American Flag Cake Directions by Haley Barber American Flag Cake DirectionsWhat you need to bake: Red Velvet Cake- 1 (8 inch) and 1 (6 inch) tier White Cake- 1 (8 inch) tier Blue Velvet Cake- 1 (8 inch) tier. 1. You will torte (basically cut in half lengthwise) all of these cakes EXCEPT THE VELVET BLUE CAKE, so 3 tiers total. 1. You will torte (basically cut in half lengthwise) all of these cakes EXCEPT THE VELVET BLUE CAKE, so 3 tiers total. 2. You will need to cut out a 4 inch circle as a guide, place it on one of the 6 inch red velvet cake layers, and cut the cake down to a 4 inch circle 3. You will follow step #2 for 1 of the white cake layers. 4. You will follow step #2 for the velvet blue cake tier (remember that we did not torte this tier) except instead of pulling away the outer ring, you will pull out the middle circle so it is a hollow ring. 5. At this point you should have: 2 (8 inch) and 1 (4 inch) red velvet cake layers, 1 (8 inch) and 1 (4 inch) white cake layer, and 1 hollow (8 inch) blue velvet cake layer that is twice the thickness of the other layers. 6. Place an 8 inch red velvet layer on your plate. Frost the top of the layer, place an 8 inch white cake layer on top, frost that, place a red velvet layer on top of that and frost the top. 7. Place the Blue cake layer on top of the cake. Then frost the 4 inch white cake layer and lower it into the middle of the blue velvet layer. 8. Lower the 4 inch red velvet layer onto the top of the white layer in the blue velvet circle. 9. Crumb coat the cake. For detailed directions on crumb coating a cake. Then Frost the cake. Extra tips: chilling the layers will help prevent messy crumbs and hold the whole thing together better. You might also want to coat the inside of the hollowed out blue velvet circle layer to better hold the inner stripe layers to the outer blue cake after its cut. Cake Cutting Tips How to cutting this cake to preserve the look of the layers 1. CHILL THE CAKE! As long as you put a good coating of buttercream/frosting on it the cake should not dry out. 2. Use hot water and a hot clean knife. Between slices, clean the knife and slip it down into very hot water. 3. Make sure the knife is completely dry after dipping it in the hot water.