Firecracker 4th of July Cake

With the Fourth of July right around the corner I thought I would make something delicious for the occasion. Of course I had to browse through Pinterest to get some ideas of how to decorate it. And here's what I came up with; a Red Velvet Firecracker Cake. Red Velvet has been my favorite type of cake for as long as I can remember. And I happen to have Red Velvet Cupcake mix in my pantry, so with my patriotic vision in mind, I turned the mix into a bundt cake.

Here are the ingredients used (minus the ones listed on the cupcake box).

I mixed the ingredients and baked the cake according to the directions on the box. I did however, have to adjust my cooking time given I wasn't making the cupcakes.

I let the cake cool and then it was time for the decorating. This was by far my favorite part. To get the firecracker look, I melted each icing in a bowl for about 45 seconds and then drizzled each color on the cake separately with a spoon. Be sure to heat up and drizzle on one icing at a time or the other 2 colors will harden again while your decorating. As your drizzling on the last color, in my case red, make sure to start pouring on the sprinkles so they stick to the icing before it hardens. It might help to get someone to do this for you. I had Clark pour on the sprinkles for me since that was the easiest part. :)

Happy Fourth!!!