RED WHITE AND BLUE CAKE  

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INGREDIENTS:  

You will need the cake ingredients, frosting ingredients,  
two pints of strawberries de-stemmed and cut into halves,  
and one pint of blueberries washed and drained on a paper  
towell.  

CAKE INGREDIENTS:  
2 1/4 cups cake flour  
1 1/2 cups white sugar  
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder  
1 teaspoon salt  
1/2 cup shortening  
1 cup milk  
1 teaspoon vanilla extract  
4 egg whites (1/2 cup)  
  
DIRECTIONS:  
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9x13 baking  
pan. In a large bowl, Measure flour, sugar, baking powder,  
salt, shortening, 2/3 cup of milk and the vanilla into a  
large mixing bowl. Beat 2 minutes on high speed, scraping  
bowl occasionally. Add remaining milk and the egg whites;  
beat 2 minutes high speed scraping bowl occasionally. Pour  
batter into pan, Bake for 35 to 40 minutes until a toothpick  
inserted into the cake comes out clean.  

FROSTING INGREDIENTS:  
1 cup white sugar  
1/3 cup water  
1 tablespoon light corn syrup  
1/8 teaspoon salt  
2 egg whites  
1 teaspoon vanilla extract  
confectioners' sugar, if required  

DIRECTIONS:  
Combine sugar, water, corn syrup, and salt in a saucepan;  
stir until well blended. Boil slowly without stirring until  
mixture will spin a long thread when a little is dropped  
from a spoon (hold the spoon high above saucepan). In a  
large bowl, beat egg whites with a mixer until they are  
stiff, but still moist. Pour hot syrup slowly over egg  
whites while beating. Continue until mixture is very fluffy,  
and will hold its shape. Add vanilla, and beat until blended.  
If icing does not seem stiff enough, beat in 2 or 3 tablespoons  
confectioners sugar 1 tablespoon at a time until stiff enough  
to hold its shape. Spread on cake.  

DECORATING:  
Spread the icing generously over the completely cooled cake.  
In the top left hand corner of the frosted cake, arrange the  
blueberries into an outline of a rectangle that is 5 inches  
wide and 4 inches tall. Press the berries down into the  
frosting. Fill the blueberry outline in with the remaining  
blueberries. The blueberries will look best if placed in rows,  
the icing between them will resemble stars. Place strawberry  
halves cut side down in rows going across the cake horizontally.  
The bottom stripe of the flag is red, so start the first row  
at the bottom. Be sure to press the berries down into the  
frosting so the stripes will not be raised above the fluffy  
frosting. Serve any leftover berries with the sliced cake and  
ice cream.  

Categories: Desserts, Holiday