4TH OF JULY CAKE

I found this amazing ombre 4th of July cake in this month issue of InStyle, so I decided to try it out! I am definitely not a cake wiz, and the picture on the magazine looked sooo much better than mine, but hey I tried! It was fun to make and everyone was very impressed with how the inside looked, it was a nice surprise! So if you're in need of a patriotic dessert, try this out!

Ingredients

3 boxes white cake mix

6 egg whites

4 1/2 cups Sprite

Blue gel food coloring

Red gel food coloring

5 12oz. tub of whipped vanilla frosting (Or, I used the frosting from these cupcakes!)

1. Preheat oven to 350.

2. Mix one box of cake mix with 2 egg whites and 1 1/2 cups Sprite: divide evenly among 3 bowls.

3. Create three shades of blue: Add 2 drops of coloring to one bowl, 4 to the second, and 8 to the third.

4. Coat three 9-inch cake cake pans with cooking spray; line bottoms with parchment paper cut to size. Pour each batter into its own pan.

5. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. Let layers cool; remove from pans. If needed, use a serrated knife to trim tops so they are level.

6. Place darkest blue layer on plate; cover with a thin layer of frosting. Repeat with remaining layers, from darker to lightest. Chill cake in fridge.

7. Repeat step 2.

8. Add one drop of blue food coloring to one bowl, and one drop of red to another. Do not tint last bowl.

9. Repeat steps 4 and 5

10. Keep building cake with blue, then white, then red layers, frosting after each. Chill cake in fridge.

11. Repeat steps 2-5 using red food coloring instead of blue.

12. Keep building cake with red lays, going from lightest to darkest, frosting after each.

13. Coat outside of cake with a thin layer of frosting. Chill for 15 minutes.

14. Use remaining frosting to generously coat outside of cake. Chill for at least one hour before cutting.