Red, White And Blue Layer Cake

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour three 9-inch round cake pans. Prepare cake mix in one large bowl according to package directions. Divide batter evenly among into 9 smaller bowls.
2. 2
   Add 10 tsp cherry gelatin and 3/4 tsp red food color to one bowl. To a second bowl, add 7 tsp cherry gelatin and 1/2 tsp red food color. To a third bowl, add 3 tsp cherry gelatin and 1/4 tsp red food color. To a fourth bowl, add just 1 drop of red food color.
3. 3
   Repeat with blueberry gelatin and blue food color for 4 more bowls. You should have 4 red and 4 blue cake batters that go from light to really dark, with 1 bowl of plain cake batter.
4. 4
   Spread each color cake batter at a time into a cake pan and bake for about 10 mins. Cool in pan 5 mins. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack. Wash, grease and flour the pans and bake another batch of cakes. Repeat so that you have 9 layers of cake. Set all aside to cool.
5. 5
   Reserve about 1 1/2 cups of frosting. Whisk the remaining frosting with the marshmallow fluff. Place the darkest blue cake on a serving plate. Spread with about 1/2 cup frosting. Layer with the remaining blue layers, from dark to lightest, spreading with frosting.
6. 6
   Top with the white cake layer then spread with frosting. Continue with the red layers from the lightest to the darkest to make the 9 layer tower.
7. 7
   Coat the top and sides with the some of the reserved frosting. Refrigerate about 1 hour. Place the remaining reserved frosting into a piping bag fitted with a star tip. Pipe a decorative border round the top and bottom of the cake then a few stars in the middle if you have enough frosting. Finally, add a few patriotic red, white and blue decorations.