100% Fruit "Cake"

4 ingredients
9 steps

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)

Directions

  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    Trim the rind from the watermelon slices, and place the largest slice onto a cake plate.
  3. 3
    Alternate layering sliced strawberries, slices of cantaloupe, and slices of fresh pineapple; follow with the second-largest watermelon slice.
  4. 4
    Repeat once more to make a layered fruit stack that looks like a cake.
  5. 5
    Thinly slice a few pieces of remaining melon and pineapple.
  6. 6
    With cookie cutters or a sharp knife, cut remaining fruit slices into decorative shapes.
  7. 7
    Decorate the cake tiers with the cut fruit shapes and remaining berries.
  8. 8
    Refrigerate until serving time.
  9. 9
    To serve, slice the cake with a sharp knife, one wedge at a time, and set the wedge onto a plate.

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