In case you haven’t noticed the healthy trend in my recent recipes, we’re a kinda crunchy, whole foods, eating healthy-as-we-can family. We do enjoy non-healthy treats from time to time, and I always splurge on the kids birthdays and make the cake and icing of their choice, but a few of us and some extended family members would rather have fruit, or can’t have cake due to health concerns.
Fruit is fun and colorful and in the summer, it is cheap and tastes wonderful.
And so, we’ve started making watermelon cakes. They’re refreshing and special. You can’t buy one of these in the grocery store and no two will ever be alike. I think my five year old gets more excited about making them than I do, cause he gets to help place the fruit decorations.
How to Make a Watermelon Cake
You’ll Need:
- Seedless Watermelon
- Additional Fruit – Cantaloupe, Honey Dew, Kiwi, Oranges, Grapes, Strawberries, Blueberries, etc. Anything you can stick on with a toothpick. 🙂
- Toothpicks and Fruit Skewers
Getting Started:
Choose a nice uniformly shaped watermelon. Slice off the ends. This will make it stand nice and still while you shave the rinds off the sides.
Cut the melon into uniform squares, or trim down to use for a ’round cake’ shape. If using squares, arrange on a platter.
Arrange your fruit on the top and sides, using toothpicks and/or skewers to hold the fruit in place if needed.
Ta-da! You have an impressive healthy cake that everyone can eat!
Chill and Enjoy!
This is such a great idea for a party or potluck! Color, interest and most-of-all health! I love this idea so much.
Oh my gosh this is such a great idea, I LOVE it!
I love this cake! And you can probably vary the additional fruits and choose whatever is available and seasonal…what a great idea!
Yes! You can vary and use whatever your family likes best. My favorite was the first with the grapes and other melons, because the flavors were really good together. The second time around we used what we had on hand and would make the best beach scene.
How fun! I wonder if I can keep all my children from eating all the fruit before it’s put together.
Love this! My daughter needs to decorate a cake for a friend as part of her American Heritage Girls cake decorating badge. The friend she wants to make the cake for is on a special diet. This would probably be just fine for her to have.
Absolutely! You can use any fruit she isn’t allergic to and make it really beautiful and special. Great idea!