These no bake angel food flag cake bars make entertaining quick and easy. Premade angel food cakes are decorated with a fluffy white icing, fresh blueberries, and sliced strawberries to make this patriotic dessert.
If you’re looking for an impressive 4th of July no bake cake or dessert to serve at your summer celebrations, this angel food flag cake is the perfect one to make.
Using premade angel food cake bars that you can get from the bakery, this is a simple dessert that comes together in less than 20 minutes.
If you love the angel food cake bars, check out these fun patriotic angel food kabobs. They use the same bars, fresh fruits, and a homemade frosting!
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Ingredients & Notes
See below for a full list of ingredients and detailed instructions.
- Angel Food Cake Bars – Premade store bought bars made out of angel food cake. These may also be called angel food cake logs depending on your bakery.
- Cream Cheese Frosting – Cream cheese, powdered sugar, and cool whip.
- Fruits – Blueberries and sliced strawberries
Be sure to check out the full recipe and ingredient list below
Substitutions & Variations
- Instead of making the homemade cream cheese and cool whip frosting, you can use store bought.
- Swap out the fresh strawberries and blueberries for your favorites.
- Use homemade or premade angel food cake bars.
- This recipe makes enough for 1 cake bar. If you need more, you can easily adjust the amount, double, or even triple the recipe.
How To Make A Flag Cake with Angel Food Bars
- Beat the softened cream cheese and the powdered sugar on medium speed for about 2 minutes. You want the frosting well blended with no lumps.
- Fold in the cool whip and mix until smooth.
- Cover the cake with a layer of icing using a spatula.
- Add the remaining icing into a piping bag and attach Wilton decorating tip # 21.
- Decorate: Squeeze the icing bag and let a small amount of the frosting come out. Stop squeezing as you pull straight back up to make a star shape.
- Repeat that process all around the bottom edges of the cake.
- Add the blueberries and strawberries to the cake to resemble the stars and stripes of the American flag.
Storing & Reheating
- Store: Store the no bake flag cakes in the fridge, covered. Any leftovers can be enjoyed for up to 4 days.
No Bake Angel Food Flag Cake Bars
Equipment
- Piping bag
- Wilton decorating tip 21
Ingredients
- 1 Angel food cake log
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened (½ block)
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 8 ounces cool whip
- 1/2 cup strawberries, sliced
- 12 blueberries
Instructions
- Beat the softened cream cheese and the powdered sugar on medium speed for about 2 minutes. You want the frosting well blended with no lumps.
- Fold in the cool whip and mix until smooth.
- Cover the cake with a layer of icing using a spatula.
- Add the remaining icing into a piping bag and attach Wilton decorating tip # 21.
- Decorate: Squeeze the icing bag and let a small amount of the frosting come out. Stop squeezing as you pull straight back up to make a star shape.
- Repeat that process all around the bottom edges of the cake.
- Add the blueberries and strawberries to the cake to resemble the stars and stripes of the American flag.
Notes
- If you don’t have a decorating tip/bag, you can use a ziplock back and just wing it.
- Instead of making the homemade cream cheese and cool whip frosting, you can use store bought.
- Swap out the fresh strawberries and blueberries for your favorites.
- Use homemade or premade angel food cake bars.
- This recipe makes enough for 1 cake bar. If you need more, you can easily adjust the amount, double, or even triple the recipe.
- Store the no bake flag cakes in the fridge, covered. Any leftovers can be enjoyed for up to 4 days.
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and any changes you make to the recipe. For best results, calculate these on your own.
