June 30, 2006
Play with your food!
Wave Your Flag Cake
Recipe taken from Kraft Foods.
Notes
Since this was a treat for the office 4th-of-July Pot Luck, I did all prep work (slicing) and pre-arranged the strawberries and blueberries in the flag pattern on a cutting mat. Then I assembled the cake with jello and chilled overnight, with the "flag" covered with saran wrap.
Before leaving for work, I spread Lite Cool Whip over the cake and moved the strawberries & blueberries onto the cake. I should've taken into consideration that I'd be layering and made a somewhat even spreading surface when pouring the Jello mix over the slices of Sara Lee pound cake. I didn't think to do that, so the assembly bit was bumpy; either that or I needed a thicker layer of whipped topping.
Since Jello & Cool Whip is involved in the recipe, I was worried about melting factor and chilled the cake for another hour right when I got into work. After serving, I reserved the remaining portion of the cake in the fridge, with a note to co-workers to help themselves to more.
Everyone referred to the cake as the "Wave Your Flag Cake."
Posted by Annie at June 30, 2006 08:09 PM