Cake: Preheat the oven and grease three9-inch panswith shortening or butter and dust with flour. You can also add parchment paper circles to the pans first to make the cakes super easy to remove later. Set the pans aside. Valentine's Day – Make it with red Jello and cover with pink whipped cream and Valentine sprinkles.

Is your freezer full?Instead of setting the crumb coat in the freezer, put the cake in the fridge for 40 minutes instead. This will also create a 2-inch band around the perimeter of the cake. Cut that band into 1-inch sections (wedding-size pieces) or 1½ inch sections (party-size pieces). Fun 4th of July Cake Colors –It’s not hard to make a red, white, and blue cake. Simply use food coloring to turn the cake layers into different colors!

I could think of about 6 different desserts I’d love to have at a BBQ, but cake is right up there on top. Imagine the looks on your friend’s faces when you slice into this cake to see three different colored layers of cake with the most beautiful frosting on top. Red, White and Blue Cake Pops are the perfect patriotic dessert treat for Memorial Day and July 4th.

Frosting Cake –Frost the entire cake with the frosting. We recommend making sure the outside of the cake is frosted. Prepare the Vanilla Buttercream as instructed. Use 1/2 the recipe for a 6-inch cake or the full recipe for an 8-inch cake. For every 1 cup of buttermilk, combine 1 cup milk with 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar. For this recipe, you would need 3/4 cup milk and 3/4 tablespoon (eyeball it) of lemon juice or white vinegar.

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You may or may not have been following me on social media when I shared some very brief thoughts about my nephews sudden passing in a car accident on July 3rd last year. He was seventeen years old. Sugar, Cocoa butter (20% min), Whole milkpowder, Cocoa mass, Emulsifier; soyalecithin,Wheatflour, Wholemealwheatflour, Wheat gluten, Malted wheatflour, Salt, Raising agent; baking soda E500(ii), rice starch, Natural vanilla extract, Colouring; E171, E120, E100, E133, Stabiliser; Arabic gum, E460(i) & E464, Emulsifier; E472a, glazing agent, beeswax, carnuba wax, shellac Maybe you’re making the cake a day or two ahead of your party, and need to store it safely, or maybe you need to store leftovers after the party’s over. Either way, here are the best tips for easy storage! Decorated and Uncut Once the cake has cooled, top with all that delicious buttercream. Using an offset spatula helps spread it evenly.