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Fantastic Fireworks Cake
Traditional Cakes & Pies
Prep time:
20 minutesBake time:
30 to 35 minutes“Grandma liked to celebrate July Fourth with a bang! Her easy decorating technique made sparkling bursts of color—and plenty of OOHs and AAHs from her guests.”
Ingredients
Serves 12
- 1 package (18.25 ounces) white cake mix
- Red and blue food coloring
- 1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
- 1 tube (0.68 ounce) red decorating gel
- 1 tube (0.68 ounce) blue decorating gel
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease and flour two 8-inch round cake pans. Prepare the cake mix batter according to package directions.
2
Pour 1 cup batter into each prepared pan. Drop 3 to 4 drops each of the red and blue food coloring randomly on batter. Swirl the coloring with a wooden skewer. Divide the remaining batter evenly between the pans, spooning batter gently on top of swirled colors. Drop 3 to 4 drops each of red and blue food coloring randomly on the batter again; swirl coloring with a wooden skewe
3
Bake the cakes until a toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool the cakes in the pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Remove the cakes from the pans and place on wire racks to cool completely.
4
Place one cake layer on a serving plate. Spread the top with about 3/4 cup frosting. Top with the second cake layer. Spread the side and top of the cake with the remaining frosting. Draw several sets of concentric circles on top and side of cake with the red and blue decorating gels. Drag a wooden skewer through the circles to feather the colors and make bursting fireworks designs.
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Grandma's Secret Tip
Grandma's Secret Tip
Grandma had a few tips for easily removing the cake layers from pans: She let each cake layer cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing, then checked to see if the cake would come out easily by placing one hand on top of the cake and carefully inverting the pan. If the cake came loose, terrific! If it didn’t, she would run a table knife around the edge to help loosen it, then place her hand on the top and carefully invert the pan again.
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