Red, White, and Blue Cake

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 2 cups blueberries fresh
• 1 cup butter softened
• 1 cup buttermilk 
• 2.5 cups cake flour all-purpose
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder 
• 2 large eggs 
• 3 cups heavy whipping cream 
• 1 cup powdered sugar 
• 1 ounce food coloring red
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 3 pints strawberries fresh halved
• 1.5 cups sugar 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 1 teaspoon vinegar 

Equipment

• bowl
• oven
• wire rack

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 35
2. Beat butter and sugar together in a large bowl; beat in eggs. Stir in buttermilk and next 3 ingredients.
3. Combine flour and next 3 ingredients in a medium bowl.
4. Add flour mixture to butter mixture, stirring until well blended.
5. Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 8-inch round cake pans.
6. Bake 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
7. Remove from pans, and cool completely on a wire rack.
8. Cut each cake layer in half horizontally to make 4 layers.
9. Beat whipping cream and powdered sugar until soft peaks form.
10. Spread one-fourth whipped cream mixture over 1 cake layer; top evenly with one-fourth berries. Repeat with remaining cake layers, whipping cream mixture, and berries.