Whether you’d like to host a small family cookout or a large class to celebrate the day, let’s not forget the reason for this holiday – Memorial Day is on Monday, May 25 (May 25, 2009) and commemorates the men and women of the US. who died in the preparation of the country – and there is no better way to show your piety than to proudly display the good ole stars & Whip it up, and we have one delicious way to do it, the mouth-watering House Flag cake – perfect for desert during the spring and summer months (think 4th of July).
What you need is one package of store bought cake mix – lemon, yellow or white – and the necessary ingredients. (usually water, eggs, oil), and one 9″x13″ rectangular cake pan. Now for the cake decorating ingredients: 2 tenths of fresh strawberries, 1 quarter of fresh blueberries, 2 packets of milk. , 1 cup of powdered sugar , 1 cup of milk cream flavored milk, optional: 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla STAINING (only clear).
bake the cake and refrigerate completely (this can be done the day before and refrigerate to decorate the day you will be serving it). Let the cream cheese sit on the kitchen counter until it is room temperature, then place both packages of cream cheese. in a large bowl and add the cream cheese with the seasoned vinaigrette, use a fork to combine and add the vanilla seasoned and about half of the sugar shavings, mix until smooth and spread (add the powdered sugar to taste more, but do not. you want to overpower the flavor of the milk cheese, you want the sweet vinaigrette be, but not too sweet for fresh fruit). When the icing is fully spread, you can then fully ice the outside of the cake, then cool the cake briefly while you do the next step. Trim the blueberries and strawberries, pat dry, cut off the tops of the strawberries, then cut the strawberries into very thin pieces (approx. 1/8th thick). Now it’s time to decorate!
First, place the blueberries in a line starting from the top left corner of the cake and continue for about 6 inches, place a line of blueberries on the left edge of the cake going down about 4-5 inches (to the middle point now make a line of blueberries towards the center of the cake to complete the rectangle. Area with blueberries fill in, but leave the areas with white icing to show the “stars”. Now place the remaining pieces on the top edge of the cake, another put a line of strawberries on the bottom of the cake, put a third line across the cake it should be perfect, 7 red stripes and 6 white stripes.
When you do, you will have a fresh & an absolutely delicious meal that serves quite magnificently for the day!
