EatingWell: A patriotic pastry for your summer celebration
Though this stunning red, white and blue American flag cake screams "Fourth of July cake," it's such a good dessert you'll want to make it for any summer party.
We made this flag cake recipe healthy, with less saturated fat and calories than traditional versions, by replacing some butter in the yellow sheet cake with oil. Plus, for the cream cheese frosting, we used reduced-fat cream cheese and low-fat Greek yogurt instead of full-fat cream cheese and butter. And for decorations we used fresh blueberries, strawberries and raspberries dusted with confectioners' sugar instead of loads of piped-on frosting.
Flag Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Serves 20
Active Time: 1 1/4 hours
Total Time: 3 hours
For the cake:
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
1/3 cup canola oil
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
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