Fourth of July Flag Cake and Tutorial
"One recipe will yield a 5-layer cake with 5 red and white stripes. To make a cake with all 13 stripes of the flag, allot one recipe for each color for a total of 3 recipes...."
INGREDIENTS
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Single cake recipe for 7 blue layers
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Single cake recipe for 7 red layers
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Single cake recipe for 7 white layers
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Double recipe Vanilla Buttercream
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Apricot jam for filling or any kind of clear jam
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Single cake recipe. Batter will be divided by 8 for 3 blue layers, 3 red layers and 2 white layers.
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Single recipe for Vanilla Buttercream
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Apricot jam for filling or any kind of clear jam
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3 cups cake flour
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2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
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½ teaspoon salt
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1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
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2 ¼ cups sugar
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2 eggs and 1 egg white
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¾ cup evaporated milk
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½ cup skim milk
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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Red and blue food color
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1 cup vegetable shortening (I used Spectrum)
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½ teaspoon salt
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8 cups powdered sugar
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10 - 12 tablespoons skim milk
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2 teaspoons vanilla
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