Patriotic Food Fun

Crazy Pre 1950 Flag Cake

Crazy Cake:
3 C. flour
2 C. sugar
2 tsp. baking soda
1/3 C. cocoa
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vinegar
3/4 C. veg oil
1 tsp. vanilla
2 C. water

9" X 13" cake pan - sift dry ingredients directly into pan. Make three wells into the flour mixture. In the first well put teaspoon vinegar, second well add veg oil, last well add vanilla. Pour water over whole thing and stir with a fork. DO NOT beat, there will still be small lumps that will cook out.
Bake 30-40 mins at 350 degrees F. until toothpick comes out clean at center.

Frosting:
1 8oz. brick cream cheese, softened
1 8oz. tub cool whip
1 C. sugar

Cream the cheese and sugar together with hand mixer until smooth. Beat in defrosted cool whip. Chill. Take 1/4 of this frosting and spread atop cake for smooth surface. Add sliced strawberries and blueberries in flag pattern. Using 9" pastry bag and small star tip, pipe stars between blueberries. Using larger star tip to pipe white stripes after layering in sliced strawberries.



**I had no idea I was going to get exactly 48 stars on here. I wasn't planning any particular number and just happen to count them - but aesthetically it seemed to work out!