Name: 4th of July Flag Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 1/4 cup flour; 3/4 cup butter; 6 tablespoons powdered sugar; 1 cup powdered sugar; 8 ounces cream cheese; 8 ounces Cool Whip; fresh blueberries; fresh sliced strawberry; sugar, for strawberry (optional)

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4th of July Flag Cake created by cbasser

This is a light and delicious dessert for the 4th of July. My husband's grandmother makes this every year for the family.

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ingredients

For the crust
¹⁄₄ cup flour
³⁄₄ cup butter
6 tablespoons powdered sugar
For the icing
1 cup powdered sugar
8 ounces cream cheese
8 ounces Cool Whip
For the stars and stripes
fresh blueberries
fresh sliced strawberry
sugar, for strawberry (optional)

directions

Preheat oven to 375.
Mix with a pastry blender flour, butter and powdered sugar.
Push dough evenly onto a baking sheet.
Bake about 10 minutes or until golden brown.
Mix powdered sugar, softened cream cheese and cool whip with a hand mixer until creamy and well blended.
Spread mixture over crust after it has cooled. Reserve a small amount for "stars.".
Finish with arranging blueberries and strawberries into American Flag. 7 red strips and 6 white.
Pipe reserved icing as stars over blueberries.

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review by natchilds16

6/3/2017

amazing cake making it for 4 th of july

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photo by cbasser

7/7/2009

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creation by cbasser

7/7/2009

This is a light and delicious dessert for the 4th of July. My husband's grandmother makes this every year for the family.