4th July Baking Ideas

Bakes, Snacks & Nibbles For Any Celebration

Front on shot of white table with white crockery, coffee cups, backdrop and Madeira loaf cake with piped cream & cherries on top, surrounded by a red large napkin.

Overhead square image of a table with cream tea of vintage bloe willow teapot, cups of tea, napkins, rose, milk, clotted cream, jam & British scones.

partial shot of shinny red strawberries and blueberries in gold bowl.

Close shot of a tall 6 inch air fryer Black Forest Gateau cake with chocolate coated sides, and cream and cherry topped decoration.

4th July Baking Ideas, is my selection of sweet & savoury, quick & easy recipes for 4th July celebrations. Perfect party nibbles to snack on, even if you are a beginner baker. Or something a little fancier, to impress your guests!

Fruit covered Summer berry Genoise cream layer cake with red white blue for 4th July recipes with 4th July text.

Summer Berry Griestorte

Summer Berry Griestorte, would make a great red, white & blue cake for 4th July!

Keep the whipped cream white, and use red berries like strawberries or raspberries and blueberries to represent the ‘blue’.

Super simple to decorate, you can easily decorate anyway you like.

Follow my recipe tutorial to make the Genoise sponge cake and you won’t go wrong.

Alternatively, use the principle idea with your favourite sponge cake.

Go to Summer Berry Griestorte Layer Cake

Overhead shot of pink crockery and napkin, with fancy bundt cake, with glaze, coconut and cherry topped bundt cake.

Bundt Cakes

Easily the simplest cakes to make, with minimal or no decorating required, bundt cakes are an ideal option for your 4th July celebrations.

Here’s a selection below, of my bundt cake recipes in various flavours and sizes as well as a Gluten free carrot cake.

But you don’t only have to bake in the oven. Try my air fryer bundt cakes too.

Customize the bundts or mini bundt cakes, with red, white and blue sprinkles, berries & whipped cream/buttercream. Or use fruits like strawberries, raspberries, cherries, blueberries & more.

Go to Bundt Cake recipes

Go to air fryer recipes

Overhead photo of a glazed bundt cake on a pink plate, with pink napkin and white crockery & white willow.

Photo of a female hand holding a white plate with a slice of fresh cranberry orange Madeira bundt cake, with the fancy bundt cake to the background.

Close shot of a caramel coloured slice of bundt cake, with a centre of chocolate spread filling, served and bundt cake behind, cropped.

Overhead shot of mini chocolate bundt cakes decorated, on a wire rack and Easter eggsdecoration around.

Layer Cakes

strawberries and blueberries in gold bowl and hand touching them.

Close angled shot of a slice of cream and berry topped and filled cake, on white plate with tea served behind.

Close partial shot of single layer cake with piped cream and layer of strawberry slices.

Extra close shot of table with crockery and tea, and a deep cake topped with cream and strawberries and blueberries.

Make a layer cake like the Summer Berry Griestorte, with red & blue fruits on the top & sides of the cream covered cake. Or go more simple and use a single layer of cake, topped with cream & fresh berries. Try the air fryer, butter & flour-free Genoise, topped with cream, strawberry & blueberries (above). Or try the mango, strawberry & grape version (below).

Close front angled shot of plate with Genoise sponge cake with cream, strawberries, grapes & mango on top.

Partial shot of a thick 3 layer funfetti, sprinkle filled layer cake with piped buttercream rosettes inbetween and on top.

Overhead shot of white table with blue white napkins, white flowers, tea cups with tea and large strawberry, raspberry & blueberry covered cream layer cake in centre.

Click the image to go to the recipe, or jump to the cake recipes page.

Meringue

Learn how to make meringue & get the ‘white’ element for your red white & blue foods. Learn how to make Pavlova’s or mini nests. Not only that, learn how to make the French, Swiss & Italian meringue methods in my Meringue By 3 Methods lesson, which is also made in a small basket air fryer! So doubly perfect for a warm July 4th! (Check out the photos below of the 3 methods).

Overhead shot of a white table, with vintage plate and pink piped Pavlova meringue, filled with cream, strawberries and blueberries, surrounded by berries and pink napkin.

Close overhead shot of a tall white Pavlova meringue, toped with cream and strawberries, raspbrries and cooked to French method in air fryer.

Diana's meringue nests with cream, creme pat and lemon curd topped with raspberrie son a slate board.

4th image above is by Diana, who made mini merignue nests for a Summer meringue challenge from a few years ago. She topped the meringues with homemade lemon curd, whipped cream & raspberries.

The Colours

For the ‘red’ use strawberries, raspberries, red grapes, cherries, red currants, rhubarb, small edible red flowers. For the blue think blueberries, blackcurrants, Concord grapes & elderberries. Or try some blueberry curd as shown in the photo below. White can be the cream, buttercream, vanilla cake. The three colours can also be represented by coloured sprinkles, sweets/candy or even flowers.

slices strawberries like a flower on top of a cake.

Close overhead partial shot of a plate with cream, strawberry, grape and mango topped Genoise cake, on pink background.

Extra close shot of 2 halves of British scones on a blue vintage plate, topped with cream, curd and berries.

Extra close partial short of a bowl of blueberries.

Think also about how you want to present your food. That can also have a nod to the flag colours, by using maybe a blue plate or white cake stand or platter. Napkins, both fabric & paper can also bring the colours together. Or even try with colourful drinks, straws etc. Even the re-usable ice cubes can be coloured.

Close shot of plate with whole Genoise cake with layer of cream, blueberries & strawberries on top.

Close shot of pink & blue plate with a slice of rhubarb frangipane tart.

Check out my Tea Party page, or even the Afternoon Tea page for ideas for what to bake, as well as using a red (or pink), white & blue theme with the crockery & linen. (see photos above).

Biscuits & Cookies

Make some easy cookies or sandwich cookies, and decorate for 4th of July with red white and blue sprinkles & white candy melts/chocolate. Here are some cookies that would be ideal. (*Photo below by follower Maureen Weston of my Gluten Free Red Velvet Oreo Style Cookies, that were also gluten-free) . Try some praline crackle (aka Christmas Crack), that can be topped with red white & blue sprinkles or other inclusions.

red velvet heart shaped Oreo style sandwich cookies with some icing and sprinkles drizzled on top left point, on top of a blue board.

Stack of 3 Viennese Whirl sandwich biscuits on plates, with one biscuit in half, showing jam and buttercream.

Extra close shot of Christmas sprinkles and tiny fudge squares on rough triangular shaped pieces of Praline crackle/Christmas Crack.

Photo of plate of several pink macarons, with painted flowers on top, and text 'Bewitching Kitchen.com'.

Or how about decorated macarons? Check out all the macarons recipes on my friend Sally’s site. She competed on the American version of The Great British Bake Off and is a talented baker, specializing in sourdough, fine detailed cookie decorating & is our Queen of macarons! Check her macarons recipes or view her beginner’s video for making French macarons on my YouTube channel.

No-Bake Sweet Treats

Click on the photo below you like, to go directly to the recipe. Or check out my no-bake recipes page for more.

Close shot of a pink and floral teacup and saucer filled with pink and white coconut ice, heart shaped and chocolate coated pieces, with pink napkin, champaigne bottle and flowers to the background.

Overhead photo of white table with pink heart shaped plate with various chocolate truffles, heart chocolate and sprinkles to the sides.

Heart shaped chocolate fudge, in a small red gift box, on a red and white background with hearts.

3 photo collage of pink coloured cheats strawberry mousse in large size and in ramekins with fresh berries.

Savoury Bakes

Just click on an image to go to the recipe or go to the savoury bakes page.

Overhead shot of a pink table top with plate of cheese swirl pastrues & cheese twisted puff pastries.

Close partial shot of plate of lots of stacked cheese & herb muffins.

Close top angled shot of table with stacks of speedy cheese swirls with parsley and dill on top as decoration.

Angled wooden chopping board on white backdrop, with savoury seeed topped biscuits/cookies.

Cheese pastry twists up extra close on pale blue background.

Round plate of puff pastry swirls on a dining table.

extra close shot of deep brown/red coloured smoked paprika almonds with salt and shinny highlughts.

Overhead shot of a round wooden board serving a whole cheese tomato meat pizza, with a thick endge crust, topped with basil leaves.

Double decker cheese burger on pink plate with text 'quicker bigger burger buns'.

Extra close angled shot of a homemade golden hot dog bun with sesame seeds, filled with hot dog, onion and gerkin pieces.

Extra close shot of a slice of Turkish Pide pizza, stuffed with melting cheese.

Air Fryer Recipes are going to help in the heat this 4th July. Save some energy & money & don’t make the kitchen any warmer than it started off at. Sweet & savoury recipes on the air fryer page.

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