Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. To make the icing, beat cream cheese, yogurt and confectioners sugar together until smooth. Refrigerate.
3. To make the cake, beat eggs in a large mixing bowl. Stir in flour, sugar, yogurt, applesauce, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and vanilla extract.
4. Bring butter and 1/4 cup of water to a slow boil, immediately remove from heat, and whisk into flour mixture.
5. Pour mixture into a well-oiled, 9X12-inch baking pan, baking sheet or jelly roll sheet. Bake on center rack of oven for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
6. 6. Allow cake to come to room temperature before icing. (You may serve it in the baking dish or turn it out onto a large flat platter.)
7. 7. Smooth icing over cake with a spatula. (Cake may be make several hours in advance at this point then covered and refrigerated.) Up to an hour before serving, arrange berries to resemble the American flag, per photo.