Festive red white, and blue cake is a patriotic cake that's easy to make! This recipe for red white and blue cake uses boxed cake mixes & is a showstopper!
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Then, spray (3) 8-inch round cakepans well with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl using an electric mixer or whisk combine the 2 cake mixes, egg whites, oil and water until combined.
Next, evenly divide the batter between three small bowls. You can keep 1/3 of the batter in the main large bowl, that can be the "white" layer. The other two bowls are going to be the red and blue batter.
Use the red food dye in one and the blue food dye in the other. Just a few drops of each to get your desired shade will do.
Next pour the red batter into one of the prepared pans, the blue in another and the white batter in a third pan.
Proceed to put each cake pan in the preheated oven and bake for 20-25 minutes. Or until a toothpick can be inserted into the center and come out clean.
Let the cakes cool in their pans for 5 minutes before inverting them onto a cooling rack to finish cooling completely. When the cakes are completely cool it is time to make the butter cream.
HOW TO MAKE THE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING: Start by creaming the butter and powdered sugar in a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, until light and fluffy.
Then, add in the vanilla extract and stir to combine.
If you have a hard time getting your frosting fluffy, add in milk or cream, one tablespoon at a time until your desired consistency is achieved. Or if it is too runny, add a tablespoon of powder sugar at a time.
ASSEMBLE THE CAKE: Place the red layer on your cake plate and spoon a bit of the frosting in the middle and spread out.
Stack the white layer on top of the red, add frosting to the top of the white layer and repeat with the blue layer.
Once your layers are stacked finish completely frosting the cake with the buttercream.
I like to take whatever buttercream is leftover and place into a piping bag and pipe around the edges and top. I add sprinkles and maraschino cherries to decorate.
Place the cake into the fridge for at least an hour to chill and set up. Slice and serve!
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Festive red white, and blue cake is a wonderful dessert to show your patriotism during the summer holidays. This recipe for red white and blue cake is so easy to make and comes together quickly!