4th of July Fruit Cake German Style

If you are looking for a different cake for the 4th of July celebration, the American Independence Day, here is the 4th of July Patriotic Fruit Cake German Style. It’s featuring the USA flag made out of blueberries and raspberries, embedded on a delicious quark cream. Happy Baking!

Ingredients 4th of July Fruit Cake German Style

Base Biscuit Cake
6 tbsp sunflower or avocado oil
6 tbsp sugar
3 eggs
6 tbsp flour – alternatively 3 tbsp almond flour and 3 tbsp flour
1.5 tsp baking powder (Dr. Oetker)
1 tsp vanilla extract or 1 tbsp vanilla sugar
– How to make Vanilla Sugar –
raspberries and blueberries as needed

Cream Layer
150 g quark – How to Make Quark –
4 tbsp whipped cream
1 tsp vanilla sugar
2 tsp powdered sugar or to taste, alternatively use maple syrup
optional: 1 package red glaze Dr Oetker – Find it here – 
– Make the Glaze from Scratch –

Alternatives for the Cream Layer
1. If you don’t use the quark cream just glaze the fruit – Find the clear glaze here – 
2. Instead of the quark cream you can use alternatively Vanilla pudding – Find it here –
3. Simple: You could use a layer of whipped cream instead of the quark/pudding option.
4. If you can get unsweetened custard that could work as well.

Baking Instructions 4th of July Fruit Cake

– Mix eggs with sugar and beat until dough is foamy.
– Add oil spoon by spoon to the eggs, then sieve in flour.
– Mix flour and baking powder, then combine with egg mix.  Mix well.
– Grease the baking form with some butter.
– Sprinkle the form with some breadcrumbs of neutral taste (no spices or herbs) or flour (prevents sticking).
– Pour dough into a non-stick German baking form for the base cake, diameter 11 inches.

CREAM
For the cream combine all ingredients and mix until you get a smooth cream.

– When the base cake has cooled off completely, place the cream on top.
– Spread even with a spoon.
– Place the raspberries and blueberries into the cream. You can make the flag or a star in the middle with blueberries surrounded by the raspberries.

TIPS
Alternatively use strawberries for this cake.
If you cannot get quark you can use just whipped cream. Important is to have a white background.
If you are not using any cream, just fruit, you would add the glaze on top.