Patriotic Berry Sheet Cake Recipe

Here lately, I have been all about the patriotic recipes! I guess since we are getting closer and closer to the Fourth! So this weekend I decided to make this patriotic berry sheet cake recipe and it did not disappoint.

And the good news is you can make this cake all summer long. While it has the patriotic colors that are perfect for the Fourth of July, it’s not overly patriotic and can be easily made whenever you want. Not just on a patriotic holiday.

And it’s made with simple ingredients too, which is always a plus! Keep on reading to see just how easy this cake is made and the full recipe card below!

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Ingredients Needed For Patriotic Berry Sheet Cake:

For The Cake:

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 + 1/3 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla (I used my homemade vanilla extract for this!)
• 1/2 cup raspberry jelly (I used my Meme’s recipe for homemade raspberry jelly!)

For The Frosting:

• 2 cups heavy whipping cream 
• 2 tablespoons instant vanilla pudding mix
• 1/3 cup powdered sugar
• 4 cups fresh berries (I used strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, and blueberries)
• mint leaves for garnishing, if desired

How To Make Cake:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Then, grease a 9×13 baking pan with cooking spray. I used my handy dandy Caraway Home baking pan for this cake.

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To make the batter for the cake, mix together the butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer until light and fluffy. Add in the vanilla and eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Slowly add this dry mixture into the wet mixture on low speed. Spread cake batter evenly into prepared pan.

Full disclosure, this batter is very thick so it will take a little effort to spread it around. Bake in preheated oven for 15-18 minutes. Mine took a total of 17 minutes.

Once cake is done, let cool in pan for 10 minutes. Then, while cake is still warm, add your jelly on top of the cake and spread around evenly.

Like I said, I used my Meme’s raspberry jelly for this and once you make your own jelly, you will never buy store-bought jelly again! It also makes recipes like this taste even better too.

Another recipe I made using this jelly were these yummy raspberry thumbprint cookies at Christmastime. So like I said, you can do a lot with some homemade jelly!

Let your cake cool completely before adding the frosting.

How To Make Frosting:

In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the heavy whipping cream and the instant vanilla pudding mix until mixture starts to thicken. Add in the powdered sugar and beat until stiff peaks form.

Spread over cooled cake evenly. Top with the assortment of berries and mint leaves, if desired. Cover cake and store any leftovers in the fridge!

Enjoy Your Patriotic Berry Sheet Cake!

Well, that’s it y’all! See, super simple and patriotic too! I absolutely love any kind of dessert with fresh fruit in it for summer and this one was perfect.

If you make this patriotic berry sheet cake recipe too, let me know below how it went for you! I hope you love it just as much as we did! It really is the perfect cake for summertime get togethers!

Check out some of my other patriotic recipes below too:

• Patriotic Fruit Pizza
• Patriotic Sugar Cookie Bars
• No Bake Patriotic Breakfast