Patriotic Stripes Cake

Yesterday, as part of our July 4th Celebration, we indulged in a gluten-free version of a Martha Stewart recipe I found and made last year. The original recipe was in Living last July, and called for angel food cake and peach sorbet. I omitted the peach sorbet to make my cake purely red, white and blue, and I changed the cake to a gluten-free vanilla cake. To my delight, the recipe turned out great! It was refreshing to have on such a hot day, too. Ingredients include a white or yellow cake, blueberry jam or compote, vanilla ice cream, frozen yogurt, or gelato, and raspberry sorbet.
I started by making 2 boxes of Gluten Free Pantry Old Fashioned Cake Mix as directed except I subbed in for the milk and butter with almond milk and canola oil. I baked it in a 9x13 inch glass dish. After cooling, I sliced the cake in half, and placed the bottom half on a sturdy baking sheet. I spread blueberry jam on the entire bottom half. (I used a combination of store-bought jam and my own homemade blueberry compote). I then placed the cake in the freezer and let vanilla gelato sit on the counter to soften.

Next, I stirred the softened vanilla gelato and spread over top of the jam. Again, I let freeze for about 1 hour, and let the raspberry sorbet soften on the counter. I then spread the raspberry sorbet over top, placed the remaining top half of the cake over top of that, and wrapped tightly in plastic wrap and froze overnight. The next day I simply unwrapped right before serving, sliced the cake in three parts lengthwise, and then into individual serving sizes.

For more even/straight stripes, use a blueberry jam that does not have chunks of whole blueberries in it, or simply puree the jam or compote until it is smooth. I personally like the texture and taste of whole blueberries, so my lines were wavy but still delicious. I think this cake has lots of potential...I may be posting a variation using chocolate cake and strawberry, raspberry and vanilla fillings. And that is only the beginning of what I plan to try out with this! Enjoy your own versions! :) Happy Birthday, America!