Patriotic Poke Cake

Name: Patriotic Poke Cake
Ingredients: 1 cup, whole milk, room temperature; 6 , large egg whites, room temperature; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 2 1/4 cups (9 ounces/255 grams), cake flour; 1 3/4 cups (12¼ ounces/347 grams), granulated sugar; 4 teaspoons, baking powder; 1 teaspoon, table salt; 12 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 12 pieces and softened but still cool; 5 ounces (142 grams/1 cup), blueberries; 1 1/4 cups, water, divided; 1/4 cup (1¾ ounces/50 grams), sugar, divided; 2 tablespoons, berry-flavored gelatin; 7 1/2 ounces (213 grams/1½ cups), strawberries, hulled; 1 tablespoon, strawberry-flavored gelatin; 2 cups, heavy cream, chilled; 2 teaspoons, granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract

Desserts or Baked Goods
Fruit
Cakes
Great American Cakes

Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2010

Flavored gelatin and fresh berries give white cake layers stripes of ruby red and berry blue.

SERVES 12

TIME 2 hours, plus 5 hours chilling and cooling

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