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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 servings 55g

Recipe makes 16 servings)

Calories 218
Calories from Fat 154 (70%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 17.2g 26%
Saturated Fat 11.7g 58%
Monounsaturated Fat 3.9g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.6g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 38mg 12%
Sodium 106mg 4%
Potassium 24mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 15.6g 5%
Dietary Fiber 0.1g 0%
Sugars 13.6g
Protein 1.5g 3%

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4th of July Flag Cake

Recipe #380561 | 30 min | 20 min prep | add private note

By: cbasser
Jul 7, 2009

This is a light and delicious dessert for the 4th of July. My husband's grandmother makes this every year for the family.

16 servings (change servings and units)

Ingredients

For the crust

For the icing

For the stars and stripes

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 375.
  2. 2
    Mix with a pastry blender flour, butter and powdered sugar.
  3. 3
    Push dough evenly onto a baking sheet.
  4. 4
    Bake about 10 minutes or until golden brown.
  5. 5
    Mix powdered sugar, softened cream cheese and cool whip with a hand mixer until creamy and well blended.
  6. 6
    Spread mixture over crust after it has cooled. Reserve a small amount for "stars.".
  7. 7
    Finish with arranging blueberries and strawberries into American Flag. 7 red strips and 6 white.
  8. 8
    Pipe reserved icing as stars over blueberries.

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