Cook the cake for Flag Day, July 4th, or any other day of the year when you just want to prepare something truly delicious!
INGREDIENTS
Servings: 12
Graham cracker crumbs
1 ½ cups, finely crushed
White sugar
¼ cup
Unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tbsp.
Butter
6 tbsp., melted
Cream cheese
1 cup, of room temperature
Mascarpone cheese
1 cup, of room temperature
Lemon zest
2 tsp., grated
Lemon juice
2 tsp.
Vanilla extract
1 tsp.
White sugar
1/3 cup
Cold heavy whipping cream
1 ¼ cups
Fresh strawberries
20, large, hulled, cut in half lengthwise
Fresh blueberries
24, large, or as needed
DIRECTIONS
- Combine the first four ingredients (from cracker crumbs to butter) in a bowl and stir until crumbly and thoroughly combined.
- Prepare a 9x11 baking dish and put the crust mixture in it. Press until smooth and even. Cover with a plastic wrap and keep in the fridge for about 30 minutes or until set.
- Combine the cheeses in a bowl and stir well. Add the next three ingredients (from lemon zest to vanilla extract) to the mixture and stir well.
- In a separate metal, whisk the rest of sugar into the heavy whipping cream until the cream is fluffy and start forming soft peaks.
- Add the whipped cream to the cream cheese mixture and whisk carefully until the filling is fluffy and soft.
- With a spoon, place the filling on the crust. Spread and smooth the top. To help the crust and filling settle, tap the pan gently on a work surface.
- Cover the pan with a plastic wrap tightly and keep in the fridge for 3 hours or more.
- Arrange the strawberries in a horizontal line starting at the bottom long edge of the cake. Make sure the pointed bottoms of the strawberry halves pointing to the right.
- Arrange the next line of strawberries starting it at the top right of the cake. Make sure the bottoms point right and the line stretches to about 2/3 length of the cake.
- Continue with the rest of the strawberries, starting about ¾ inch up from the bottom stripe.
- Make blueberry lines filling the empty square so that the pattern looks like the American flag.
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