Red Velvet 4th of July Cake

Red Velvet 4th of July Cake - celebrate the summer with a patriotic red, white and blue dessert that starts out with a simple cake mix. Top the cake with homemade cream cheese frosting, fresh strawberries and blueberries. This is the perfect dessert to add to your 4th of July Foods Menu!

This Red Velvet 4th of July Cake is the perfect red, white and blue patriotic dessert for any gathering this summer. As a matter of fact, if you leave the red and blue sprinkles off the cake, you can bake this for any get-together all year long.

Not only is it incredibly delicious, it's beautiful! This cake starts out with a cake mix, however, I added a box of pudding mix and sour cream to add to the flavor and moistness.

Cake Mix Hacks

This Red Velvet 4th of July Cake is another one of my cake mix hacks. Did you know that the word "hack" means to find a creative solution? Which is just what this cake does.

By using a cake mix to doctor up a recipe, we're creating a solution to baking something delicious without all the work of baking from scratch. There's no shame in using a cake mix as the base of a great dessert. In fact, I've done it many times!

Check out my 5 Cake Mix Baking Secrets and get the free printable to help you create easy desserts using a box of cake mix!

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Main Ingredients Needed

This is an overview of the ingredients and instructions. Be sure to see the recipe card below for exact quantities, detailed instructions and special notes.

For the Cake:

• Red Velvet Cake Mix - see note below if you can't find a red velvet mix.
• Water
• Eggs
• Vanilla Pudding Mix
• Sour Cream

For the Homemade Cream Cheese Frosting:

• Cream Cheese - room temperature.
• Butter - softened
• Powdered Sugar
• Vanilla Extract

For Decorating the Cake:

• Fresh Strawberries
• Fresh Blueberries
• Red and Blue Sprinkles

Step-by-Step Directions

Step 1: Prepare the Cake Batter

• In the bowl of a KitchenAid Mixer with the paddle attachment, add the cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, sour cream and water.
• Combine until well blended.

Step 2: Baking Instructions

• Pour the batter into a bundt cake pan that's been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
• Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

Step 3: Cooling Tips

• Allow the cake to cool in the pan for about 30 minutes before inverting on to a baking rack or plate.

Step 4: Prepare the Cream Cheese Frosting

• To help this cake not taste like a traditional cake mix recipe, I chose to use a homemade cream cheese frosting. Only I wanted to be able to pour the frosting on top of the bundt cake.
• Once the frosting is made, I heated it up in 5 seconds increments in the microwave until it was slightly pourable. Be careful not to overdo it!
• You can easily change the consistency of the frosting if you heat it up too much. You want to be able to pour the frosting over the baked bundt cake so it runs down the sides.

Step 6: Decorate the Cake

• Since this Red Velvet 4th of July Cake is a patriotic cake, I added red and blue sprinkles as well as the fruit.
• If you were serving this at another time during the year, you could use a different color of sprinkles or leave the sprinkles off completely.

Tips for Baking a Bundt Cake

• Try to use a non-stick cake pan, however, you should still spray it very sell with non-stick baking spray. The last thing you want is for the cake to stick and only part of it come out.
• Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 15 minutes before running a knife between the edge of the cake and the pan to loosen.
• Invert a plate on top of the cake and then carefully flip over so the cake can gently fall out of the pan onto the plate.

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