The dessert is one such thing which is a must if you have the fourth July barbecue or the 4^th of July Picnic or just a plain and simple Independence Day dinner. There are a number of recipes which be there ranging from special jigglers and special cake to ice cream cakes.

Here are my favorite recipes for the Fourth of July and if I have my will I generally will like to go for the patriotic Jello desserts or Jell-o recipes.

Patriotic Jello recipe in a special glass

 

Ingredients :

1 box of Jello – red in color

1 box of Jell-o – blue in color

Whipped topping or cream

Water

Special glass or transparent plastic cups

Cutters for different shapes or scoops

Steps or directions

1) Make the red gelatin as directed

2) Make the blue gelatin as directed

3) Always put the Jello you have made into the refrigerator for 3 to 4 hours.

4) Once done you can then start with putting some whipped topping in a glass and then adding in some small rectangular( or for that matter star shapes if you have the cutter) cut pieces of red and blue jello. Next put a layer of white whipped topping and start alternating. This way you will have a nice mix of white, blue and red which will give the color of the American Flag and will be very patriotic.

Patriotic Cake dessert

Ingredients :

Red jello – 1 large box

Blue Jello – 1 Large box

Strawberries

Pound cake or lemon cake or walnut cake or even angel food cake

Cool Whip

Steps for making the dessert

Prepare and mix the gelatin mixture by adding hot water to the mix. Make sure that you do the mix separately for red and blue color.

After mixing put them in containers and then refrigerate them for three hours. After three hours remove the containers and then use your scoop to create small balls or red and blue jello. If you have star shaped cutter then it is better.

Now you can do two things

In a big dish you have small pieces of cake, then jello, then cool whip. Repeat this till the dish is almost full. Once it is done then you can very easily have the cool whip on the top of the whole arrangement. Garnish with strawberries and blue berries

The second method is that you can have the cake as such and then just have a nice frosting or cool whip on the top with. Once you have the cool whip then make sure that add the jello stars on the whip along with strawberries

 

 

Fourth of July Ice Cream cake Dessert

This is the most simple of the recipes and you can do a variety of things with this especially given the fact that you do not need to cook anything.

Here are the things that you need

Angel Cake or Chocolate cake or even a walnut cake

Vanilla Ice cream or even chocolate ice cream

Red jello stars or blue jello stars as explained in earlier recipes

Steps

Cut the cake into three layers or two layers.

Place the bottom layer on the plate.

Put a layer of ice cream and then immediately add another of cake and then ice cream.

Make sure that you are very near the freezer so that you can immediately put everything in the freezer.

Once the entire thing has frozen over then you can very easily make sure that you go for the cool whip.

This cool whip you can spread on the cake or you can make your own frosting to top the cake with.

With the 4th of July is fast approaching you will need to prepare so that you can get your kids prepared for the Independence Day. If you are a school teacher and have a lot of preschoolers or kindergarten kids then having a trivia quiz on independence is quite fun. In fact it is also a very good way to impart the needed knowledge to the kids be it preschool, kindergarten, middle or high school. Enjoy these when you have a fourth of July barbecue or watching fireworks or having a picnic or even when having a family reunion.

You can use the questions to have a quiz or create a crossword puzzle or even go for some brain teasers with fill in the blanks or scrabble sort of games.

Let us begin with patriotic questions

Q -Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?

A – Francis Scott Key

Q – Who signed the Declaration of Independence?

A – John Hancock

Q –Who was the author of Fourth of July Ode?

A – James Russell Lowell

Other Trivia and fun facts

Q – Amount money spent on imports of fireworks

A – $135.6 million

Q – What year was the Declaration of Independence Signed?

A – 1776

Q – In what city was the Declaration of Independence signed

A – Philadelphia

Q – How many stripes are there in the American Flag?

A – 13

Q – How many stars are there in the American Flag?

A – 50

Q – How many verses does Star Spangled banner contain?

A – Four

Q – When was Fourth of July officially declared a holiday?

A – In 1941

Q – Who is the only president to be born of the 4^th of July ?

A – Calvin Coolidge . He was our 30^th president

Q – Name the president(s) who died on the 4^th of July

A- John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

Q – What four famous faces are on Mt. Rushmore ?

A – Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt

Q – Who made the first American flag ?

A – Betsy Ross

Q – When did the Liberty Bell ring to announce the Declaration of Independence

A – July8, 1776

By way of information here is the full text of the Star Spangled Banner

Star Spangled Banner

Oh, say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?

Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,

O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?

And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,

Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.

O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave

O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,

Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,

What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,

As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?

Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,

In full glory reflected now shines on the stream:

‘Tis the star-spangled banner! O long may it wave

O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore

That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion

A home and a country should leave us no more?

Their blood has wiped out their foul footstep’s pollution.

No refuge could save the hireling and slave

From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:

And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave

O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand

Between their loved homes and the war’s desolation!

Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land

Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.

Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just,

And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."

And the star-spangled banner forever shall wave

O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Other facts for fourth of July

Our National Bird is the Bald Eagle

Our National Flower is Rose