Red, white & blue — flag cakes with lines of blueberries and strawberries will adorn picnic tables all over the nation this weekend. As much as we love this classic Independence Day dessert, we were also in search of other, more creative ideas. We took a spin around the food blogosphere and found some delicious red, white & blue treats, from all-natural fruit pops to layered parfaits, to an amazing flag cake with all the color inside instead of on top. Come peek at all 15 treats!
TOP ROW
• 1 Fruit Pops - From Bakers Royale.
• 2 4th of July Toast - At Taste and Tell.
• 3 Patriotic Push Pop Cake - At Love from the Oven.
• 4 Mini Berry Pies - At Yummy Mummy.
• 5 Patriotic Lollipops - At Couldn't Be Parve.
MIDDLE ROW
• 6 Stained Glass Jello - At Gimme Some Oven!
• 7 4th of July Ice Cream Sundaes - At Bake at 350.
• 8 July 4th Flag Cake - At The Secret Life of a Chef's Wife.
• 9 Fruited-Cheesecake Flag - At Martha Stewart.
• 10 Patriotic Pops - At Pennies on a Platter.
BOTTOM ROW
• 11 Flag Cookies - At Marzipan.
• 12 Fourth of July Fireworks Cookies - At A Cup of Sugar A Pinch of Salt.
• 13 Red, White and Blueberry Sour Cream Tart - At Nutmeg Nanny.
• 14 Fourth of July Sangria - At The Hazel Bloom.
• 15 Red, White, and Blue Parfaits - From Martha Stewart.
Do you have a special 4th of July dessert?
Related: Fourth of July Flag Cake: A Pretty, Round Alternative
(Images: Naomi of Bakers Royale; Deborah of Taste and Tell; Christi at Love from the Oven; Marina of Yummy Mummy; Couldn't Be Parve; Ali of Gimme Some Oven; Bridget of Bake at 350; The Secret Life of a Chef's Wife; Martha Stewart; Nikki of Pennies on a Platter; Deanna of Marzipan; Kat of At A Cup of Sugar A Pinch of Salt; Brandy of Nutmeg Nanny; Kare of The Hazel Bloom; Martha Stewart)
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Comments (4)
ooh i just made some checkerboard cookies! used beet juice for the red. blue not invited!
All of them looks so great! Especially frozen popsickles...since it is like 100 degrees outside!
I always like to do red, white and blue triffle for the 4th. It's easy and great for picnics.
Buy or make and angel food cake. Cube it. That's layer 1.
Mix 2/3 of a tub of cool whip with two cups vanilla pudding. Layer 2.
Blueberries, blackberries, raspberries and strawberries are layer 3.
Just keep layering until you run out. Top with the rest of the cool whip and a few berries.
OH my gosh, those ice cream sundaes from Bake at 350 are WONDERFUL!!!