{"id":11674,"date":"2012-06-29T10:15:39","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T15:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecakeblog.com\/?p=11674"},"modified":"2017-05-18T14:13:28","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T18:13:28","slug":"the-4th-cake-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/2012\/06\/the-4th-cake-of-july.html","title":{"rendered":"Ruffled Flag Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is the fourth and final day in our new cake series, The 4 Cakes of July<\/em><\/a><\/strong>!\u00a0 Four talented bakers were asked to create new designs inspired by the 4th of July holiday.\u00a0 To bring the beauty and colors of the American flag to life in a modern cake design like none we have seen before.\u00a0 And today\u2019s cake is red, white and beautifully bold!<\/p>\n

This fourth American beauty comes to us from Rachel Skvaril, owner of Fondant Flinger<\/a><\/strong> in Kodiak, Alaska.\u00a0 You may remember Rachel from previous features on our site (like her blue poppy flower<\/em>s<\/a> and this snow owl birthday<\/a><\/em>).\u00a0 Rachel has a serious flair for ruffles and I was thrilled to hear she was going big and going bold with her design!\u00a0 Vertical ruffles, alternating from red to white, mimic the stripes of the flag dancing in the wind.\u00a0 An entire bottom tier of tightly woven ruffles creates the perfect block of blue and is nothing less than spectacular!\u00a0 This is definitely not your grandma’s flag cake… but I think Betsy Ross would be proud!\u00a0 It’s the grand finale!\u00a0 And it’s The 4th Cake of July<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

\"Ruffled<\/p>\n

Rachel Skvaril\u00a0<\/strong>shares the inspiration for her design:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“<\/strong>When Carrie first mentioned cakes designed after the flag, my first thought was of my biggest supporter and inspiration – my Mom, also known as the “Queen of Fling”.\u00a0 She was born on June 14 (Flag Day), and she’s from the Heartland of America; New London Iowa, the self-proclaimed “biggest small town” in Iowa.\u00a0 She has memories of the town completely decked out in its patriotic pride and as a child, always thought they had decorated just for her birthday.<\/p>\n

There’s something about the patriotism of New London that has always held a soft spot for me.\u00a0 On any given day of the year, rustic old red barns are set off by large metal blue stars and front doors decorated with wreaths made of flag motifs.\u00a0 It’s all very Norman Rockwellish – Americana at its best.\u00a0 So that’s where I went to get my inspiration for this cake.\u00a0 Vintage Americana art with its simple, rustic appeal.<\/p>\n

Ruffles are kind of my thing, and I feel they translate so well on this cake, and portray so well the furling of our nation’s flag.\u00a0 The overall cake design, including the flower, mimics Americana fabrics that I found.\u00a0 The inspiration even flowed into the cake itself, which is vibrant red velvet, offset with cream cheese swiss meringue buttercream.<\/p>\n

I muted the colors a bit, to give the impression of an earlier time in our history and to give the cake a vintage feel.”<\/p>\n

\"Ruffled<\/p>\n

\"Ruffled<\/p>\n

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Just like any great fireworks display, we’re going out with a big finish.\u00a0 Talk about a grand finale!\u00a0 This cake is bold, daring and incredibly striking!\u00a0 Yet somehow the ruffles have a soft romantic quality to them as well.\u00a0 Put it all together and you have one dazzling display!<\/p>\n

A huge thank you to Rachel of Fondant Flinger<\/a><\/strong> for inspiring us with her fantastic red, white and blue ruffles!\u00a0 And to Sylwia Ok Photography<\/a> for the gorgeous images!<\/p>\n

What a way to wrap up a wonderful week of new and very patriotic cakes!\u00a0 I hope you’ve enjoyed The 4 Cakes of July<\/em><\/a><\/strong> as much as I have!\u00a0 It is remarkable to see how each of these incredible designers transformed our red, white and blue theme into a cake.\u00a0 Each design was different yet totally amazing!!\u00a0 Thank you to the talented ladies who created these beauties for us!\u00a0 If you missed any of the spectacular designs in this series, you can find all four cakes HERE<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n

VENDORS & CREDITS:<\/strong>
\nCake:\u00a0 Fondant Flinger<\/a>
\nPhotography:\u00a0 Sylwia Ok Photography<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is the fourth and final day in our new cake series, The 4 Cakes of July! This fourth American beauty comes to us from Rachel Skvaril, owner of Fondant Flinger in Kodiak, Alaska. You may remember Rachel from previous features on our site (like her blue poppy flowers and this snow owl birthday). Rachel has a serious flair for ruffles and I was thrilled to hear she was going big and going bold with her design! Vertical ruffles, alternating from red to white, mimic the stripes of the flag dancing in the wind. An entire bottom tier of tightly woven ruffles creates the perfect block of blue and is nothing less than spectacular! This is definitely not your grandma’s flag cake… but I think Betsy Ross would be proud! It’s the grand finale! And it’s The 4th Cake of July!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[192,295,103,64],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11674","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-4-cakes-of-july","8":"category-blog","9":"category-fourth-of-july","10":"category-wedding-cakes","11":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11674"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29882,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11674\/revisions\/29882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecakeblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}