Retro Red White and Blue Explosion Cake
Rock out this 4th of July with this festive, Retro Red White and Blue Explosion Cake!! The vibrant colors literally explode with the red, white and blue tie dye effect, marbled in a light and fluffy vanilla white cake easily by using your favorite cake box mix! It's topped with a super creamy, vanilla buttercream frosting and pretty patriotic sprinkles and stars.
Servings: 12 Servings
Calories:
Ingredients
Red White & Blue Cake
- 1 box vanilla cake required for a 9 x 13 pan, using egg white version on box
- red gel paste
- blue gel paste
Vanilla Frosting
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons almond milk or milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Sprinkles
- Red white and blue sprinkles
Instructions
Retro Red White and Blue Cake
- Make vanilla cake according to box instructions, then evenly divide your cake batter into 2 other small bowls, keeping the vanilla in the original bowl you mixed it in.
- Use red gel paste in one bowl and blue gel paste in the other bowl and mix until color desired.
- Pour the white cake batter into a 9 x 13 cake pan, sprayed with non-stick spray.
- Then add the blue or the red by pouring on top, then swirl with a knife a few swirls, but not a lot, or you'll get other colors and it won't be red, white and blue.
- Bake cake until done and let cool.
- Once cake has cooled, make the frosting.
Vanilla Frosting
- Cream butter for a couple of minutes and then add in the powdered sugar, milk, vanilla, salt until smooth and creamy.
- Frost cake and sprinkle some sprinkles on top and serve.