4th of July Cake
Use this step by step tutorial to make a beautiful 4th of July cake. All decorations are done with fondant and inspired by red, white and blue colors.
Servings: 20 People
Calories: 760kcal
Ingredients
- 3 Red velvet cake Bottom tier dimensions: 1 set of 8x3. Top tier dimensions: 2 sets of 6x3
- 6 cups Cream cheese frosting Double this recipe
- 5 cups Marshmallow fondant Red, white and blue colors
Instructions
- Bake cakes and allow them to cool completely.
- While cakes are baking and cooling, prepare frosting too.
- Trim domes of the cakes, if necessary so that they are flat.
- Place the large 8x3 cake on a serving dish.
- Use a spatula to ice the entire cake in frosting.
- Roll out red fondant and spread it over the cake.
- Trim edges around the base of the cake with a sharp knife or pizza cutter.
- Stick 4 dowels on bubble tea straws in the center of the cake. Keep aside.
- To make the top tier, place one 6x3 cake on a cake board (same size as the cake).
- Use a spatula to ice the top in frosting,
- Place the other 6x3 cake on top and press gently to secure both cakes tightly.
- Ice the entire cake in frosting.
- Roll out white fondant and spread it over the cake.
- Trim edges around the base of the cake with a sharp knife or pizza cutter.
- Place this cake on top of the other prepared 8x3 cake.
- Roll out a blue and white strip of fondant and stick that around the center of the bottom tier with some water.
- Roll out very thin blue fondant stems and branches and stick that on the top tier. Use very little water to stick, if necessary.
- Make easy fondant flowers: Roll out red fondant. Use a small 1 inch petal flower cutter to cut out many little flowers. Place your flowers on a clean sponge. Use the veining tool to press the center of each flower until it leaves a tiny dent in the middle. Roll out blue fondant balls and stick them in the middle dents with little water.
- Stick these flowers on the blue branches of the prepared cake with water.
- Scatter some flowers along the second tier of the cake too. Enjoy
Notes
- Read all my tips above.
- Leftovers can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 3 days but the fondant decorations will become sticky.
Nutrition
Calories: 760kcal | Carbohydrates: 131g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Sodium: 744mg | Potassium: 250mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 100g | Vitamin A: 2IU | Calcium: 101mg | Iron: 3mg