United States − Flag Cake
Ingredients
- 1 each - 9X13 inch white cake
- 2 pint strawberries
- 1 pint bluberries
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 tbsp light corn syrup
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 2 each egg whites
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 tbsp confectioners' sugar
Instructions
- 1
Combine sugar, water, corn syrup, and salt in a saucepan; stir until well blended.
- 2
Boil slowly without stirring until mixture will spin a long thread when a little is dropped from a spoon (hold the spoon high above saucepan), or reaches 238F - 242F.
- 3
In a large bowl, beat egg whites with a mixer until they are stiff, but still moist.
- 4
Pour hot syrup slowly over egg whites while beating.
- 5
Continue until mixture is very fluffy, and will hold its shape.
- 6
Add vanilla, and beat until blended.
- 7
If icing does not seem stiff enough, beat in 2 or 3 tablespoons confectioners sugar 1 tablespoon at a time until stiff enough to hold its shape.
- 8
De-stem the strawberries and cut in half.
- 9
Spread boiled icing on cake.
- 10
In the top left hand corner of the iced cake, make a four inch tall by five inch wide rectangle with the blueberries.
- 11
Lightly press the berries into the icing.
- 12
Fill in the rectangle with remaining blueberries in rows.
- 13
The white space in between will resemble stars.
- 14
Place strawberries cut side down in rows going across horizontally.
- 15
The bottom stripe is red, so start with that row.
- 16
Be sure to press the berries lightly into the frosting.