DIY Healthy Cake

 

This beautiful fruit arrangement can be used as a birthday cake or as a center piece for a table.  

You will need:

1 large watermelon

1 large cantaloupe

1 pint strawberries

1 pint blueberries

Package of Grapes

 3 Kiwi

2 oranges (optional)

toothpicks

2 small dowels

cake stand

plate

birthday candles

flower cookie cutter

knives/cutting board

•  Find the middle of the watermelon and cut 3 inches on each side for a total of 6 inches. Trim off  the rind.
• Find the middle of the cantaloupe and cut 2 inches on each side for a total of 4 inches. Trim off the outside.
• Cut 1 inch off the top and bottom of the watermelon to create the top layer.   It should be 2 inches by around 2 inches depending on the size of watermelon. Stack both pieces with toothpicks to hold together.
• Level each layer so they are flat on the top and bottom.

 

For the Pineapple flowers:

• Trim the pineapple and cut into 1/2– 1 inch slices.

• Using a cookie cutter make your flower. You may need to trim with a knife to make a clean cut.

Trim and cut remaining fruit into bite size pieces.

Assembling:

• On your cake stand stack the cantaloupe on top of the watermelon.  Push dowels that have been soaked for 30 minutes in water through both layers to hold in place. 

• Place the top layer of watermelon on top.  Toothpicks will help to secure this layer.

Decorating:

• Push toothpicks into grapes and into the top of the bottom layer of watermelon.
• Break toothpicks in half and use them to secure the blueberries into the top of the cantaloupe.
• For flowers, push the tooth pick almost all the way through pineapple and stick into watermelon.  Leave a little toothpick showing for the kiwi and then the blueberries.
• Slice a small slit in the top of the strawberry and insert a small candle. Using a toothpick add to the top of the cake.
• For the cantaloupe, we decorated using kiwi and blueberries and then added a few skewers of fruit to the top.
• To serve, add a plate under the cake stand and add the remaining cut fruit.

  Enjoy this amazing fruit "cake". Don't forget to light the candles!