Poke Cake: American Flag For Fourth Of July; Vegetarian

It is fourth dimension to celebrate the American Independence Day guys!! It is the July 4th weekend!! Apart from celebrating the American Independence Day,  it is also the weekend when at that topographic point volition move tons of barbecues all over the country!!

To celebrate this occasion, I decided to make  a poke cake.Yes it is actually a cake where you lot poke tons of holes into the cake! Believe me when I say you lot that my kids had fun poking holes into the cake! Finally, at that topographic point was something that they could practice correct without me getting mad at them!! I decided that my kids could larn in addition to convey fun at the same time. Therefore, I made it every bit the star spangled banner ( the American Flag)! I made 2 trays: 1 for my son's schoolhouse in addition to 1 for us at dwelling solid in addition to particularly for my dearest friend Angie at here.

For garnish:
Blueberries: 24 nos ( may non require all)
Strawberries: 10-12 ( may non require all)

Method:

Preheat the oven to 350 deg F.

Grease a 7x11 inch baking tray in addition to hold ready.

Beat together yogurt in addition to saccharide until it is creamy. To this mixture add together the oil, vanilla essence in addition to mix well.

Sift together the flour, cornflour, baking powder, baking soda in addition to salt.

Mix the dry out ingredients amongst the moisture ingredients. Mix thoroughly using the beater on the lowest setting or using a hand-held whisk. Do non over mix.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan.

Place on the middle rack of the oven in addition to bake at 350deg F for 20-23 minutes or until a toothpick comes out build clean when inserted.

Take the pan out in addition to allow it cool completely earlier proceeding to the side past times side step.

While waiting for the cake to bake in addition to cool down, launder the berries in addition to dry out them using a newspaper towel. Cut the leaves of the strawberries in addition to acre them into ii halves. Keep aside.

Once the cake is cooled, straightaway poke holes into it using a fork.

Prepare the jelly every bit per the instructions on the package. Do non allow it set.

Immediately pour it into the cake in addition to thence that the jelly is spread evenly all through the cake.

Place the cake pan inwards the fridge for an hour.

After an hour, take the cake pan out.

Spread the cool whip on plow over off of the cake evenly until it is a 1-cm thick layer. Place the pan dorsum inwards the fridge for an hour.

Now garnish using fresh berries. I convey used blueberries in addition to strawberries in addition to arranged them to expect similar the Stars in addition to Stripes of the American Flag. You tin practice it inwards whatever way you lot desire.

Place it dorsum inwards the fridge until ready to serve.

Slice in addition to serve.

Enjoy! I am also sharing this cake at Saucy Saturday#51.

Cooking made easy:

You tin purpose the boxed xanthous or white cake mix to brand the cake.
Jello tin move used if you lot don't convey reservations against gelatin.
Just follow instructions on the packet to ready both the cake in addition to the jelly. Only don't allow the jello set. Pour it on the cake earlier it sets.

You volition require longer fourth dimension inwards the fridge for the jello to set.

Tip for salubrious living:

When serving desserts, serve small-scale portions. Desserts are meant to move eaten inwards small-scale portions. They are non meant to move the master copy course! Smaller portions agency lesser calories! You would convey satisfied your sugariness molar without overloading your trunk amongst calories!

Food for thought:

Never practice something permanently stupid merely because you lot are temporarily upset. Unknown

Please practice portion your thoughts. Your sentiment matters!

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