4th of July Bundt Cake

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The 4th of July is this weekend, and what better way to celebrate than with an easy to make pound cake dyed red, white and blue. All covered with a sweet vanilla powered sugar glaze. The pound cake only uses four ingredients and is simple and easy to make. The cake is baked in a bundt cake pan and is layered with red, white and blue cake batter. This cake is a fun dessert to make over the holiday using ingredients that you may already have on hand.

To make the pound cake, the only ingredients that you need to make it are butter, sugar, eggs and flour. Beat the butter with a mixer along with the sugar until they are light and fluffy. Add the eggs into the mixture and mix until it is smooth. Add the flour into the batter and beat until all of the flour is incorporated and the cake batter is smooth. Divide the cake batter into three bowls. Leave one bowl without any food coloring, mix red food coloring into one until it is fully red. Then mix blue food coloring into the other and mix until it is fully blue.

Layer the cake batter into a greased and floured bundt pan with red, white and blue cake layers. Bake until the center comes out clean. Let the cake cool for a few minutes in the pan, then run a spatula around the sides to release it from the pan. Turn it upside down onto a cake plate. For the vanilla glaze, mix the powdered sugar with the milk and vanilla extract until it has a smooth consistency. After the cake has cooled completely, drizzle the glaze evenly over the cake and let set.

4th of July Bundt Cake

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Ingredients

  

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 5 large eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• red food coloring
• blue food coloring

Ingredients for Vanilla Glaze

• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 3-4 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour a 9-inch bundt cake pan. Set aside. In a large bowl using either a hand or stand mixer, beat softened butter with sugar until fluffy.
• Add in eggs and beat until smooth. Add in flour and beat until all of the flour is incorporated into the batter. Divide the cake batter evenly between thee separate bowls.
• Add in red food coloring to one bowl and mix until fully red. Mix blue food coloring into another bowl until fully blue.
• Add the cake batter into the prepared cake pan in a layer of red, white and blue. Bake for 50-60 minutes. Let cool completely.
• For the vanilla glaze, whisk milk and vanilla extract into the powdered sugar until smooth. Drizzle over cake.