Patriotic Dome Cake

I was tasked with bringing dessert for 30 people to an Independence Day weekend family cookout at my daughter-in-law’s grandparent’s house. As I planned which 3 desserts I would make I knew I wanted one to be patriotic in nature. At first I concocted a cupcake idea that required Pop Rocks. Unfortunately, finding Pop Rocks locally was more difficult than I thought it would be and I didn’t have time to order online so I had to go to plan B. I pulled out my Betty Crocker Bake’n Fill 4 Piece Bake Set and decided to have some red, white, and blue fun. I haven’t used this pan set in a few years and it is stored in my laundry room so the first thing I did was take out the pieces and wash them well. This is when I realized the tall pan, which I had planned to use, was missing! I had to re-vamp my plan again so now we will call is plan B2, the Patriotic Dome Cake.

When you bake in the Betty Crocker Bake’n Fill 4 Piece Bake Set, make sure you follow the instructions in the booklet that comes with the set, otherwise you may have a dessert disaster on your hands. I chose to make a layer cake not a filled cake. You may remember the ice cream filled baseball cake I made with this set a few years ago. To make the Patriotic Dome cake I only needed 2 pieces of this baking set the dome pan and the insert pan. This makes a smaller cake and requires only one cake mix.

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Patriotic Dome Cake

Prep Time

1 hr

Cook Time

1 hr

Total Time

2 hrs

 

This Patriotic Dome Cake recipe is easy to make with the Betty Crocker Bake'n Fill 4 Piece Bake Set.

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: 8 -12 servings

Author: Cindy Schultz

Ingredients

Cake

• 1 white cake mix
• eggs and oil as required on packaging
• red liquid food coloring
• blue liquid food coloring
• shortening

Buttercream Frosting

• 4 cups Confectioner's Sugar
• 1 cup butter softened
• 1 TBS vanilla extract
• 3-4 TBS Heavy Cream

Instructions

Cake

1. Grease the dome pan and the insert pan with shortening, don't use non-stick spray. Make sure you do the bottom of the insert pan as well.
2. Preheat the oven to 350°.
3. Prepare the cake mix according to the directions on the box.
4. Pour 1 1/2 cups of the batter into a small bowl. Use the red food coloring in the small bowl, adding drops and mixing until you reach the desired color.
5. Use the blue food coloring in the large bowl, adding drops until you reach the desired color.
6. Pour the blue batter into the dome pan to the fill line. Do not over fill pan.
7. Place the insert pan over the dome pan and secure by turning handles clockwise until the handles are aligned and locked into place.
8. Pour the red batter into the insert pan to fill line. Do not overfill.
9. Place in oven and bake for 50-60 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean.
10. Remove from oven and cool in pans for 20-30 minutes.
11. Turn insert pan counter clockwise, lift off insert pan. Leave cakes in pans.

Buttercream Frosting

1. Mix the butter and vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl.
2. Add the confectioner's sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, while mixing.
3. Add cream, 1 TBS at a time until desired consistency is reached.
4. Frost the cavity in the dome cake, do not fill!
5. Carefully remove cake from insert pan and place into the dome cavity.
6. Using a bread knife, trim the bottom of the insert cake so that it is even with the dome cake.
7. Place the serving plate upside down over the dome pan; carefully invert and turn the cake out on the plate.
8. Do a thin crumb frosting on the cake and freeze for 30 minutes.
9. Complete the forsting and decorating as desired.

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