Layered Flag Cake

The stars and stripes come through with flying colors on this easy-to-make 5-layer patriotic cake! The Wilton Easy Layers! Cake Pan Set is the secret to making a great-looking layer cake you can just stack and decorate to show off the red, white and blue.

AmountServes 12

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Instructions

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Tint Icing Colors
Use Color Right base colors and QuickCount? color formula to tint icing in the following shade:
Autumn Red (formula 187): 2 cups icing + 40 C
Reserve 3 cups white icing
Make layered cake:
Prepare batter. Divide batter into pans in set. Bake \tand cool according to pan directions.
Assemble layers:
Tint icing following color formula above. Reserve \tremaining white icing. Use spatula and red icing to fill and stack layers.
Ice cake:
Fill one disposable decorating bag with red icing and one with white icing. Cut about 1 ½ in. from tip of decorating bags. Pipe alternating bands of red and white icing to cover side of each layer; smooth with spatula. Ice cake top smooth with white icing. Use tip of \tspatula to add texture lines in icing.
Make fondant star:
Use 9 in. fondant roller with purple guide rings to roll \tout blue fondant 1/8 in. thick. Use second largest (4 in.) star cutter to cut \tshape. Attach star to center of cake side. Use tip 1, a cut disposable \tdecorating bag and white icing to pipe stars on blue star.