When Taylor Swift sang, “bakers gonna bake, bake, bake, bake, bake" (Starbucks lovers, anyone?), we're pretty sure she was thinking back to that time she made this American flag cake in 2014.
The superstar celebrated that Independence Day by baking the wonderful Ina Garten's flag cake with besties Jaime Kingand model Amanda Griffith. And because we love all things T-Swizzle, we figured we'd give the decadent recipe a shot ourselves. Scroll on to see how we made the throwback Taylor Swift flag cake!
Directions To Make Taylor Swift's Flag Cake
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Ingredients For the Cake:
— 9 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature
— 1 1/2 cups sugar
— 3 extra-large eggs at room temperature
— 1 cup sour cream at room temperature
— 3/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
— 1 1/2 cups flour
— 1/6 cup cornstarch
— 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
— 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Tools For The Cake:
— electric mixer with paddle attachment
— strainer or flour sifter
— 9-inch x 13-inch cake pan
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Instructions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter and flour a 9-inch x 13-inch cake pan (or, cough, a casserole dish if you can't find one).
2. Using an electric mixer with a paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar on high speed until it is light and fluffy.
3. On medium speed, add the eggs, followed by the sour cream and vanilla. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and continue mixing until the batter is smooth.
4. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt. Then add this mixture to the batter in the electric mixer, mixing on low speed until just combined.
5. Pour the batter into your prepared pan, then evenly spread it with a spatula. Bake in the center of the oven for 20 to 30 minutes. When a toothpick comes out clean, it's ready. Take it out of the oven and let it cool to room temperature.
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Pro Tip: If you plan on transferring your cake out of the cake pan after baking, line your pan with parchment paper instead of buttering and flouring it.
How To Decorate Taylor Swift's Flag Cake
Ingredients For The Icing:
— 2 half-pints raspberries (Feel like switchin' it up? Use strawberries and blackberries instead.)
— 2 half-pints blueberries
— 2 sticks butter
— 3/4 pound cream cheese at room temperature
— 1/2 pound confectioner's sugar, sifted
— 3/4 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Tools For the Icing:
— electric mixer with paddle attachment
— offset spatula
— toothpick
— pastry bag
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Instructions:
1. Using an electric mixer with a paddle attachment, combine the butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla until just smooth.
2. Once your cake is at room temperature, spread 3/4 of your icing onto the cake.
3. Use a toothpick to outline the flag design.
4. Fill the upper left corner with blueberries, then fill in every other stripe with raspberries.
5. Put the rest of your icing in a pastry bag and pipe it onto the leftover stripes. If you like, you can add "stars" on top of the blueberries.
Ta-da! You've now got yourself a mighty fine, Taylor Swift flag cake. Now eat up!
Are you baking T-Swift's flag cake? If so, we want to see the results! Share photos @BritandCo so we can take a peek.
This article has been updated.
Are you baking T-Swift's flag cake? If so, we want to see the results! Share photos @BritandCo so we can take a peek.
Lead image via Brit + Co
This article has been updated.
