Red, White, Blue American Flag Strawberry Shortcake

Red, White, Blue American Flag Strawberry Shortcake

Ingredients:

• 16 oz (1 lb) 454 g Vanilla Cake Mix (made with Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Flavor)
• Strawberries
• Blueberries
• Cool Whip
• 2 Large Eggs
• 1/2 Cup Stick Melted Butter
• 1 Cup Cold Almond Milk (regular milk is fine)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Remove Cool Whip from freezer and place in refrigerator to thaw (the recommended time to thaw is 4 hours before using).
3. Slice stick butter in half (=1/2 cup). Place in a bowl and microwave for 30 seconds.
4. Combine eggs, butter, and milk in a bowl and mix with a hand mixer. 
5. Add in the vanilla cake mix and continue to mix until the batter is no longer lumpy.
6. Pour batter into a butter-greased 9x13 nonstick pan and tap on table to level it out and to decrease bubbles.
7. Put pan in oven and leave for 25 minutes, or until toothpick in the center comes out clean.
8. Once done, leave cake on the table to allow for cooling (for faster cooling, add frozen packages underneath the pan to speed up cooling).
9. When cake is completely cooled (20-30min later), remove Cool Whip from the fridge and use a rubber spatula to spread whip cream topping on the cake. Cover it completely with a thick layer.
10. Put blueberries on the top left corner to form a rectangle.
11. Grab your strawberries and remove the leaves and stem. Then slice it in half and put them on the cake in rows (to resemble the red stripes in the American flag).
12. Slice cake in pieces, making sure that each piece of cake has at least one fruit.
    
    Done!

Tips:

• Choose Cool Whip over regular whip cream from a spray can.
• Slice cake before adding fruits on top if you don't want the whip cream to get all over the fruit (looks better visually).
• You can use different pans also, but a 9x13 rectangular pan resembles an American flag the best.

Enjoy!