4th of July Cake in a Jar Dessert Recipe

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4th of July Cake in a Jar is a fun individual dessert. All you need to make Fourth of July Cakes is white cake mix and food coloring to create a festive treat. 

This Fourth of July Dessert Recipe is fun for the whole family! 4th of July Cake in a Jar is easy to make. Everyone will love this patriotic dessert. I love making desserts in mason jars because you can make them ahead of any party and store them until you are ready to serve, and any leftovers are ready to put away and save for later.

Jar Cake Ingredients

To make this fun patriotic cake recipe, you will need the following ingredients (see the recipe card below for exact amounts):

• White Cake Mix
• Water
• Eggs
• Vegetable Oil
• Red Food Coloring
• Blue Food Coloring
• White Frosting
• Red, White, and Blue Sprinkles, assorted

Special Tools Needed

4 Mason Jars, approximately ½ pint size

How to Make Cake in a Jar

1. First you are going to make 5 blue cupcakes and 5 red cupcakes. Divide the white cake mix batter equally into 2 bowls. Color half blue and half red to your liking. Bake 5 cupcakes of each color according to the package.
2. Crumble up the blue cupcakes into a bowl. Crumble up the red cupcakes in a separate bowl.
3. Put some of the white frosting into a small piping bag or a small plastic baggie with the corner cut off.
4. Take a mason jar and put an inch layer of blue cake crumbles in the bottom.
5. Take the frosting and pipe a thick line around the edges of the blue cake crumbles. Make sure you are pressing the frosting against the glass edge as you are going around. [Note: you are not putting a full layer of frosting over the cake. This creates too much frosting to cake ratio.]
6. Add a layer of the red cake crumbles next, about an inch thick.
7. Pipe another thick line of frosting around the edges of the red cake, again making sure you are touching the glass.
8. Add another layer of blue crumbles, then a frosting line, and another layer of red crumbles. You should have 2 blue cake layers an 2 red cake layers.
9. Now pipe a full layer of frosting over the top of the cake so it’s completely covered. You should be right about at the top rim of the jar.
10. Sprinkle the patriotic sprinkles over the top.
11. Repeat steps for the remaining jars.

Serve with a spoon and dig in! These fun and pretty little dessert jars are great for your 4th of July celebration!

How Much Food Coloring Do I Need to Use?

Do not be afraid to be very liberal with food coloring, it may take 20 to 40 drops to get the color you want!

More Amazing 4th of July Desserts

• Red, White and Blue 4th of July Popcorn
• Firecracker Strawberry Pops
• 4th of July Cake Cups with Fruit

4th of July Cake in a Jar

Author: Emily Pecoraro

This Fourth of July Dessert Recipe is fun for the whole family! Everyone will love this patriotic dessert.

4.43 from 7 votes

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 40 minutes mins

Course Desserts

Cuisine American

Servings 4

Calories 1157 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 1 box Betty Crocker Super Moist Cake Mix White
• ▢ 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• ▢ 3 eggs
• ▢ 1 cup water
• ▢ red food coloring
• ▢ blue food coloring
• ▢ 16 oz Pillsbury Creamy Supreme Frosting Classic White
• ▢ red, white and blue sprinkles assorted

Instructions

 

• Divide the white cake mix batter equally into 2 bowls. Color half blue and half red to your liking. Bake 5 cupcakes of each color according to the package.
• Crumble up the blue cupcakes into a bowl. Crumble up the red cupcakes in a separate bowl.
• Put some of the white frosting into a small piping bag or a small plastic baggie with the corner cut off.
• Take a mason jar and put an inch layer of blue cake crumbles in the bottom. 
• Take the frosting and pipe a thick line around the edges of the blue cake crumbles. Make sure you are pressing the frosting against the glass edge as you are going around.
• Add a layer of the red cake crumbles next, about an inch thick.
• Pipe another thick line of frosting around the edges of the red cake, again making sure you are touching the glass.
• Add another layer of blue crumbles, then a frosting line, and another layer of red crumbles.
• Now pipe a full layer of frosting over the top of the cake so it’s completely covered. You should be right about at the top rim of the jar.
• Sprinkle the patriotic sprinkles over the top.
• Repeat steps for the remaining jars.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 1157kcalCarbohydrates: 184gProtein: 9gFat: 43gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 20gMonounsaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 123mgSodium: 1199mgPotassium: 145mgFiber: 2gSugar: 128gVitamin A: 178IUCalcium: 296mgIron: 3mg

The nutrition information is calculated using online nutrition calculators and may not be accurate. It is provided as a general guide only.

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