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Festive American Flag Cakes

This American Flag Cake Recipe Shows How to Bake a 4th of July Cake

— June 25, 2013 — Lifestyle
To celebrate the up-and-coming American holiday Independence Day, you might feel like throwing a party and this American flag cake is a great centerpiece idea. Created by cooking guru Betty Crocker, this American flag cake recipe instructs how to bake a cake that, when sliced, looks like a traditional American flag.

To create this American flag cake, you need to bake three separate cakes to create the white, blue and red layers. The white cake layer is basic vanilla batter, but to make the red and blue layers, you need to add blue and red food coloring. To create the flag design, vertically cut the cakes into 1-inch slabs. Then, take the red and white slabs and layer them, followed by a smaller circular layer on top. Then to create the blue portion of the flag, cut the blue cake slab so it fits around the smaller red and white top layers.
Trend Themes
1. Custom Party Cakes - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create a service that allows customers to order custom-designed cakes for special occasions.
2. Creative Baking Techniques - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop new baking techniques or tools that enable home bakers to create intricate cake designs with ease.
3. Interactive Food Presentations - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Explore the concept of interactive food presentations for events, where guests can participate in assembling or decorating their own desserts.
Industry Implications
1. Bakery - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Introduce automated cake decorating machines that can create intricate designs at a faster and more consistent pace.
2. Event Planning - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Offer specialized services for creating unique and visually stunning food displays at events, including customized cakes as centerpieces.
3. Food Delivery - Disruptive innovation opportunity: Partner with local bakeries to offer on-demand delivery of customized cakes for special occasions, leveraging technology for streamlined ordering and delivery processes.
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