Paula Deen Club Live Event - 4th of July

Happy Fourth of July, Club members

Eddie and I are going to share with y'all today our version of a flag cake

And you know what? I've got a confession to make. I've never made a flag cake

You know what? I think I have. Have you really? Yeah, like maybe when I was in high school

That blue looks so pretty on you. Thank you. You got a few strings, but other than that, you're like perfect

Oh well, here, let me get these scissors. Give me a haircut

Because I will keep looking at that. There you go, now you're slap-cadab perfect

That blue is so pretty with your coloring. Thank you. All right, so I've never made one, Eddie has, thank goodness

You know, most people, and you see a lot of them around the Fourth of July, but you see them making them

with blueberries and strawberries. That's what I've done. Well, have you? Well, you know, that fruit can ripen pretty quick and it can run

So I thought, you know, I don't think I want to go the fruit route. So I found some other things that I think will work very, very well

I got the idea about Twizzlers. You know, I like that rope licorice

I think it's going to be a little big, though. But I found these candies

It's like a rope candy filled with some kind of nougat. Oh, it's really sweet and tart

It is. It's sweet and tart. Yeah. Cause it was made by a sweet tart, right

That's right. That's right. And then I found these little blue candies

I mean, it's, so everything is going to be edible. Let's see

Yeah, it's got a chocolate center and they're good. So that's going to be the blue in our flag

All right, I'm going to show y'all how I doctor up a box cake mix

You know, a Fourth of July cake, I don't want to go to all the trouble of, you know, making a cake from scratch

I'm going to put my energy in trying to recreate that flag. So I'm using a white cake mix, and I don't go by the instructions on the box

I use four eggs, it calls for three. I always add an extra egg and we got lucky

I've got a little chicken that will lay some real large eggs

and one of our eggs was a double yolk. So we got twice the bang for our buck

Yeah, it's almost like a duck egg almost. Yeah, I know. So we got five yolks in here

And Eddie, if you wanna take your mixer and start mixing it

as I add the ingredients. Now I do add like a third of a cup of oil

That's what it calls for, so I do do that. And for the water, I always use buttermilk

I was out of buttermilk this morning, so I'm just gonna use a whole milk

not 2%, not skim, but just the regular whole milk. And I always add vanilla flavoring

some kind of flavoring. Sometimes I'll use a coconut flavoring. Sometimes I'll use orange

You know, it's just whatever I'm in the mood for. So since it's just a white cake

you can really do any kind of flavoring you want. flavoring you want

Vanilla's always in order. Now we'll want to beat that for a couple of minutes

Now while Eddie's doing that, I'm gonna show you the pan that I chose to make the cake in

This is one of my cake pans that I bought this. I think I was making a wedding cake

and I needed different layers. So you can make it in a 13 by nine by two

or a 15 by 10. You know, you can make it in any shape you want

but I thought the round cake with the rectangle flag would be fun

So you wanna make sure that you spray your pan very, very good

because you're gonna have to bring this cake outta here in one solid piece

So you wanna make sure it does not stick. And if you're worried about it

I use a wax paper or parchment paper, and I'll just cut out my paper the size of my cake pan

So, if you're scared, you can do that. All right, on Positively Paula

one day I made like a rainbow cake. So I thought, well, that'll be fun

for my 4th of July cake to do it like red, white, and blue

So that's good, Eddie. So what we, yeah. What we wanna do now is divide up our batter

into like thirds. So, like a third there, a third here

And we can, we could just leave it in this bowl, but if you want me to transfer it to a clear bowl, I will

And that way we can see if we've got it divided, you know, pretty easily

This is a fun cake. Correctly I mean not easy This is a fun cake and it something that my grand boys love helping me with Okay so that looks pretty even

I might have shorted that one just a little bit. All right, so here comes the fun part

We're going to leave one white, but then we're going to color one blue and one red

Sometimes red can look pinky too, so I want to use a good bit of coloring for that

It's a deep color though. Yeah. Have you ever made like Greek Easter eggs, that deep, deep red

I never, never, never. How do you do that? I don't know. I've never gotten how they made them that red, what dye they use

Hmm. Well, there's all kind of dyes out there now. All right, so let me find a spoon

A good spoon. Like a big spoon? Oh. Well, let's see. Yeah, a big spoon

Yeah, look in that drawer over there, Eddie. How about like an ice cream scoop

Yeah, that's good. This? That'll be good. Yeah. So, this is how we're going to make our rainbow cake, y'all

I'm going to start with a white layer. And I'm going to just put that right in the center

And then we're going to come in. Oh, I don't have another spoon, do I

And then I'm gonna come in and I'm gonna put the red right there in the center

Now I'm not gonna stir that up. I'm not gonna stir it

And now I'm gonna come in with the blue. And I'm gonna drop it right there

Just like that. and I'm gonna give my pan just a little shake

That'll help get it to spreading out. All right, now I'm going back with the white

The white layer. And now I'm going back with the pink. Or red

It's supposed to be red, y'all. It's like modern art. Yes. Big splatter

I mean, this is so much fun. I love doing it. Now, if you want to take a turn, let me know

Because, like I said, this is the fun part. Your kids will have a ball helping you make this cake

All right. So we just keep alternating the colors. just like that until we've used up all of our batter

And then we're going to bake this at 350. I think I baked mine in this pan for 20 or 25 minutes

So you get the gist of how you wind up with a cake

All right, so I'm gonna put this to the side because it's gonna take a few minutes

for us to decorate our cake with the flag. So I've already baked off a cake

and I did mine just that exact same way. And this is what we wound up with

So when we cut it, we'll have all those different layers of colors

All right, we're gonna ice it. and I'm going to need those rinsed off

so I can beat my icing up because I've had it ready

and it's just been sitting in that bowl, so it may have gotten a little hard

so I want to just cream. Thank you, Eddie, and I got gook everywhere

All right, so I'm just using a buttercream icing. And here we go

Now we're fixing to have a lot of fun. And you'll see that I put parchment paper

underneath my cake, so when I get through icing it, I can just slip that paper out

and it won't be all messy. My board will be nice and clean

So I hope this is gonna taste good. You know, it probably would have been good, Eddie

if I had used two cake mixes, you know, and done a double layer

Yeah, that would be a big cake. Making it higher. That would be a huge cake

But I think this will be fun. You know, the most important part is, you know, creating a conversation piece and sharing

this experience with our children or a family member. You made this for Jack's birthday, right

The last time you made it. What? I never made a flag cake No the rainbow cake The rainbow cake yes Yes I did it for Jack birthday

My cake is shedding a little bit. Must be moist then

I hope, you know, you can really take a box cake mix and really doctor it up in a way that you would never know

You know, that it's that simple and that easy. I know I'm swallowing hard like I want some cake

And you know, I'm not going to worry about this being, you know, perfectly slick

I'm not opposed to the little curlicues and all that that happens with the icing

That's where it, I'm going to cover that right there because that was

That got a little, got some crumbs in it. Okay

So that was very simple. This would be like one bite cake

Yes. All right. So, Eddie, since you've done this, let's get started

All right. How big do we want to make our flag? I think big

Do you want to put the flagpole on first? No, I thought we'd put that last

Okay. Oh, we can. Just to judge. Okay. Well, let's do that

I'm going to go. by your expertise. How's that? Perfect. So that'll put the flag

about right there. I think that's a little long for the flag

How about you? Yeah, you mean height twice? Yes, I think we need to cut that

Don't you think? Mm-hmm. Okay. I probably should have cut them all at one time, shouldn't I

Well, that's all right. What do you think about that

It looks good. All right, when should we start coming in with the blue, do you think

I think there, this is going to give us enough space to do a blue field

Uh, like up there for the top. No, no red on top

No red on top. Okay, so we'll take that off. And we'll come in here with the blue. Yep

And thank goodness we've got, whoa! Thank goodness we've got white icing

So that gives us our white. Now what are we gonna do about stars, Eddie

Well, we've got this white icing that we can use. Good idea

To fill in the space. Yeah, so we'll just pipe some stars

onto the blue balls. And we wanna keep that completely square

Ooh, I like those candies. I like the candies better than blueberries

because those blueberries are gonna run. Oh yeah. This is a fun cake, I think

Uh huh. And I don't want- Not very healthy, but- Very patriotic

This is definitely a kid's cake. Yes. This is for the kids, not the adults

That's exactly right. This is for our children. We want to teach them patriotism

And to love their country. And to celebrate their country. Uh-oh. I'm fixing to have a mess

I'm fixing to get... Can I have a damp rag, please? I'm fixing to..

Get icing everywhere. All right, so we'll want to bring these in

Well, I still got icing all over that, Eddie. You may have to start fresh

I may. Okay

What do you think

One more One more yeah that should do One more That will be perfect Well you know what Eddie

For us to never have done anything like this, I like it

Don't you? I do like it. You know what? The white shows up perfectly through there

The white shows through there. But I'll try to... Now this you're going to have to hold on and kind of dab

Oh, okay. So here we go. We're going to try to do a star

And you can see I'm not... It might be kind of gooey. It's a different type of frosting

Yeah. Yeah, I'm not crazy about that, Eddie

So, I'm going to just do like this. Just pretend stars

How's that? Great. You know, if I had left a little bit of room in between the blue balls, it would have looked

like stars. This would be a fun project for the grandkids. Oh, my gosh

They would have so much fun doing this. I could just see Sullivan and having a blast

Yes. I'm putting all this candy on here. Yes. So that's right cute

And. I'm gonna remove a stripe. Okay. To make it official. Oh, okay. Did I put too many stripes

And I just wanted to eat one too, so. Oh good. So how's that

That's, that is very, very crude stars. but if you had the right piece of equipment

with your white, you could just easily do it, but we had the wrong one

But how's that? I think it's adorable. I think it looks great

So happy 4th of July, everybody. Now we're just gonna pull these out

And look at our cake. That's what our cake looks like in there

It looks like a rainbow. I'm gonna let you do that. Okay

You scared? Yes, I see half the cake going with it. Well, you know, you're just supposed to stick that

right up underneath the edge. And I had them pretty deep in there, so

So there we go, our 4th of July cake. I think that we need, though, to cut it

You know what? And taste it. I brought for the 4th of July some sparkler candles

Oh, good! Good, good, good, good. Let's see if we can get it sparkling

Okay. How fun

I hope it sparkles. I said I hope it sparkles. There we go

It's starting. You could use real spark. Uh-oh. Dadgummit. Oh, it is

It's going to sparkle. It's gonna sparkle. It's gonna sparkle, y'all. Happy 4th of July to everybody

Hope this will inspire ya. You know, it doesn't have to be bakery gorgeous

The fact that you got in the kitchen with somebody that you really care about

and just have fun with it. Look at them. All right, so we can cut this just like we would cut a pie, Eddie

All right, so let's see what we've got. This cake is supposed to be red, white, and blue, y'all

There it is. Oh, look how pretty. Look how pretty it is

There you go, Eddie. You get the first bite. I'll take it

Like I said, this is just one of those projects that your little children are just gonna love

getting in the kitchen and doing with you. And they'll never forget the memories

that they made with mama or grandma or their favorite aunt. Look at that precious cake

Very good. Now I put coconut flavoring in this one. So I could actually sprinkle coconut on top

So you know, you're really only limited by your imagination. So just go at it

I hope a few of these tips have helped y'all though. And I wanna wish y'all a very, very happy

and safe Fourth of July. I think our sparklers are a dud

Uh oh. They're very safe sparklers. We could have put real sparklers in them