Description
A festive cake with red, white, and blue swirls, perfect for patriotic celebrations.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup buttermilk
- Red food coloring
- Blue food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour a 9×13 inch baking pan.
- In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In a separate bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla.
- Alternately add dry ingredients and buttermilk to the creamed mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Mix until just combined.
- Divide batter into three bowls. Tint one bowl red, one bowl blue, and leave the third bowl white.
- Spoon dollops of each color randomly into the prepared pan.
- Swirl the colors together gently with a knife or skewer.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Let cool in pan for 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- Adjust food coloring to achieve desired shade.
- Do not overmix the batter after adding food coloring.
- Cool completely before frosting (optional).
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 30g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 50g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 60mg