The Barefoot Contessa share a post on Instagram to cue us now is the time to indulge in this Chuck Berry - filled kickshaw .
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Memorial Day is n’t the official start of summer , but it for sure feels like it : People gather in backyards , pools open up , and stars and stripes seem on porch and flagpoles everywhere .
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What you may not know aboutthe holidayis that it was started by women in 1886 as a day to decorate the resting places of fall soldiers . So it ’s only fitting that Ina Garten , who we ’re declaring our state ’s First Lady of comforter food for thought , shared her recipe on Instagram for a pleasurably - festive American flag cake just in time to make it before the festivity on Monday . It comes from her from her Greco-Roman 2002 cookbookBarefoot Contessa Family Style .
The sheet cake , decorated withfresh blueberriesand raspberries , is the perfect dessert to impart to a walkover , backyard barbeque , or lakefront gathering . ( The recipe calls for 1 ½ pounding of butter , but it ’s worth every indulgent sting . )
“ This cake has been made over and over in our plate and never disappoints , ” one Instagram user annotate on Garten ’s video .
“ I make this glorious cake every Memorial Day , and it ’s the most luscious thing I ’ve ever tasted , " another compose . " We all love you , Ina . You ’re an absolute ikon . ”
Ina Garten’s Flag Cake
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you’re able to find the full , whole tone - by - step guide for create Garten ’s Flag Cake on her Barefoot Contessa website . Here are the instructions for decorating ( although , do n’t be afraid to get creative and put your own twirl on it ! ):
" Spread three - quarter of the icing on the bar . Using a toothpick , outline a flag on the cake . Fill in the upper left corner with blueberry . plaza two rows of raspberries across the top of the cake like the ruby stripes . Put the remaining icing in apastry bagfitted with a genius bakshish and pipe two rows of bloodless stripe below the raspberries . Alternately , add two course of raspberry and two rows of ice until the masthead is completed . Pipe stars on top of the blueberries . "
Memorial Day is n’t the only occasion this bar would be a hit this summertime — in typesetter’s case you forgot , the Olympics are upon us ! Make this for a spotter company to cheer on Team USA . And tryour take on a Flag Cakeif you want to switch it up or have more than one pick .
