Need ideas for 4th of July party food...

Chocolate Chip Cookies and Real cake!  Veggie Tray with ranch dressing dip (if you can get someone to send ya some).  and more chocolate chip cookies and REAL cake!

okay... i give up!  
What's REAL cake?

You know ... REAL cake!  The cake they have over here in England just dosent taste like the cake at home.  I think maybe its the frostning... not sure ... but a nice fluffy homemade chocolate cake with tons of frostning would be awesome! 

You know ... REAL cake!  The cake they have over here in England just dosent taste like the cake at home.  I think maybe its the frostning... not sure ... but a nice fluffy homemade chocolate cake with tons of frostning would be awesome! 

oh.... you must be talking about the difference between bought cake and home-baked cake!

Yael,
Im gonna be in the States for the 4th ... leaving the UK on June 14th.  Should be plenty of time if you want me to send you a little care package for your party.  Let me know ... would be happy too do it.

oh.... you must be talking about the difference between bought cake and home-baked cake!

Ill betcha that is what it is!  My fiance is a complete bacholor and only has one of those lil microwave convection oven things ... OMG ... I tried to bake a cake and cookies in it and they were awful!  mmmm homemade chocolate cake! 

Pssst.... dont tell my fiance but we will be getting a proper oven

I'm having an Independence Day party and the only American there will probably be me!  I've promised friends American food, but am struggling for ideas.  So far, I've only come up with cupcakes that have white icing and red and blue sprinkles.  I really have no imagination!

The party is a joint candle party/4th of July party, so I'm just looking to do nibbles nothing big (grilling, etc..).

Also, drink recommendations would be welcome as well   I need to get these girls drunk so they'll buy lots of candles!

A lady I used to work with would make a sponge cake every year which she would cut into 2 layers and fill the layers and the top with whipped cream, bluberries and strawberries (or raspberries).  It was awesome!  And even though I am the worst cook ever, I actually made one once and it was easy:-)

Yael,
Im gonna be in the States for the 4th ... leaving the UK on June 14th.  Should be plenty of time if you want me to send you a little care package for your party.  Let me know ... would be happy too do it.

Thanks, that's sweet of you to offer but my mom is sending me a package soon so I'll have her ship anything I need to me. 

Lucky you going back for the 4th.  Have fun!

Florida or Waldorf salads.

You could make one of the stars n stripe cakes - a rectangular cake decorated with white frosting, strawberry stripes and blueberries... 

I'm doing a black eyed pea salad as one of the dishes I'm bringing for Aillidh's Sports Day at nursery.

And fried chicken.

And lemon bars.

Those are all pretty American, easy to make (well, we have a deep fat fryer), too.

I haven't had lemon bars in years.  Those are so good!

My grandmother always makes this cake for 4th of July: It's not too hard to make and it looks like a US flag! http://www.boodle.com/cgi-bin/recipes.cgi?config=ONW&recipe=recipe-RecipeoftheWeek5.txt

My grandmother always makes this cake for 4th of July: It's not too hard to make and it looks like a US flag! http://www.boodle.com/cgi-bin/recipes.cgi?config=ONW&recipe=recipe-RecipeoftheWeek5.txt

It looks great! I'm definitely making this!

I'm getting really excited as its my first time hosting a party

It wouldn't be 4th of July with out  one    My bf is allergic to strawberries or I'd try to make one on my own this year.   

It wouldn't be 4th of July with out  one    My bf is allergic to strawberries or I'd try to make one on my own this year.   

Can you use raspberries instead?