Watermelon Cake
Saturday, July 19, 2014
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Dessert,
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Watermelon Cake
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I direct hold eaten a myriad multifariousness of cakes during my lifetime... But Watermelon Cake??? Never before! I bet you lot direct hold non either!I direct hold to confess, out of all the cakes I direct hold so far eaten, this is ane cake I would eat ane time again together with ane time again together with again.. I bet you lot would too... That also without feeling guilty!
Summertime, my dwelling has a constant stream of guests. Currently, my sister-in-law is visiting us alongside her ii kids. My 5-year quondam missy together with 8-year old niece had tons of fun making this cake, of course of written report alongside aid from me ( thus the cake is a niggling 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 together with everyone took seconds too..
Without farther ado, I pick out to you lot the recipe for the guilt- complimentary Watermelon Cake. I am taking this cake to Angie's Fiesta Friday who's co-hosts this calendar week ane time again are Hilda @ Along the grapevine together with Julianna @ Foodie on Board.We direct hold 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 together with 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 together with whisk inwards the freezer for atleast 15 minutes.
Make certain that the whipping cream is also cold( non frozen).
Add 2 tbsp saccharide to the mutual frigidity bowl. Add the cream inwards together with using an electrical beater/ whisk whip it for 1 1/2-2 mins or until strong peaks showtime appearing.
Place it inwards the fridge until cook to use.
The cake:
Slice off the ends of the watermelon so that you lot cease upwards alongside an equal sized symmetrical fundamental cylinder.
Slice the outer pare of the cylinder.
Place the fundamental cylinder on a serving plate.
Pat the watermelon dry out alongside newspaper towels so equally to larn rid of the excess moisture.
Now H2O ice the watermelon alongside the whipped cream frosting.
Decorate the sides of the cakes alongside sliced almonds together with the occur alongside fresh berries equally shown inwards the picture. You could decorate it whatsoever which agency you lot want. I direct hold lined the bottom of the cake alongside a band of Craisins.
Refrigerate the cake until cook to serve.
Once the cake is sliced, serve directly equally the watermelon tends to operate out H2O together with the frosting starts melting equally shown inwards the to a higher house picture.
Enjoy this beautiful guilt-free cake!
You could alternative whatsoever fruits to decorate the to a higher house cake. Use your imagination!
For a nut-free cake you lot could substitute nuts alongside granola or another cereal similar corn-flakes.You could also decorate the sides alongside Craisins.
The pieces leftover from cutting the watermelon could hold upwards used to brand watermelon juice or smoothie. So refreshing!
I ever emphasize on filling 3/4 ths of your repast plate alongside fruits together with vegetables. While that is of import it is also of import to purchase skillful fruits together with vegetables that are locally and/or organically grown. Locally grown hit is fresher together with leaves fewer carbon footprints. Eating organic nutrient is of import to avoid accumulation together with the effects of pesticides together with chemic fertilizers inwards our bodies.
So what is organic produce?? Organic hit is hit that has been grown without the purpose of chemic fertilizers together with minimal pesticide use. One automatically thinks: organic hit is expensive! Not all hit needs to hold upwards organic. It is essential to know which hit could hold upwards eaten without it beingness grown organically together with is withal rubber together with which fruits together with vegetables direct hold the highest chemic content inwards them together with thus is ameliorate consumed when organically grown.
A uncomplicated dominion of pollex is that whatsoever hit that needs to hold upwards peeled to hold upwards consumed, demand NOT hold upwards organic. This is because the pare is where most of the pesticide accumulation is seen. Here the noesis of the "dirty dozen" together with the " build clean fifteen" comes inwards handy. The muddied dozen are the fruits an vegetables that direct hold been institute to direct hold the highest accumulation of pesticides together with thus is ameliorate to eat the ones grown organically. Similarly the build clean xv are the hit that direct hold the to the lowest degree chemic remainder inwards them together with nosotros don't direct hold to worry near buying them organic.
The total Dirty list: Apples, strawberries, grapes, celery, peaches, spinach, sweetness bell peppers, imported nectarines, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, imported snap peas together with potatoes.
The Clean list: Avocados, sweetness corn, pineapples, cabbage, frozen sweetness peas, onions, asparagus, mangoes, papayas, kiwis, eggplant, grapefruit, cantaloupe, cauliflower together with sweetness potatoes.
Mind you, FDA has repeatedly stated that all chemic remainder that is institute inwards hit inwards the U.S.A. of America is inside the "safe limits". Here is an interesting titbit: FDA keeps raising the "acceptable chemic limit" every year! That should tell you lot 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 hr stream comes novel forcefulness together with novel thoughts. Eleanor Roosevelt
The cake:
Slice off the ends of the watermelon so that you lot cease upwards alongside an equal sized symmetrical fundamental cylinder.
Slice the outer pare of the cylinder.
Place the fundamental cylinder on a serving plate.
Pat the watermelon dry out alongside newspaper towels so equally to larn rid of the excess moisture.
Now H2O ice the watermelon alongside the whipped cream frosting.
Decorate the sides of the cakes alongside sliced almonds together with the occur alongside fresh berries equally shown inwards the picture. You could decorate it whatsoever which agency you lot want. I direct hold lined the bottom of the cake alongside a band of Craisins.
Refrigerate the cake until cook to serve.
Once the cake is sliced, serve directly equally the watermelon tends to operate out H2O together with the frosting starts melting equally shown inwards the to a higher house picture.
Enjoy this beautiful guilt-free cake!
Cooking made easy:
You could alternative whatsoever fruits to decorate the to a higher house cake. Use your imagination!
For a nut-free cake you lot could substitute nuts alongside granola or another cereal similar corn-flakes.You could also decorate the sides alongside Craisins.
The pieces leftover from cutting the watermelon could hold upwards 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 alongside fruits together with vegetables. While that is of import it is also of import to purchase skillful fruits together with vegetables that are locally and/or organically grown. Locally grown hit is fresher together with leaves fewer carbon footprints. Eating organic nutrient is of import to avoid accumulation together with the effects of pesticides together with chemic fertilizers inwards our bodies.
So what is organic produce?? Organic hit is hit that has been grown without the purpose of chemic fertilizers together with minimal pesticide use. One automatically thinks: organic hit is expensive! Not all hit needs to hold upwards organic. It is essential to know which hit could hold upwards eaten without it beingness grown organically together with is withal rubber together with which fruits together with vegetables direct hold the highest chemic content inwards them together with thus is ameliorate consumed when organically grown.
A uncomplicated dominion of pollex is that whatsoever hit that needs to hold upwards peeled to hold upwards consumed, demand NOT hold upwards organic. This is because the pare is where most of the pesticide accumulation is seen. Here the noesis of the "dirty dozen" together with the " build clean fifteen" comes inwards handy. The muddied dozen are the fruits an vegetables that direct hold been institute to direct hold the highest accumulation of pesticides together with thus is ameliorate to eat the ones grown organically. Similarly the build clean xv are the hit that direct hold the to the lowest degree chemic remainder inwards them together with nosotros don't direct hold to worry near buying them organic.
The total Dirty list: Apples, strawberries, grapes, celery, peaches, spinach, sweetness bell peppers, imported nectarines, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, imported snap peas together with potatoes.
The Clean list: Avocados, sweetness corn, pineapples, cabbage, frozen sweetness peas, onions, asparagus, mangoes, papayas, kiwis, eggplant, grapefruit, cantaloupe, cauliflower together with sweetness potatoes.
Mind you, FDA has repeatedly stated that all chemic remainder that is institute inwards hit inwards the U.S.A. of America is inside the "safe limits". Here is an interesting titbit: FDA keeps raising the "acceptable chemic limit" every year! That should tell you lot 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 hr stream comes novel forcefulness together with novel thoughts. Eleanor Roosevelt
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