Cake Made Out Of Just Fruit

I made this fruit cake for my husband s birthday dinner as he is not fond of cake.

Cake made out of just fruit.

To make the star pineapple grape and blueberry sticks. Called a tea cake or loaf in many countries this is the basic version although i have seen a version with just three ingredients omitting the sugar or where people use other liquids such as iced coffee orange juice etc. This cute and colorful cake would be wonderful for a birthday kid s or adult s baby shower or simply to celebrate the best of summer s fresh fruit. Use cantaloupe pineapple or other fresh fruits and berries to make colorful layers of fruit.

This cake is made entirely of fresh fruit which is cleverly arranged in the shape of a cake basically a carefully arranged fruit salad. Melon balls make great decoration and if you ball them so you re left with one flat side they just stick right to the cake without needing toothpicks to hold them in place i also pushed mini cutters into the watermelon base and gently scooped a bit of the shape out so i could place a corresponding shape made from rockmelon into the. The secret is soaking the dried fruit in tea. It s healthy people can pluck off whatever fruit they desire and cut whatever size slice of.

This pretty cake is actually stacked fresh watermelon and strawberries decorated with fun cut out shapes made of sliced fruit. It was a big hit with my hubby and the rest of our family especially the kids.