Browse July 4th Cake Ideas

Stars & Stripes Celebration Cake

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Go patriotic with this cake, created with Wilton Star Pan. Serve during Flag Day, July 4th, Memorial Day and Labor Day celebrations.

Fireworks For The Fourth Cake

Difficulty: Easy

Attach icing stars to florist wire to create sparkling sprays that burst in air! The red and blue pyrotechnics create a sensation against a flag cake baked in our Stars & Stripes Pan.

Red, White & Blue Checkerboard Cake

Difficulty: No reviews

Bring this cake out for many patriotic occasions: Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Fourth of July and many more. Create the checkerboard pattern using our Checkerboard Cake Pan.

Uncle Sam Leads The Cheers Cake

Difficulty: Medium

Set Uncle Sam on your buffet table and you’ll earn a salute from your guests! Turn a Stand Up Cuddly Bear Pan cake into America’s leading man with Gum Paste hat and tie and buttercream details.

Starry Skyrockets Cake

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Whether it’s your patriotic party dessert or a special way to celebrate your guest of honor, this star cake creates quite a commotion! With Sugar Sheets! Edible Decorating Paper, it’s easy to create bursts of color that light up any event.

Another Successful Landing Cake

Difficulty: Medium

Another Successful Landing cake is one giant leap for cake decorating. The astronaut, made with the Stand-Up Cuddly Bear pan, plants the American flag in a lunar landscape cake.

United We Stand Cake

Difficulty: Medium

This Fourth of July, pull out all the stops! Show your spirit with a three-layer cake surrounded by a flag-waving band of cookie patriots created with Girl and Boy Perimeter Cutters and topped by star cookie skyrockets.

National Pride Cake

Difficulty: Medium

Our Huggable Teddy Bear is bearing the nation’s colors for a charming cake to celebrate America. It’s a fresh take on Uncle Sam that young and old will love.

Ribbon of Remembrance Cake

Difficulty: Easy

Bake some inspiration for Independence Day! This badge-of-honor tribute makes our Ribbon Pan memorable with piped-on stars and stripes.

Wrapped in Glory Cake

Difficulty: Medium

Here’s a patriotic cake that succeeds with flying colors! Our Star Pan bakes the classic shape—which you will decorate with a star-studded fondant surface wrapped with striped bunting.

Country Cake

Difficulty: Easy

Pay tribute to America The Beautiful with an eyepoping Star Pan cake. Use cutters to imprint the background stars and USA design which make this a hit for the 4th and beyond.

Patriotic Pinwheel Cake

Difficulty: Easy

This optical-illusion Star Pan cake gives a new spin to 4th of July desserts! Instructions include a link to our star point pattern, which makes precise decorating a breeze!

Lady Liberty Cake

Difficulty: Difficult

Patriotic Lady Liberty cake pays tribute to the world’s most famous New Yorker! A color flow statue stands in front of royal icing fireworks while molded candy boats cruise around her cake-on-cake pedestal and star-shaped island.

American Made Cake and Cookies

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Wave the red, white and blue proudly with this flag cake surrounded by star cookies. This patriotic cake is guaranteed to generate fireworks at your holiday BBQ.

Bursting In Air! Cake

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Create an explosion of excitement for your patriotic party! Arrange Color Flow stars on Lollipop Sticks to create the illusion of rockets exploding in the sky.

July 4th Cake

Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Fresh, flavorful berries star on this July 4th cake. An easy decorating project for beginners, you only need to pipe icing stars! Sliced strawberries and blueberries add the red and the blue to your Ready-To-Use White Decorator Icing borders.