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Recipe: 1776 Flag Cake
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1776 Flag Cake
Serves 16
2 cups flour
1 2/3 cups sugar
1 1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. baking powder
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 1/3 cups water
1 cup mayonnaise
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 (16 oz.) can white frosting
Turn oven on to 350°.
Place flour, sugar, baking soda and baking powder in the baking pan. Sift
cocoa powder into pan and stir all together with a rubber scraper.
Add water, mayonnaise, eggs and vanilla to the pan, scraping measuring cup
well with a rubber scraper. Mix well with a fork until all the flour is
moistened and the batter is smooth. Scrape bottom and sides of pan well with
a rubber scraper.
Bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes
out clean. Let cake cool completely in the pan on a wire rack.
Place 1/2 cup of the frosting in a small bowl. Stir the food color into the
frosting with a metal spoon, a few drops at a time, until it is the color
you want. With a metal spatula, spread it neatly in the upper left corner of
the cake to make a 4 1/2 -inch square.
Arrange marshmallows in a circle on the blue frosting to make stars.
Neatly frost the rest of the cake top with white frosting. Arrange candy in
seven even rows to make red stripes.
Serves 16
2 cups flour
1 2/3 cups sugar
1 1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. baking powder
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 1/3 cups water
1 cup mayonnaise
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 (16 oz.) can white frosting
Turn oven on to 350°.
Place flour, sugar, baking soda and baking powder in the baking pan. Sift
cocoa powder into pan and stir all together with a rubber scraper.
Add water, mayonnaise, eggs and vanilla to the pan, scraping measuring cup
well with a rubber scraper. Mix well with a fork until all the flour is
moistened and the batter is smooth. Scrape bottom and sides of pan well with
a rubber scraper.
Bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes
out clean. Let cake cool completely in the pan on a wire rack.
Place 1/2 cup of the frosting in a small bowl. Stir the food color into the
frosting with a metal spoon, a few drops at a time, until it is the color
you want. With a metal spatula, spread it neatly in the upper left corner of
the cake to make a 4 1/2 -inch square.
Arrange marshmallows in a circle on the blue frosting to make stars.
Neatly frost the rest of the cake top with white frosting. Arrange candy in
seven even rows to make red stripes.
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