Nothing says summer quite like a patriotic red, white, and blue dessert, especially this eye-popping lemon-berry firecracker cake. For a blast of flavor, our spin on the classic firecracker cake upgrades itself from white cake to a tangy lemon batter with blueberry- and strawberry-flavored swirls.
Ingredients
Cooking spray
1
(15.25-oz.) box white cake mix
1
(3.4-oz.) package instant lemon pudding mix
4
large eggs
1/2c.
vegetable oil
1c.
plus 1 tbsp. (or more) lukewarm water
1/4c.
raspberry jam
7
(or more) drops red gel food coloring, divided
1/4c.
blueberry jam
7
(or more) drops blue gel food coloring, divided
3c.
powdered sugar
2tbsp.
fresh lemon juice
1/4c.
red, white, and blue sprinkles
Directions
Directions
Step 1Preheat oven to 350º. Lightly coat a Bundt pan with cooking spray.
Step 2In a large bowl, whisk cake mix and lemon pudding mix to combine. Add eggs, oil, and 1 cup lukewarm water. Using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat until smooth, about 1 minute.
Step 3Scrape 1 cup lemon batter into a medium bowl. Stir raspberry jam and 5 drops red food coloring into batter until combined. Add more food coloring, a drop at a time, if a deeper red color is desired.
Step 4Scrape another 1 cup lemon batter into another medium bowl. Stir blueberry jam and 5 drops blue food coloring into batter until combined. Add more food coloring, a drop at a time, if a deeper blue color is desired.
Step 5Pour red batter into bottom of prepared pan. Pour remaining lemon batter over red batter. Pour blue batter over lemon batter.
Step 6Bake until a tester inserted in center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool in pan 15 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and let cool completely.
Step 7Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk powdered sugar, lemon juice, and 1 tablespoon lukewarm water, adding more water drop by drop if necessary, until thick and smooth and mixture is a lava-like consistency.
Step 8Scoop a heaping 1/4 cup white glaze into a small bowl and stir in 2 drops red food coloring. Scoop another heaping 1/4 cup white glaze into another small bowl and stir in 2 drops blue food coloring.
Step 9Drizzle white, then blue, then red glaze over cake. Scatter sprinkles over top. Let glaze set about 30 minutes before slicing.