Celebrate Canada Day with a flag cake! Vanilla sheet cake with a whipped cream cheese frosting, decorated with strawberries to make the Canada Flag. This will feed a crowd! Serve with extra sliced strawberries if desired.
Provided by WestCoastMom
Categories Desserts Cakes White Cake Recipes
Time 1h35m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 11X17-inch baking pan with 1-inch high sides.
- Beat 1 1/2 cups sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat one egg at a time into the butter mixture; beat in sour cream and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract.
- Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. With mixer at low speed, add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with milk just until combined. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl and finish mixing with a rubber spatula. Pour batter into prepared pan; spread to corners of pan and smooth top with a spatula.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Cool cake completely, about 30 minutes. To remove cake from pan, run a paring knife between cake and pan. Cover cake pan with plate or cooling rack; invert to transfer cake onto plate.
- Beat cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract together in a bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Reduce mixer speed to low; slowly pour in cream. Once cream is incorporated, turn mixer speed to medium-high; beat until stiff peaks form, about 2 minutes.
- Spread cream cheese mixture evenly over top and sides of cake, smoothing the top. Place 2 to 3 rows of overlapping strawberry slices parallel to short sides of cake for the two red stripes of the Canada flag. Trace out a maple leaf shape in center of cake with a toothpick; use points of strawberry slices to create points of maple leaf. Cut a strip of strawberry for the leaf stem; fill in the area of the maple leaf with sliced strawberries. Refrigerate cake until ready to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 311.2 calories, Carbohydrate 29.4 g, Cholesterol 83.9 mg, Fat 20.3 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 3.9 g, SaturatedFat 12.4 g, Sodium 205.1 mg, Sugar 18 g
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Cole Rieck
[email protected]This cake is a work of art! It's almost too pretty to eat.
Terrost
[email protected]I've made this cake several times and it's always a hit. It's a great way to show your Canadian pride.
Kgotso Venom
[email protected]This cake is perfect for any Canadian celebration! It's delicious and festive.
Robin Rittner
[email protected]This cake was a bit too complicated for me. I think I would try a simpler recipe next time.
Akash Arshad
[email protected]The frosting was too sweet for me. I would probably use less sugar next time.
Fasly Ahamed
[email protected]This cake was a bit dry for my taste. I think I would add some extra milk or butter next time.
Md Arafat alli
[email protected]I'm not a fan of the maple flavor, but this cake was still really good. The frosting is amazing.
Ivette Bayona
[email protected]This cake is a bit time-consuming to make, but it's definitely worth it. It's so delicious!
Mohau Ramoshaba
[email protected]My kids loved this cake! They thought it was so much fun to eat.
Innocent Msambi
[email protected]I'm not a big baker, but this cake was so easy to make. I'm so glad I tried it.
Nynyet Ynyet
[email protected]This cake is so festive and perfect for Canada Day! I love the way the red and white frosting looks.
Sumana Lawaju
[email protected]I made this cake for my Canadian friend's birthday and she loved it! The cake was moist and fluffy, and the frosting was delicious. I would definitely recommend this recipe.
Phillip Hughes
[email protected]This Canadian Flag Cake was a huge hit at my Canada Day party! It was so easy to make and everyone loved it. I will definitely be making this again next year.