Whether you’re ringing in the Fourth of July or want to add a patriotic touch to any party, these treats are the perfect delight. To create this decadent dessert, we topped red, white and blue cake layers with light-as-air marshmallow fluff frosting, and then adorned them with star fruit for the finishing touch. Vibrant, sweet, and delicious, red ‘n’ blue velvet cake stacks are perfect for any get-together. We can pretty much guarantee they’ll be the hit of your cookout!
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Ingredients
- 1 (15.25 oz.) pkg. white cake mix
- 3 egg whites
- ½ cup oil
- 1 tsp. cocoa powder
- Blue and red concentrated food colorings
- 1 cup butter, at room temp.
- 1 (7 oz.) jar marshmallow creme
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
- ½tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 star fruit, sliced
Instructions
PrintHeat oven to 325°F. Grease 2 (15 ¼"x10 ¼") rimmed baking sheets. Line bottom with parchment; grease. On low, beat cake mix, whites, oil, 1 cup water and cocoa, 30 sec.; on medium, beat 2 min. Divide batter among 2 bowls. Tint one blue and one red. Transfer to separate baking sheets. Bake until set in centers, 12 min. Cool.
On medium, beat butter until fluffy. On low, beat in fluff, then sugar and vanilla. On medium, beat 2 min. Transfer to pastry bag fitted with plain tip. Using 2 ½” round cutter, cut out 15 shapes from each cake. Layer cake rounds with frosting. Add star fruit.
Nutrition
- Calories: 520 kcal
- Fat: 29 gram
- Saturated Fat: 14 gram
- Protein: 3 gram
- Carbohydrate: 66 gram
- Fiber: 0 gram
- Cholesterol: 50 mg
- Sugar: 48 gram
- Sodium: 390 mg
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