The inside flag is made up of alternating layers of vanilla and strawberry cake. I removed the center of the blue layer and replaced it with red and white of the same size. There are lots of tutorials for this technique online; I used this one: http://www.glorioustreats.com/2011/06/4th-of-july-flag-cake.html.

The cake was covered in fondant and hand painted for a graphical look. This was my first time painting directly onto a cake- it was a little daunting but I loved the final product!