Bake one tall layer of cake. I used a moist buttermilk recipe from Joy of Cooking to make this 5 inch diameter dimunitive dessert. Slice the layers in half. Excavate a circle of cake to make a nest. Fill it with cream cheese thinned with whipped cream and sweetened with a bit of sugar. Nestle the berries atop the cream cheese filling. Use raspberries and blueberries to be extra patriotic. Mine were of the frozen defrosted variety, the only choice for winter penny pinchers.Replace the top. Frost with sweetened whipped cream and refrigerate until serving time.
Poke in a few American flags and leave it in the fridge till it's time to indulge. Try not to steal any whipped cream, OK? Oh, all right. I won't tell. But steal it from the back so you can still take a good picture.
P.S. I was able to squeeze out a couple of cupcakes for the two little charges, since they like surprises in every other context except food. The rascals.
Coming Next:
Poke in a few American flags and leave it in the fridge till it's time to indulge. Try not to steal any whipped cream, OK? Oh, all right. I won't tell. But steal it from the back so you can still take a good picture.
P.S. I was able to squeeze out a couple of cupcakes for the two little charges, since they like surprises in every other context except food. The rascals.
Coming Next:
That Good For you Creamy Tomato Soup and Rosemary Focaccia
Your cake looks great! I love anything patriotic!
ReplyDeleteLooks great!
ReplyDeletewhat a great tribute... i bet all of you are excited for a new chapter in your history... :)
ReplyDeleteYou're hilarous! I always avert my eyes when the class parent sign-up sheet comes around. "what? oh, gee I didn't see it. What? someone else already signed up, darn it, by golly, that's a bummer." Glad you had a great time at Disney. Hope you had a pineapple float by the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse. Oh, and a Funnel cake with ice cream between America and Japan.
ReplyDeleteChange! Lets pray it's good! Cute cake and I'd love the surprise in the middle.
ReplyDeleteGlorious cake!!
ReplyDeleteI should have made a different cake.
ReplyDeleteRaspberries, blueberries, cream cheese, oh my! Lovely idea! So appropriate. Bet it tastes delicious too. Inspires me to make something similiar for my children today to enforce the importance of the day!
ReplyDeleteWOW! You succeeded with lots of brio! What nice results!
ReplyDeleteVery, very pretty, Prudy!
Nice cake! I am with you and would not want to be president of anything. The pres sure does have his work cut out for him.
ReplyDeleteIt was the cake part that did me in (and after that I pouted and did not make the rest of it) so you really have me wishing that I used a cake that I could handle. I am just not cut out for delicate genoise made out of diva eggs (or the presidency of anything). Your cake and your cupcakes look beautiful --love the patriotic decorations! Happy Inauguration Day! Hope that you had a great trip!
ReplyDeleteYour cake looks delicious!!!!
ReplyDeleteAny excuse to extend the celebrations, indeed! And what kid does like food surprises, anyway? You keep the interesting cake, and give them the cupcakes!
ReplyDeleteCan you drop that off at my door? Please!!!!
ReplyDeleteI love cake and strawberries you can't go wrong!
ReplyDeleteMoist buttermilk cake? You have me sold! That sounds like it worked perfectly with this recipe! I love your little flags, too cute :)
ReplyDeleteAmazing-looking cake for a historic inaugural day! BTW, I am bound to include "historic inaugural" in every sentence today. Have a wonderful historic inaugural afternoon.
ReplyDeleteVery patriotic! :) Love that you made extra cupcakes for the kiddos! :)
ReplyDeletevery patriotic. we thought this cake was delicious.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, I think you've chosen a good president!
ReplyDeleteAny president would be lucky to have a slice of that cake!
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to your creamy tomato soup recipe
ReplyDeleteYour cake looks fabulous. What time is the party at your house ;-)
ReplyDeleteYour cake looks darling. And delicious, too! Happy inauguration Day! And I'm with you, I don't want to be president of anything, either! I don't even want to be a participant half the time. Especially in January!
ReplyDeleteYour cake and cupcakes look gorgeous. I love the flags and also your comment about sagging middles in January. LOL.
ReplyDeleteI had the same idea about how this cake could easily double as a patriotic tribute!! Your filling looks delicious- I was lucky to find some cheap fresh strawberries but I'd love to do this over in the summer with a mix of berries like you did. I was lucky and had no trouble with Dorie's cake- but I must say that I was tempted to use a store bought angel food one when I first read the recipe!! So cute with the American flags on the top!
ReplyDeleteLooks wonderful!
ReplyDeleteYour cake looks wonderful! I wouldn't like to be the president of anything either, but good luck to Obama! I've been enjoying the events unfold on television this evening :)
ReplyDeleteYour cake looks delicious. I love that it looks like a slice of summer. Which is nice to know that summer really does truly exist. In the middle of winter I'm sure summer must have been of figment of my imagination. Wish I was there with you to have a bite!
ReplyDeleteLooks yummy!!
ReplyDeleteHow very patriotic of you!! Looks great , very yummy
ReplyDeleteOhh your cake looks fabulous Erin!! I love the mixed berries. I watched the inaugeration on the telly today. I thought he gave a really good speech. I am like you, I avoid being president of anything if I can help it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute cake. You are so creative, and what a great idea to be patriotic today.
ReplyDeleteThe cake is perfect for today!! I love it!
ReplyDeletePrudy- love the patriotic cake. Today was so amazing.
ReplyDeleteI love that you made this all look so easy!
With the flags on top. certainly patriotic. haha.
ReplyDeleteYummy!!
ReplyDeleteThat looks wonderful! I'm so depressed. Ben told me all my baking was wrecking his diet so I'm on a pie/ cookie/ anything decent desperate hunt!
ReplyDeleteerin, i want to move across the street from you so that i can drop by and munch on your lovely goodies all the time. i love cooking and baking and all that jazz, but keeping up with you is exhausting! or maybe it's just the pregnancy talking. this cake looks marvelous and my charges would have enjoyed it during the inauguration this morning--which they watched without a single patriotic treat in hand.
ReplyDeleteOhhhh, Prudy your cake looks divine! I hope you and your cute kids had a wonderful inauguration day!
ReplyDeleteXOXOXOXO
Jen
Love buttermilk cakes! Pretty cake!
ReplyDeleteI should have used an alternate cake recipe - great idea! Yours looks like it turned out fabulously!
ReplyDeleteA great looking cake for such a historic time in American history.
ReplyDeleteRosie x
I'm glad to see that this worked well with the frozen berries. I thought about it, but then went in a different direction. I love the cupcakes for the kids. =) Gillian liked my cake, but Brianna wasn't too sure...
ReplyDeletethey look great, and so patriotic!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to celebrate! Finally change, is right!
ReplyDeleteHope all is well, I never see you much anymore. Have a wonderful week!
Love your patriotic cake! I am going to steal the idea of buying an angel food cake and making it a surprise!
ReplyDeleteI wish I had one of those cupcakes while I was glued to CNN yesterday!
Time to move on and support a new President. You're right... I wouldn't want to be the president of anything either. Okay, okay. Maybe a spouse club or somethin... I can handle angry women. An angry country? NO WAY!
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Lovely cakes Prudy. :-)
ReplyDeleteYour tiny cake is absolutely adorable! Great job!
ReplyDeleteHey tomorrow on Studio 5 they are talking about Utah food blogs and they showed yours as part of their teaser. Are you gonna be on there? I don't know what context they are doing the story.
ReplyDeleteKnowing everyone was having problems with the cake, I wish I would have made a different one, because the concept of hiding cream and berries in a cake is great, but the cake itself wasn't so great.
ReplyDeleteGreat job.
Your cake looks divine! I just starting visiting your blog this month and I've made several of the recipes you've shared....I've loved them all. I will definitely try this one as well! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteYour cake looks fantastic! I completely agree about presidential endeavors! I made OOobama bars and cupcakes too! :)
ReplyDeleteLaura:
ReplyDeleteI didn't know anything about it, but my husband caught a blurg at work. I'm curious to see tomorrow's show.
Beautiful job!
ReplyDeleteThey all look very patriotic, Prudy! Great job, as usual! :o)
ReplyDeleteWell you are just the smartest! What great ideas.
ReplyDeleteWell, I didn't get around last week for the cake, so I am catching up a bit. Yours look so sweet and lovely. I love the little size...and that filling!
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