DIY Patriotic Red, White and Blue Cake (How To Tie-Dye A Cake!)

The Fourth of July is just around the corner! So if you are looking for Patriotic themed desserts, then you have found a perfect treat!

You see, when it comes to holidays and celebrations, many want to have fun and festive food. But often, this is the most expensive part of many gatherings – especially if you are paying someone to make a festive treat. Well, one way we save loads of money is by making the treats ourselves! In addition, we can change up ingredients to meet health, diet and allergy restrictions.

With that, we are going to share the original recipe for a Patriotic Party Cake that has a colorful surprise by showing you how to make tie dyed cake.  This tie-dye cake are the patriotic colors of course – a Red, White and Blue tie-dye cake!

Here’s the Ingredients For Patriotic, Red, White and Blue Tie-dyed Cake:

• 1/2 C unsalted butter, room temp
• 2 egg whites
• 2 eggs
• 2 C flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 baking soda
• 3/4 C buttermilk
• 1 1/2 C sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• Red and Blue gel food coloring

Now we mentioned that not only does making your own save you loads of money, but you can control allergies and diet needs. As a couple of hints, you can use a sugar substitute for the sugar. We prefer natural alternatives like powered Stevia for baking that you use cup for cup for the sugar!

To make this gluten-free – simply follow the directions below and replace all flours with the BEST EVER Gluten-Free Flour! It’s just that simple.  We often find that this gluten-free flour recipe makes fluffier dishes than the real stuff. It took us a long time to find the perfect gluten-free flour.

How To Make Patriotic, Red, White and Blue Tie-dyed Cake:

-Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
-Spray the bundt cake pan with Pam spray.
-Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl.
-Beat butter on high for 30 seconds.
-Add sugar and  vanilla extract to the butter until well combined.
-Add egg whites, one at a time, mixing after each.
-Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each.
-Add 1/3 C  flour mixture to the wet mixture followed by adding   1/3  C of the buttermilk; add 1/3 C flour mixture again then add 1/3 C  buttermilk mix on low speed, add 1/3 C of flour and add the rest of 1/3 C of buttermilk mix in low speed until  thoroughly blended.
-Divide the batter into three bowls…. add red gel food coloring to one…. add blue gel food coloring to the second and the third remains white.  Stir well.

-Begin by spooning in some of the red batter then the blue… then white in the pan. Spoon in no particular order. Just alternate the different colored batter until all of the batter has been spooned into the cake pan.
-With all of the batter in the pan…. just shake the cake pan with the batter.
-Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

-Leave the cake in the pan until cooled then transfer to a wire rack.
-Leave on the wire rack until fully cooled.

How to Make the Creamy DIY Royal Icing

Ingredients for Homemade Icing:

-2 egg whites
-1 C powder sugar
-1/2 tsp cream of tarter
-Add 1/4 C powder sugar until stiff peak form
-Red & Blue gel food coloring

Directions for Homemade Icing and Icing Tie-Dyed Cake:

-Mix eggs, cream of tartar, almond extract, and powder sugar on medium speed for 4 minutes.
-Divide into three bowls.
-Add red gel food coloring to bowl #1… stir to blend well.
-Add blue gel food coloring to bowl #2…stir to blend well.
-Bowl #3 remains white.
-Fill in a small pastry bag with a small frosting tip with the red food coloring.
-Squeeze the pastry bag to push the red icing to the tip and cris/ cross on the top of the bundt cake down to the sides.
-Wash the pastry bag and refill with the white icing….repeat the above instructions.
-Wash the pastry bag and refill with the blue icing… Squeeze the pastry bag to push the blue icing to the tip and cris/cross on the top of the bundt cake down to the sides.

-Place on a serving platter.

Isn’t this cake just so pretty? It’s affordable, yet festive and super yummy and fun to eat too. 🙂 Feel free to “pin” your favorite images so you can remember to make this cake for your future gathering!

Here’s a printable recipe to make it easy to follow the directions and keep on hand. Just click on the “print” button below.

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