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- By The Click Americana Team
- Added or last updatedMay 29, 2021
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Red, white and blue flag cakes are always fun to have for patriotic holidays, and this festive stars and stripes dessert has one of the simplest recipes around!
There’s no baking needed, because you use slices of store-bought pound cake, along with whipped topping (or whipped cream, if you prefer), and lots of delicious bright and colorful strawberries and blueberries.
Flag cakes, or Stars & Stripes cakes, are easy to put together, fun to eat, and make for great photos. Here are two retro recipes for these cakes — really how-to guides — from the 1990s!
Flag cakes: They’ll all want seconds on the Fourth!
They’ll all want seconds on the Fourth of July when you serve this festive and patriotic flag-design Stars & Stripes dessert! It’s also perfect for the Memorial Day and Labor Day holidays.
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Stars & stripes dessert recipe, with pound cake, berries & whipped topping
Flag cake with berry stars & stripes
Yield: 15 servings
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Red, white and blue flag cakes are always fun to have for patriotic holidays, and this stars and stripes dessert - covered with bright berries - has one of the simplest recipes around!
Ingredients
- 2 pints strawberries
- 12 ounce pound cake loaf, cut into 8-12 slices
- 1-1/3 cups blueberries
- 12 ounces whipped topping, thawed
Instructions
- Slice 1 cup of strawberries: halve remaining strawberries. Set aside.
- Line bottom of 12- x 8-inch glass baking dish with cake slices.
- Top with 1 cup of sliced strawberries, 1 cup blueberries and whipped topping.
- Arrange strawberry halves and remaining blueberries over the whipped topping to create a flag design (as shown).
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 15Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 184Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 15mgSodium: 92mgCarbohydrates: 25gFiber: 2gSugar: 18gProtein: 2g
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- Categories: Vintage advertisem*nts, Vintage dessert recipes, Vintage Fourth of July, Vintage Labor Day, Vintage Memorial Day, Vintage Veteran's Day
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- Added or last updatedMay 29, 2021
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