Cake, Ice Cream and Mason Jars: A 4th of July Treat

This July is the second fourth of July we’ve celebrated in our home.

Our first home.

The house we’ll raise our children in.

Where we’ve laughed, cried, and shared memories with friends and family.

Since I’m still accumulating all my holiday decorations, I really wanted to make our BBQ special by creating a sugary treat for our guests. I tend to be the one whose always signed up to bring dessert, which is fine by me, I love to bake. Rather than just bake cupcakes or cake pops, I decided to be a little bit more creative.

I needed some red, white and blue.

Some sugary goodness.

And without a doubt … mason jars!

So I was really excited when I was given the opportunity to team up with Smart and Final and First Street Ice Cream to create a delicious 4th of July ice cream social. As you know I love shopping at Smart and Final for parties because they give you the opportunity to buy their products in party size packaging or in smaller quantities. They also have some great specials they run throughout the store.

Since we were already planning to have a 4th of July BBQ, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to create something new and unique and make something I’ve never served before. Lately I’ve been seriously crushing on mason jars! I bought them for Katelyn’s birthday party centerpieces and ever since I’ve been looking for every excuse possible to use them. I decided, after doing some serious Pinterest research, that I really wanted to create something in a mason jar. Here’s what I created.

Red, White & Blue Cake & Ice Cream in a Mason Jar

INGREDIENTS:

– Box of white cake mix

– Eggs

– Vegetable Oil

– 1 Quart Whipping Cream

– 3 tablespoons Sugar

– 2 tablespoon Vanilla

– Red & Blue Food Coloring

– Vanilla & Strawberry First Street Ice Cream from Smart & Final

– First Street ice cream toppings

DIRECTIONS:

1. Heat your oven to 325 degrees.

2. Begin by mixing together a box of white cake mix. Smart and Final has the option to purchase either the Duncan Hines cake mix boxes or they have a large bag of First Street Cake Mix you can buy. I decided to go with the small box for the purpose of this recipe.

3. Divide the cake mix evenly in three bowls. Take one bowl of white cake mix and put it to the side. Add red food coloring to the second bowl and blue food coloring to the third. I went with a 4th of July theme, but you can use this recipe for any occasion.

4. Mix well so that all the color blends evenly into the cake mix.

5. Grab your cupcake pans and get ready to pour. I chose to use cupcake liners to bake and then remove them later, but you can use also just Pam Butter Spray and put the mix directly into the cupcake pan.

6. Bake your cupcakes for the allotted amount of time.

7. When your timer goes off, take out your cupcakes and set them on the counter to cool. This will take a couple of hours.

8. Take all the cupcakes out of the liners and cut them in half.

9. Mix up some Heavy Whipping Cream, Sugar and Vanilla extract using egg beaters in a separate bowl. You can also use whipping cream from a can, I just love how fresh whipped cream tastes.

10. Grab a mason jar and we’re ready to build our treat. Add 1/2 a red cupcake, then create a small layer of whipping cream. Add 1/2 a white cupcake, then another small layer of whipping cream. Then finally add 1/2 a blue cupcake. Grab your First Street Ice Cream (I got both Strawberry and Vanilla) and add a scoop to the top. You can then add some more whip cream, a cherry, a variety of great First Street toppings and top it off with some syrup.

11. Now you and your guests can enjoy a yummy treat all contained a pretty mason jar!! Enjoy!

My guests and my kids loved the dessert I created and many compliments were sent to First Street Ice Cream for their great selection of toppings and their great tasting ice cream.

GIVEAWAY ALERT!!
Right now Smart and Final is giveaway away 5 $100 SmartCash cards every week from July 6 – July 26th! All you need to do is visit http://www.firststreeticecream.com and enter for a chance to win one of 15 $100 SmartCash cards. And that’s not all!! In addition, 1 Grand Prize winner will receive “The Ultimate First Street Ice Cream Party.” Smart and Final will cater an ice cream fest for 50 people!! The winner will be able to choose between the ultimate hand-dipped ice cream & banana party or an ice cream sundae bar with 20+ toppings! The winner will be able to select the party location, whether your office or favorite charity, the sky is the limit!!

Umm, pretty sure entering that contest is a no brainer!!

You can also find Smart and Final on Facebook and Twitter where you can build your own ice cream sundae and send it to a friend.

This project has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for #collectivebias, but all my opinions are my own. Come on now, who doesn’t love ice cream!?

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Eisley Rae Clothing says

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LOVE this. That is such a cute idea.

Cathy says

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Super cute dea! Love it.

Carl&JulieFamilySite says

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Those are amazing, Alissa! How fun!!

Sara @ Mom Endeavors says

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What a pretty & festive idea!! Love the use of the mason jars! 🙂

Lily @Militaryfamof8 says

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loved your idea~~~

Andrea says

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YUM. This is such a cute idea!

Home Cooking Memories says

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I love the ways these look! And all the images are very helpful in seeing how it's done.

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