Fireworks Cake: A Red White and Blue Dessert

I'm all about easy recipes that will feed a crowd…especially for the holidays! This Fireworks Cake is a super fun red, white, and blue dessert!

Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer and the unofficial start of all the red, white, and blue holidays. If you need the perfect dessert that works for any patriotic holiday, you'll love this Fireworks Cake!

I love holidays. We use every excuse we can to get together as a family! And since we have a big family, our family get-togethers require a whole lotta food!

I try to make things that are as easy as possible. And this red white and blue dessert is super easy to make! And while I stick to keto recipes for myself, my family likes me to make non-keto recipes too!

Red White & Blue Cake Ingredients:

• Red velvet cake mix {I used Duncan Hines this time}
• 1 C water
• 1/3 C Canola Oil
• 3 large eggs

Frosting Ingredients

• ½ C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
• 2 C powdered sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3-5 tbsp heavy whipping cream
• Red and Blue gel food coloring
• 1 large piping bag with star tip
• Patriotic Sprinkles

How To Make A Fun Red, White, and Blue Dessert

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease a 9×13 cake pan.

Using an electric mixer, mix the cake mix, water, eggs and
oil until combined. Since I usually cook for a huge crowd and double my recipe, I typically use a stand mixer.

Pour batter into the prepared pan and bake for 24-30 minutes. You'll know it's done when a toothpick comes out clean.

Once cake is baked, set aside to cool completely.

Using a stand mixer or hand mixer, beat together the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, and heavy whipping cream until combined. Then continue beating on high til the frosting forms smooth, stiff peaks.

Scoop ½ cup of frosting into two separate bowls.

Mix a few drops of red gel into one bowl and a few drops of blue gel into the second bowl.

Using remaining white frosting, spread evenly onto the cooled cake.

Scoop the red frosting into one side of the piping bag and scoop the
blue frosting into the other side of the piping bag.

Pipe dollops of the red and blue frosting combo on top of the white frosting.

Sprinkle patriotic sprinkles on top of the cake!

Enjoy!

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Originally published July 1, 2020.