{"id":2747,"date":"2026-02-15T18:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipe4thecook.com\/\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:42:11","slug":"stars-and-stripes-celebration-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/stars-and-stripes-celebration-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars And Stripes Celebration Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Two 18 1\/4 ounce packages yellow cake mix<br \/>\n3 medium-size firm, ripe bananas<br \/>\n1\/4 C. lemon juice; freshly squeezed<br \/>\n2 pints strawberries; fresh, washed , dried and hulled<br \/>\n24 ounces heavy cream<br \/>\n1\/3 C. confectioners sugar<br \/>\n1 1\/2 C. blueberries; fresh<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>One hour ahead: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two 15 1\/2 x 10 1\/2 x 1 inch jelly-roll  pans; line with wax paper; grease paper. Prepare cake batter according to package  directions, working with one package at a time. Spread batter in prepared pans; bake for  15 to 20 minutes until wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Invert cake  layers onto wire racks; peel off paper; cool. In medium size bowl, toss banana slices with  lemon juice. Pour off excess juice; set bananas aside. Slice about 24 well shaped  strawberries lengthwise in half; reserve for top of cake. Coarsely chop remaining  strawberries; set aside. In large bowl with electric mixer at high speed beat cream until  soft peaks form; gradually beat in sugar until stiff. Spoon half of the whipped cream into  second bowl; fold in chopped strawberries. Set both creams aside. Place one cake layer  on large serving platter; tuck strips of wax paper under cake to keep platter clean. Using  spatula, spread strawberry cream over cake; top with second cream cake layer. Spread  plain cream over top and sides of cake; carefully remove wax paper strips. In top left  hand corner of cake, using tip of sharp knife, mark 7 1\/2 x 5 inch rectangle. Place  blueberries in even rows in the rectangle to form stars of the flag. To from stripes,  alternate rows of strawberries and bananas, overlapping fruit in each row as necessary.  Chill until serving time, up to 2 hours. Cut into 2 x 1 1\/2 inch pieces to serve.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&quot;For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.&quot; (Luke 12:23)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cake<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/stars-and-stripes-celebration-cake\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cake"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}