Whole Wheat 4th of July Flag Cake

This festive dessert is the perfect cake to celebrate Independence Day in a cute and creative way!

We love using freshly milled flour for our baked goods, and that includes our desserts! For more fresh milled flour desserts, try my Whole Wheat Gingerbread with Lemon Sauce, Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Whole Wheat Fruit Cobbler.

My Whole Wheat 4th of July Flag Cake

For several years I’ve been making a special 4th of July flag cake to celebrate Independence Day. I just love how bright and festive it is!

One nice thing about this recipe is that you can really use any cake recipe you want. You can make a cake from scratch, or you can use a boxed mix. That makes it really simple!

I wanted to make it a bit healthier, so I went with a whole wheat cake recipe that has become a family favorite over the past several years (I think we’ve been making it for almost 20 years now!).

This whole wheat pineapple cake tastes delicious, and it’s not hard to make at all! I’ll share the recipe here in case someone would like to try it.

Supplies Needed for This Recipe

• 9×13 pan
• large mixing bowl
• mixer (I love my KitchenAid mixer)
• measuring cups & spoons

Whole Wheat Pineapple Cake Ingredients

Find the full list of ingredients, amounts, and instructions in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.​

• Crushed pineapple
• Eggs
• Honey
• Whole wheat pastry flour (We buy wheat berries and flour in bulk from Azure Standard) Learn how to make freshly milled flour here.
• Baking soda
• Salt (This is my favorite type of salt.)

How to Make 4th of July Flag Cake

• Mix all cake ingredients well.
• Pour into greased 9×13 pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees.
• Frost with cream cheese frosting (recipe below).

Note: I have used a smaller can of pineapple and added other fruit, and also chopped apple added to the pineapple juice works.

Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients

• Cream cheese, softened
• Butter, softened
• Honey
• Vanilla (Learn how to make your own vanilla here!)

Mix frosting ingredients in mixer until well blended and then spread on cooled cake.

To Make the Flag Cake

Arrange the blueberries and strawberries to resemble the stars and stripes on the American flag.

Cake must be stored in the refrigerator because of the cream cheese frosting, and on a summer night it tastes very refreshing cold. Enjoy!