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Hidden Flag cake

I wanted to make a cake for Memorial Day that was a little different, so I came up with the hidden flag cake! I'm sure others have done it before me, but I've never had one or seen one. The cake is vanilla cake colored blue and red torted into thin layers. The white stripes are buttercream. I really wasn't spending a lot of time on the outer decoration since the inside was the focus of the cake. Everyone was surprised for sure! Will I make it again? Not likely! It was sooooooooo sweet! If I do make it again, I'll make sure to count my stripes!

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Rose_N_Crantz 6/9/10 at 4:09pm

WHOAAAAA! that is so cool! Love it! :USA:

karabeal 6/9/10 at 4:13pm

This is really innovative and fun. I love it!

dabear 6/9/10 at 4:16pm

That is one awesome cake!

blue123 6/9/10 at 4:19pm

This is so cool! How did you do the middle blue part with the stripes beside it?

Butterfly325 6/9/10 at 4:36pm

Aw! Super cute!

grams 6/9/10 at 4:39pm

What a clever idea. Nicely done.

themaytrix 6/9/10 at 4:39pm

You need to divide the cake into thirds, roughly. I actually weighed it out, which shows the really Type A side of me! You can bake it in three pans, or you can use one tall and one regular pan. Either way, color two thirds red and one third blue and bake. Then torte the red layer(s). Cut the blue to the size you want (a little more than half the radius of the cake is what I used) and cut the same size out of 4 of the torted layers of red. Then switch the layers. The extra is a snack! :wink:

hunnybee32 6/9/10 at 5:59pm

FANTASTIC!

shelly73 6/9/10 at 6:22pm

Makes me proud to be an American!!!! I love the idea of a surprise when you cut into a cake!

JGMB 6/9/10 at 7:19pm

How cool! :USA:

scruffyandstuff 6/9/10 at 7:42pm

Very Interesting Idea!! :roll:

cas17 6/9/10 at 8:05pm

you must have an agbay :)

themaytrix 6/9/10 at 8:29pm

Thanks to everyone! No, I don't have an agbay. I actually had to look it up on google, since I've never heard of it! What a great tool! I just used my cheap Wilton cake leveler!

Mems-edible-creations 6/9/10 at 8:30pm

can you give directions on how to make it.. i've never seen anything like it before that is awesome and amazing i'd love to learn it from you if you can teach it to me!!!

JohnnyCakes1966 6/9/10 at 8:59pm

Very creative. The cake itself looks so moist. Would you share the recipe you used?

bbmom 6/9/10 at 9:05pm

That is so cool! You did a great job :D