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Fourth Of July Cake



	2 1/2 cups flour 1 tbsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup butter softened 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 1/4 cups milk FROSTING AND GARNISH 1 1/3 cups chilled heavy cream 2 tbsp confectioners' sugar 1/2 pint fresh blueberries 1 pint fresh straw

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 13X9 inch baking pan. Dust with flour, tap out excess. Mix together flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat together butter and sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. At low speed, alternately beat flour mixture and milk into butter mixture. Spread batter in prepared pan. Smooth surface. Bake cake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 35-40 min. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes. Turn cake out onto rack to cool completely. To prepare frosting, beat together cream and confectioners' sugar at high speed until soft peaks form. Spoon 1/2 cup of whipped cream into a pastry bag fitted with small star tip. Spread remaining whipped cream over top and sides of cake. Arrange blueberries in a rectangle in upper left hand corner of cake. Arrange strawberries in 7 rows lengthwise across cake. Pipe reserved whipped cream into stars between blueberries. Chill until ready to serve.

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