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
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!
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
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
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
This Fourth of July Flag Cake is the cake I made for our fourth of July BBQ. It is 2 round layers covered in fondant I used cookie cutters for the stars and cut red and white strips for flag then rolled them together before draping on cake. It was a fairly easy cake and … Read more
This cake takes some time to make, so be patient. I first purchased the staggered tier cake stand from Wilton. The first day I took Wilton fondant (white) and colored the fondant green and rolled it out to make the grass. Then I carefully placed it over the bottom of the stand (prior to putting … Read more
This is an American Flag cake that I made for an ROTC event for my daughter, Jessica. The cake has exactly 50 stars and 13 strips beginning and ending with red.
I made this Rocket/Patriotic Cake for a friend who wanted to serve this cake right before a big fireworks show. Being a guy, he wanted something with a huge “wow” factor so a rocket was suggested. This cake was the largest cake I’ve ever made. Each tier was two layers–10″, 8″ and 6″. The cake … Read more
I bake a 9″ x 13″ cake and cut it to make the Uncle Sam Hat cake. There was some cutting and pasting involved. Then I used the star tip to decorate it in red, white and blue and star tipped the stars.
I was asked to do a patriotic birthday cake for a person having her 75th birthday, which happens to be on the 4th of July. The plate takes away from the cake a bit, but I think it was still cute. We made the cake in a star cake pan. We frosted it with white … Read more
I got this idea for a 4th of July Cake from a blog. I decided to give it a try for a BBQ with friends. I must say at first it looked really hard and did not think I could make but let me reassure you it is quite easy. I wish I could say … Read more