Delicious vivid red and green bell pepper chunks and crushed cornflakes make up the sauce for this cheesy cauliflower recipe. Nothing needed to be scraped from the pan or plates because we were having so much fun!
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 seedless watermelon
- 2 cups strawberries, hulled and sliced
- 1 cantaloupe – seeded, peeled, and sliced (Optional)
- 1 fresh pineapple – peeled, cored, and sliced (Optional)
Instructions
- To create the base tier of the cake, cut 3 slices of watermelon, 1 to 2 inches thick, crossways through the center of the melon. Trim the rind from the watermelon slices, and place the largest slice onto a cake plate. Alternate layering sliced strawberries, slices of cantaloupe, and slices of fresh pineapple; follow with the second-largest watermelon slice. Repeat once more to make a layered fruit stack that looks like a cake.
- Thinly slice a few pieces of remaining melon and pineapple. With cookie cutters or a sharp knife, cut remaining fruit slices into decorative shapes. Decorate the cake tiers with the cut fruit shapes and remaining berries.
- Refrigerate until serving time. To serve, slice the cake with a sharp knife, one wedge at a time, and set the wedge onto a plate.
- I used defrosted and drained blueberries and they were fine. Chopped grapes made a nice “salsa” on the side. Shredded coconut can also be sprinkled on top to decorate.
Reviews
I made this for a friend’s birthday “cake” and she loved it. It doesn’t take any longer to make than plain fruit salad. The results are worth the time.
This “100% Fruit Cake” was a huge hit! I made mine 3 hours in advance and placed it in a pie plate by chance because I was taking it to a picnic. A lot of fruit juice seeped from the fruit, but fortunately the edges of the pie plate caught the excess fruit juice so I didn’t have a big mess. I just “drank away” the excess juice with a straw. From now on when I make this recipe I will place the cake in my flan pan both to catch the juices and so I can stack up lots of fruit for garnish. Thank you InTheKitchen for sharing your recipe.
I make mine a little differently, but same concept. I cut the ends off the watermelon leaving the center flat on both sides, remove the rind to form an actual cake shaped watermelon and then decorate with other fruit using toothpicks to secure the pieces that need to stay in place. For the leaves, flowers, stars or other shapes I use cookie cutters or just a paring knife. Great alternative to a traditional cake and everybody raves about the look. It takes me about an hour to make, mostly cutting up all the fruit; putting it together is fun, easy and kid friendly. Any leftover fruit goes in a side bowl for fruit salad. My family always eats the bowl first saying the cake’s too pretty to eat..
This was a great alternative to the traditional cake. However, don’t let it fool you, it isn’t as easy as it looks! Worth the effort though.
Made it for my friends little brother, hes 6 and loved it. Thanks for the recipe :3
laysho!