Red, , And Blue Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar (use if you want a sweeter bread)
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 1/2 cup sour cream, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups strawberries, fresh & coarsely chopped
• 3 -5 drops red food coloring
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar (use if you want a sweeter bread)
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 1/2 cup sour cream, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
• 3 -5 drops blue food coloring
• vanilla frosting

Recipe

• 1 *make the red and blue cakes separately. it may be easier for you to make one and then make the other one while the first one is in the oven.
• 2 set the oven to 350 degrees.
• 3 combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; set aside.
• 4 in small bowl, beat butter until creamy. gradually add sugar, beat 1 minute or until light and airy. add brown sugar. beat in eggs, one at a time. beat in sour cream, vanilla, and food coloring.
• 5 stir into flour mixture only until dry ingredients are moistened.
• 6 fold in strawberries and nuts.
• 7 pour into a greased cake tin.
• 8 bake for 60 to 65 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. if strawberries had alot of juice in them, up to 15 minutes more bake time may be required.
• 9 let stand 10 minutes in pan.
• 10 turn out on rack to cool.
• 11 repeat steps 3 - 10 for second cake, only with different fruit (if you used strawberry the first time, use blueberry for the second cake).
• 12 when both cakes are cool, frost blue cake entirely with the vanilla frosting, place the red cake on top, and cover entirely in frosting. or vice versa :).