4th of July Bundt Cake

🧂 Ingredients

• 3 Cups Cake flour

  or all-purpose flour
• ½ tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 4 Eggs
• 2 tsp Vanilla extract
• 1 Cup Sour cream
• 1 Cup Butter

  room temperature
• 1 ¾ Cups Sugar
• Food coloring

  Red and blue
• White food color

  optional
• 3 tbsp Vegetable shortening
• 2 tbsp All-purpose flour
• 1 can Vanilla buttercream frosting
• Red, white, and blue chocolate stars

Instructions

• 1 Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• 2 In a medium size glass mixing bowl, sift together the cake flour, baking powder,
  and salt.
• 3 Next, in a separate large mixing bowl, use the hand mixer to beat the butter and
  sugar together until light and pale in color.
• 4 Then, use the blending whisk to whisk the eggs, vanilla, and sour cream together
  in another separate bowl.
• 5 Add the egg mixture ⅓ at a time into the large bowl with the butter and sugar.
  Mix between each addition.
• 6 Then, add in the dry ingredient mixture ⅓ at a time into the large bowl with the
  wet ingredients. Continue to mix well between each addition.
• 7 After the cake batter is mixed and ready, divide the batter evenly into 3 clean
  glass mixing bowls.
• 8 Use a toothpick to add just a small amount of food coloring to 2 of the bowls,
  one red and one blue. Leave the third bowl white.
• 9 Then, mix each colored batter thoroughly with a spatula until the color is
  completely incorporated.
• 10 First, grease the bundt cake pan with the vegetable shortening by making sure to
  spread a thin, even layer on the entire inside of the pan.
• 11 Next, sprinkle some all-purpose flour over the coating of shortening inside of
  the bundt cake pan and roll the flour around to make sure the entire pan is
  thoroughly coated. Shake out the excess flour.
• 12 Then, it is time to start pouring in the cake batter beginning with the red.
  Pour batter evenly into the bottom of the cake pan.
• 13 Next, scoop the white batter on top of the red layer. Don’t mix them together!
• 14 Then, scoop the blue batter onto the top of the white layer. Again, don’t mix or
  blend the layers!
• 15 Transfer the cake batter to the oven and bake for 50-65 minutes, or until a
  toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 16 Cool the cake for 10 minutes before removing from the cake pan. Use a butter
  knife to help separate the sides of the cake from the pan.
• 17 Lastly, transfer the cake from the pan onto the wire cooling rack. Cover the
  cake with a kitchen towel and let it cool again for 2 hours.
• 18 Transfer the entire tub of vanilla buttercream frosting to the candy melting
  pot.
• 19 Heat up the frosting while stirring with a heat resistant spatula. Continue to
  cook until a thin, drizzling consistency is reached.
• 20 Once the cake has cooled completely, it’s time to start garnishing and
  decorating. Transfer the bundt cake to a cake stand.
• 21 Next, drizzle the melted vanilla glave over the entire cake. Let the glazed
  bundt cake cool completely, about 2 hours, before the next step!
• 22 Finally, once the glazed bundt cake has completely cooled, decorate it with the
  red, white, and blue homemade chocolate stars.

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