Red, White and Blue Checkerboard Cake
This colorful cake is super easy to make and delicious too! Nobody will even know that it came from a box!
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Equipment
- Checkboard cake pan insert or set
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 boxes white cake mix any brand
- milk/almond milk to replace water
- egg whites according to package directions
- oil according to package directions
- red food coloring
- blue food coloring
Buttercream Frosting
- 2 cups unsalted butter softened
- 6-8 cups powdered sugar
- 4 tsp clear vanilla extract
- 4-6 tbsp milk or heavy cream
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat oven to 350° or according to box instructions.
- Prepare cake mix as instructed on box, substituting milk in place of water (same amount).
- Divide the batter into three separate bowls.
- Add a different color to each of the bowls (one red, one blue, one stays white).
- Continue to add the red and blue in small amounts until each bowl reaches the desired hue.
- Grease the cake pans and insert well. Beginning with one pan at a time, place the insert into the pan and pour alternating colors of batter.
- Once filled, remove and rinse insert. Move to next cake pan and repeat the process.
- Colors can be alternated as desired.
- Bake according to package directions. Remove and let cool completely before frosting.
Buttercream Frosting
- Add the butter to a large stand mixer with paddle attachment and beat until light and fluffy.
- Add vanilla and beat again until incorporated.
- Slowly add powdered sugar, a cup or two at a time until well mixed, scraping the sides and bottom of bowl as needed.
- Add the milk, a tablespoon at a time until the frosting reaches the desired consistency. (less milk will yield a firmer frosting)
- Frost the the entire cake with white frosting, reserving the remaining amount.
- Separate the remaining frosting into three bowls.
- Add red coloring to one and blue to another (one bowl remains white).
- Pipe the frosting as desired.