10 Recipes For 4th of July Food In Red, White & Blue

American Flag Tier Cake

Ingredients: - Red Velvet Cake: 1 (8 inch) and 1 (6 inch) tier - White Cake: 1 (8 inch) tier - Blue Velvet Cake: 1 (8 inch) tier Instructions: - Torte (cut in half lengthwise) all of these cakes EXCEPT the blue velvet cake, so 3 tiers total. - Cut out a 4 inch circle as a guide, place it on one of the 6 inch red velvet cake layers, and cut the cake down to a 4 inch circle. Follow this step for one of the white cake layers. - Follow step 2 for the blue velvet cake tier (remember you did not torte this tier) except instead of pulling away the outer ring, you will pull out the middle circle so it is a hollow ring. - At this point you should have: 2 (8 inch) and 1 (4 inch) red velvet cake layers, 1 (8 inch) and 1 (4 inch) white cake layers, and 1 hollow (8 inch) blue velvet cake layer that is twice the thickness of the other layers. - Place an 8 inch red velvet layer on your plate. Frost the top of the layer, place an 8 inch white cake layer on top, frost that, place a red velvet layer on top of that and frost the top. - Place the blue cake layer on top of the cake. Then frost the 4 inch white cake layer and lower it into the middle of the blue velvet layer. - Lower the 4 inch red velvet layer onto the top of the white layer in the blue velvet circle. - Crumb coat the cake. Recipe via [Photo via]