I receive got eaten a myriad diversity of cakes during my lifetime... But Watermelon Cake??? Never before! I bet y'all receive got non either!I receive got to confess, out of all the cakes I receive got so far eaten, this is 1 cake I would eat over again too over again too again.. I bet y'all would too... That besides without feeling guilty!
Summertime, my dwelling has a constant stream of guests. Currently, my sister-in-law is visiting us amongst her ii kids. My 5-year onetime miss too 8-year old niece had tons of fun making this cake, of course of teaching amongst assistance from me ( thus the cake is a piffling askew, the ornament on the cake trying to force free.. But, hey, I am non complaining...it kept them occupied for almost an hour! Believe it or not, the cake was gone inside 20 minutes of making it too everyone took seconds too..
Without farther ado, I pick out to y'all the recipe for the guilt- costless Watermelon Cake. I am taking this cake to Angie's Fiesta Friday who's co-hosts this calendar week over again are Hilda @ Along the grapevine too Julianna @ Foodie on Board.We receive got so much fun at Fiesta Friday!
Servings: 6( I made a 6-inch cake)
Ingredients:
For the cake:
Watermelon: 1 medium sized
Sliced almonds: 1 cup
Craisins: 1/4 cup
Strawberries: 4-6 nos
Blueberries: 1/2 cup
Red cherries:5 nos
Rainier cherry: 1
For the frosting:Whipping cream: 2 cups
Sugar: 2 tbsp
The frosting: Place a metallic bowl too whisk inwards the freezer for atleast 15 minutes.
Rainier cherry: 1
For the frosting:Whipping cream: 2 cups
Sugar: 2 tbsp
Method:
The frosting: Place a metallic bowl too whisk inwards the freezer for atleast 15 minutes.
Make certain that the whipping cream is also cold( non frozen).
Add 2 tbsp carbohydrate to the mutual frigidity bowl. Add the cream inwards too using an electrical beater/ whisk whip it for 1 1/2-2 mins or until strong peaks origin appearing.
Place it inwards the fridge until laid upward to use.
The cake:
Slice off the ends of the watermelon so that y'all goal upward amongst an equal sized symmetrical primal cylinder.
Slice the outer tegument of the cylinder.
Place the primal cylinder on a serving plate.
Pat the watermelon dry out amongst newspaper towels so equally to learn rid of the excess moisture.
Now H2O ice the watermelon amongst the whipped cream frosting.
Decorate the sides of the cakes amongst sliced almonds too the transcend amongst fresh berries equally shown inwards the picture. You could decorate it whatsoever which agency y'all want. I receive got lined the bottom of the cake amongst a band of Craisins.
Refrigerate the cake until laid upward to serve.
Once the cake is sliced, serve forthwith equally the watermelon tends to exit H2O too the frosting starts melting equally shown inwards the higher upward picture.
Enjoy this beautiful guilt-free cake!
You could selection whatsoever fruits to decorate the higher upward cake. Use your imagination!
For a nut-free cake y'all could substitute nuts amongst granola or another cereal similar corn-flakes.You could also decorate the sides amongst Craisins.
The pieces leftover from cutting the watermelon could move used to brand watermelon juice or smoothie. So refreshing!
I ever emphasize on filling 3/4 ths of your repast plate amongst fruits too vegetables. While that is of import it is also of import to purchase proficient fruits too vegetables that are locally and/or organically grown. Locally grown hit is fresher too leaves fewer carbon footprints. Eating organic nutrient is of import to avoid accumulation too the effects of pesticides too chemic fertilizers inwards our bodies.
So what is organic produce?? Organic hit is hit that has been grown without the role of chemic fertilizers too minimal pesticide use. One automatically thinks: organic hit is expensive! Not all hit needs to move organic. It is essential to know which hit could move eaten without it beingness grown organically too is yet rubber too which fruits too vegetables receive got the highest chemic content inwards them too thus is improve consumed when organically grown.
A unproblematic dominion of pollex is that whatsoever hit that needs to move peeled to move consumed, demand NOT move organic. This is because the tegument is where most of the pesticide accumulation is seen. Here the noesis of the "dirty dozen" too the " construct clean fifteen" comes inwards handy. The dingy dozen are the fruits an vegetables that receive got been flora to receive got the highest accumulation of pesticides too thus is improve to eat the ones grown organically. Similarly the construct clean xv are the hit that receive got the to the lowest degree chemic relaxation inwards them too nosotros don't receive got to worry close buying them organic.
The total Dirty list: Apples, strawberries, grapes, celery, peaches, spinach, sweetness bell peppers, imported nectarines, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, imported snap peas too potatoes.
The Clean list: Avocados, sweetness corn, pineapples, cabbage, frozen sweetness peas, onions, asparagus, mangoes, papayas, kiwis, eggplant, grapefruit, cantaloupe, cauliflower too sweetness potatoes.
Mind you, FDA has repeatedly stated that all chemic relaxation that is flora inwards hit inwards the U.S.A. is inside the "safe limits". Here is an interesting titbit: FDA keeps raising the "acceptable chemic limit" every year! That should tell y'all something!
References:
http://www.fda.gov/iceci/compliancemanuals/compliancepolicyguidancemanual/ucm123236.htm
http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/
http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/list.php
http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/_mobile/recipes/healthy/dirty-dozen-foods#slide-1
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5246989
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/allyoucaneat/2014/04/29/which-dirty-dozen-fruits-and-vegetables-made-the-2014-list/
With the novel twenty-four lx minutes menstruation comes novel forcefulness too novel thoughts. Eleanor Roosevelt
The cake:
Slice off the ends of the watermelon so that y'all goal upward amongst an equal sized symmetrical primal cylinder.
Slice the outer tegument of the cylinder.
Place the primal cylinder on a serving plate.
Pat the watermelon dry out amongst newspaper towels so equally to learn rid of the excess moisture.
Now H2O ice the watermelon amongst the whipped cream frosting.
Decorate the sides of the cakes amongst sliced almonds too the transcend amongst fresh berries equally shown inwards the picture. You could decorate it whatsoever which agency y'all want. I receive got lined the bottom of the cake amongst a band of Craisins.
Refrigerate the cake until laid upward to serve.
Once the cake is sliced, serve forthwith equally the watermelon tends to exit H2O too the frosting starts melting equally shown inwards the higher upward picture.
Enjoy this beautiful guilt-free cake!
Cooking made easy:
You could selection whatsoever fruits to decorate the higher upward cake. Use your imagination!
For a nut-free cake y'all could substitute nuts amongst granola or another cereal similar corn-flakes.You could also decorate the sides amongst Craisins.
The pieces leftover from cutting the watermelon could move used to brand watermelon juice or smoothie. So refreshing!
Tip for salubrious living:
I ever emphasize on filling 3/4 ths of your repast plate amongst fruits too vegetables. While that is of import it is also of import to purchase proficient fruits too vegetables that are locally and/or organically grown. Locally grown hit is fresher too leaves fewer carbon footprints. Eating organic nutrient is of import to avoid accumulation too the effects of pesticides too chemic fertilizers inwards our bodies.
So what is organic produce?? Organic hit is hit that has been grown without the role of chemic fertilizers too minimal pesticide use. One automatically thinks: organic hit is expensive! Not all hit needs to move organic. It is essential to know which hit could move eaten without it beingness grown organically too is yet rubber too which fruits too vegetables receive got the highest chemic content inwards them too thus is improve consumed when organically grown.
A unproblematic dominion of pollex is that whatsoever hit that needs to move peeled to move consumed, demand NOT move organic. This is because the tegument is where most of the pesticide accumulation is seen. Here the noesis of the "dirty dozen" too the " construct clean fifteen" comes inwards handy. The dingy dozen are the fruits an vegetables that receive got been flora to receive got the highest accumulation of pesticides too thus is improve to eat the ones grown organically. Similarly the construct clean xv are the hit that receive got the to the lowest degree chemic relaxation inwards them too nosotros don't receive got to worry close buying them organic.
The total Dirty list: Apples, strawberries, grapes, celery, peaches, spinach, sweetness bell peppers, imported nectarines, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, imported snap peas too potatoes.
The Clean list: Avocados, sweetness corn, pineapples, cabbage, frozen sweetness peas, onions, asparagus, mangoes, papayas, kiwis, eggplant, grapefruit, cantaloupe, cauliflower too sweetness potatoes.
Mind you, FDA has repeatedly stated that all chemic relaxation that is flora inwards hit inwards the U.S.A. is inside the "safe limits". Here is an interesting titbit: FDA keeps raising the "acceptable chemic limit" every year! That should tell y'all something!
References:
http://www.fda.gov/iceci/compliancemanuals/compliancepolicyguidancemanual/ucm123236.htm
http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/
http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/list.php
http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/_mobile/recipes/healthy/dirty-dozen-foods#slide-1
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5246989
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/allyoucaneat/2014/04/29/which-dirty-dozen-fruits-and-vegetables-made-the-2014-list/
Food for thought:
With the novel twenty-four lx minutes menstruation comes novel forcefulness too novel thoughts. Eleanor Roosevelt