All-American Flag Cake

Great for Memorial Day or the 4th of July!

Original recipe makes 1 9×13-inch cake

Ingredients

1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
1 cup water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 (3 ounce) package strawberry-flavored Jell-O® mix
1/2 cup boiling water
1 (3.5 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
1 1/2 cups milk
1 cup frozen whipped topping, thawed
1/2 cup fresh blueberries
2 cups frozen whipped topping, thawed
1/2 cup fresh blueberries
1 1/2 cups sliced fresh strawberries
1/2 cup miniature marshmallows

PREP

1 hr
COOK

35 mins
READY IN

3 hrs 35 mins

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9×13-inch baking pan.
Stir yellow cake mix, 1 cup water, vegetable oil, and eggs in a mixing bowl until moistened; beat with a mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes. Pour batter into prepared baking pan.
Bake cake in the preheated oven until lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack. Poke holes about 1 inch apart all over the cake with a fork.
Dissolve strawberry gelatin in boiling water in a bowl and pour gelatin slowly over the cake, letting gelatin seep into holes. Refrigerate cake until gelatin sets, about 1 hour. Transfer cake to a serving platter and cut in half horizontally.
Mix instant vanilla pudding mix with milk in a bowl and whisk until thickened, about 2 minutes; stir in 1/2 cup blueberries. Spread blueberry filling onto bottom of cake and place top of cake over the filling. Spread 2 cups whipped topping smoothly over top and sides of cake and arrange 1/2 cup blueberries in a square in the upper left corner of the cake for stars. Arrange alternating layers of strawberries and miniature marshmallows into horizontal red and white stripes.