Red, White, & Blue Firecracker Cake

Slice of Patriotic Bundt Cake on white plate with whole cake in background.

A fun and festive bundt cake, this Firecracker Cake is great for the upcoming holidays. With red, white, and blue cake and decorations, this is a standout!

Course Baked Good, Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword bundt cake, Patriotic Bundt Cake

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 30

Total Time 40

Servings

Calories 330kcal

Author Dana DeVolk

Ingredients

1 box white cake mix
3 ounce box vanilla pudding mix dry mix only, do not make
1 cup whole milk
3 large egg whites
½ cup vegetable oil
½ teaspoon red gel food coloring
½ teaspoon blue gel food coloring
3 ounces red candy melts
3 ounces white candy melts
3 ounces blue candy melts
sprinkles of your choice

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a bundt cake pan and set aside.
In a large bowl combine the cake mix, pudding mix, milk, egg whites and vegetable oil. Using a hand mixer or stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, beat on medium speed for two minutes.
1 box white cake mix, 3 ounce box vanilla pudding mix, 1 cup whole milk, 3 large egg whites, ½ cup vegetable oil
Divide the mixture evenly into three separate bowls.
Add the red food coloring to one of the bowls and mix until well combined. Repeat with the blue food coloring in another of the bowls. The third bowl will remain uncolored.
½ teaspoon red gel food coloring, ½ teaspoon blue gel food coloring
Drop spoonfuls of the three different colored batters into the prepared bottom of the pan in a random pattern and fill it. Ensure the batter is evenly distributed on all sides of the pan.
Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
Melt the candy melts according to the package directions in microwavable bowls.
3 ounces red candy melts, 3 ounces white candy melts, 3 ounces blue candy melts
Add the melted candy melts to three small resealable bags, one for each color. Cut the tip of one of the corners on each bag. Drizzle the melted candy melts over the top of the cake once it is completely cool.
Immediately add the sprinkles while the candy melts are still wet. Allow candy melts to set before slicing and serving.
sprinkles of your choice

Notes

Use gel food coloring as it saturates better.
Other colors can be a great thing for different occasions.
If you are using a dark bundt pan reduce the heat to 325 degrees F.
You can decorate the top in anyway that you like, we like to use melting chocolate and sprinkles. Secret tricks of the trade, haha!
Don’t skip the cooling rack. It helps get just the right consistency.
This can be frozen, see above on how to do that.

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