Flag Poke Cake
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons jello berry flavored
- 1 1/2 cups strawberries cleaned
- 1 tablespoon jello blueberry
- 2 each cake rounds, fully cooled
- 4 cups whipped cream sweetened a bit
- Bake the cakes from a box or using your favorite recipe in two 9 inch cake pans, allow to cool completely.
- To make the red and blue syrup:
- Add the blueberries to a small saucepan over medium-heat with 3/4 cup of water and 2 tablespoons of sugar.
- Cook, covered, until the blueberries are soft and juicy, about 7 minutes.
- Strain through a sieve or fine strainer into a bowl.
- Add the berry flavored gelatin powder and whisk until dissolved.
- Set aside to cool.
- Add the strawberries to a small saucepan over medium-heat with 3/4 cup of water and 2 tablespoons of sugar.
- Cook, covered, until the strawberries are soft and juicy, about 7 minutes.
- Strain through a sieve or fine strainer into a bowl.
- Add the strawberry flavored gelatin powder and whisk until dissolved.
- Set aside to cool.
- Assembly:
- Use a wooden skewer, poke 20 to 30 holes in the top of each cake, rotate the skewer to create a decent sized hole.
- Space the holes evenly for the best effect.
- Pour the blueberry syrup (cooled for about 15 minutes) over one of the cake layers.
- Pour the strawberry syrup (cooled for about 15 minutes) over the other cake layer.
- Cover and refrigerate both cakes 4 hours to overnight.
- Using a dull knife, run around the edges of each cake pan to help release the cake.
- Place a wire rake on top of the blueberry cake, flip and remove the pan, then flip again onto a serving plate or cake stand.
- Spread the layer with about 1 cup of the whipped cream.
- Using the wire rack, repeat the flipping and inverting placing the strawberry cake on top of the whip cream covered blueberry cake.
- Spread the remaining whip cream over the top and sides of the double-layer cake using an offset spatula.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
blueberries, water, sugar, strawberries, jello blueberry, cake, whipped cream
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/flag-poke-cake-53370 (may not work)