Linda Thomas Melon-Berry Fruitcake

"A REAL FRUIT-cake for the birthday of a special fruitcake friend! Linda Thomas developed this beautiful birthday fruitcake from conception to creation using fresh melons and berries, candles and fire. Beautiful & Healthy!"
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
5
Yields:
1 cake
Serves:
10-12
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ingredients

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directions

  • Cut thick slabs from a round watermelon to use for cake layers. Trim rind from around slabs.
  • Peel & cut cantaloupe into thin slices to use for frosting-like look between layers.
  • Layer cantaloupe between watermelon slabs to build up cake. Insert wooden skewers down through layers from top (cut skewers to cake height, if necessary).
  • Use toothpicks to arrange raspberries & blackberries upright to decorate cake -- use your imagination with this.
  • Insert candles into top of watermelon. Fill-in around candles with blueberries and fill-in around cake plate with mixed berries and slivers of cantaloupe.
  • Add fire!

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