Coolest Red, White and Blue 4th Of July Cake

Homemade 4th Of July Cake

I made this 4th Of July Cake using 14″ & 10″ round cake pans, 3 balloon weights which I bought at the dollar store and took them apart and used most of the material, a dozen star picks(purchased at a cake supply store), homemade fondant(which I tinted red, white, and blue), and an under layer … Read more

Coolest Homemade Stars and Stripes Patriotic Cakes 1

I made this for my July 4th party we had. It was a huge hit! I used buttercream frosting and chocolate cake. I used clear vanilla so my white would be a true white. My red was a Christmas red from Wilton. I got this idea for Patriotic cakes from Peggy Weaver. She explains it … Read more

Coolest Homemade Map-Shaped Special Occasion Cake Photos 1

I made this special occasion cake for the bicentennial of St. John the Baptist parish in Louisiana. I baked four cakes and cut out the shape of Louisiana. Its just a basic white cake, the layers have white icing in the middle and the icing is fondant with butter cream under it. Then I used … Read more

Coolest Star Shaped 4th Of July Cake

Homemade 4th Of July Cake

This 4th Of July Cake was fun! I made this cake for a friend’s 4th of July party. I used a Wilton star cake pan. The cake is covered in fondant (tinted in royal blue). I used a star cookie cutter and cut blue stars out of the cake which I replaced with white stars … Read more

Coolest Homemade Stars and Stripes Patriotic Cakes 2

I used a six inch round cake on the top and an eight inch round cake on the bottom. I colored the fondant red and blue. I painted the blue with royal blue luster dust. I used wooden skewers dyed with blue water. The stars were just little foam stars.I have never made patriotic cakes … Read more

Coolest 2 Tiered 4th Of July Cake

Homemade 4th Of July Cake

I made this 4th Of July Cake for my sister’s 30th birthday. It’s 2 tiers with homemade buttercream frosting. And I made the stars and strips out of marshmallow fondant. It was the hit of the party!

Coolest Homemade Stars and Stripes Patriotic Cakes 3

I made this cake using my Wilton Star shaped cake pan. It took just one cake mix. I made homemade butter cream icing and tinted some of it red and blue. For cake decorations I had clowns, who were made from icing-tip 21 ( Wilton ); and the heads are plastic stick-ons. The inside of … Read more

Coolest Patriotic Cupcake Cake

Homemade Patriotic Cupcake Cake

For Memorial weekend, we had a last minute get together. I decided to make some kind of a Patriotic Cupcake Cake using my giant cupcake pan. I made that cake a carrot cake. For the bottom, I used white icing and cut red stripes from sugar paper. Knowing that children would not like the carrot … Read more

Coolest Flag Birthday Cake

Homemade Flag Birthday Cake

I made this Confederate Flag cake for my sister-in-law Shawna’s 38th birthday. This was the second cake I had ever made but I must say now I am hooked! She personally requested this theme cake but, let me make it quite clear, we are not in the least racist. I started with a normal chocolate … Read more

Coolest Homemade Stars and Stripes Patriotic Cakes 4

This cake was made from three complete white cake mixes to form three layers, two of which I added red or blue food coloring and one was left white to give the inside a red, white, and blue effect. I got the idea from a magazine cover with patriotic cakes, published during my husbands deployment … Read more

Coolest Patriotic Cupcakes

Coolest Cupcake Recipes, Photos and How-To Tips

Bake per box instructions.  (I used white cake mix and stirred in four tablespoons of red/white/blue decorating sprinkles as cup cake decorations.)  Make butter cream icing and tint 1/3 royal blue/, 1/3 white, and 1/3 red. Using decorator # 33, pull out blue “fireworks” around outside edge.  Then do a circle of white.  Finish with … Read more