Sweet Almond 4th of July Cake

INGREDIENTS

For the cake

• 2 cups flour

• 2 teaspoons baking powder

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 1/2 cup Mariani Slivered Almonds

• 1 stick softened butter

• 1 cup sugar

• 3 eggs

• 1 tablespoon almond extract

• 1 cup almond milk

For the frosting

• 1 stick of butter

• 6 cups powdered sugar

• 3 tablespoons almond milk

• Blue and red food coloring

• Patriotic sprinkles

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INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Preheat the oven to 350. Combine the wet ingredients in a stand mixer and mix.

2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients.

3. Once combined, pour ⅓ of the batter into one small bowl, ⅓ into a second bowl and ⅓ into a 3rd bowl. Add red food coloring into one bowl to make the batter red. Add blue food coloring to the second bowl to make the batter blue.

4. Pour the batters into three different greased 6in cake pans.

5. Bake the cakes for 25-30 minutes at 350.

6. While the cakes are baking, make the frosting. 

7. Add the butter to the stand mixer bowl and beat on medium. Slowly add the powdered sugar one cup at a time and the milk one tablespoon at a time until the frosting is the right consistency.

8. When the cake has cooled, start frosting and layering the cake with the white frosting.

9. Once the cake is frosted, divide the remaining frosting into two bowls. Use food coloring to make one bowl of frosting red and the other blue.

10. Add the colored frosting to two separate piping bags to pipe swirls on the top of the cake. Add the sprinkles to the cake and enjoy!

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Sweet Almond Fourth of July Cake

Author: Ally's Gluten-Free Kitchen

Ingredients

Cake

• 2C flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• Tsp salt
• 1/2C Mariani slivered almonds
• 1 stick softened butter
• 1C sugar
• 3 eggs
• TBS almond extract
• 1C almond milk

Frosting

• Stick of butter
• 6C powdered sugar
• 3TBS almond milk
• Blue and red food coloring
• Patriotic sprinkles

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350. Combine the wet ingredients in a stand mixer and mix.
2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients.
3. Once combined, pour ⅓ of the batter into one small bowl, ⅓ into a second bowl and ⅓ into a 3rd bowl. Add red food coloring into one bowl to make the batter red. Add blue food coloring to the second bowl to make the batter blue.
4. Pour the batters into three different greased 6in cake pans.
5. Bake the cakes for 25-30 minutes at 350.
6. While the cakes are baking, make the frosting.
7. Add the butter to the stand mixer bowl and beat on medium. Slowly add the powdered sugar one cup at a time and the milk one tablespoon at a time until the frosting is the right consistency.
8. When the cake has cooled, start frosting and layering the cake with the white frosting.
9. Once the cake is frosted, divide the remaining frosting into two bowls. Use food coloring to make one bowl of frosting red and the other blue.
10. Add the colored frosting to two separate piping bags to pipe swirls on the top of the cake. Add the sprinkles to the cake and enjoy!

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