4th of July Flag Cake

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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Recipe 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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READY IN: 30mins

YIELD: 16

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

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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