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Rainbows make me happy ๐ŸŒˆ , and I am pretty sure we are all craving a little “happy” during these tough times. So, I hope to light up your day with my “Rainbow Fruit Cake” that is literally spewing tons of bright colorful happiness in all directions. Talk about “eye candy” ๐Ÿคญ. From top to bottom when you see one in person, you’ll feel like a rainbow just sat down right beside you.

This Rainbow Fruit Cake is so beautiful and would make the perfect conversation starter for your next social gathering.  The full tutorial is included!

What can be better than eating a glowing rainbow? Well, I’ve never actually given any thought to eating a rainbow ๐Ÿ˜†, but after I created this “Rainbow Fruit Cake” I pretty much did just that, and it was absolutely delicious. Just look how the sunshine floats right through the rainbow cake and makes it glow when I had it out on our deck

This Rainbow Fruit Cake is so beautiful and would make the perfect conversation starter for your next social gathering.  The full tutorial is included!

It’s so beautiful, I honestly had a hard time taking it down to eat it. I just wanted to display it on our island all summer long. Obviously, that wasn’t an option, but you can bet your bottom layer of watermelon that I was sure to take a million photos of this gorgeous mountain of colors. Even the kids were “oooing” and “ahhhhing” every time they walked by.

This Rainbow Fruit Cake is so beautiful and would make the perfect conversation starter for your next social gathering.  The full tutorial is included!

Is Making a Rainbow Fruit Cake Difficult?

So, you may be wondering…was this Rainbow Fruit Cake difficult to assemble? Well, to be honest, yes and no.

I say, “Yes, it was difficult” because cutting melons (and scooping out the seeds) isn’t exactly a piece of cake ๐Ÿ˜Ž.

It takes strength, and a large area to work so you can “shape” your melons, and whip the peels all over the place while you work.

I say, “No, it wasn’t difficult” because if you make a mistake, it really doesn’t matter. I truly enjoyed every second of the process, and just went with the flow. Hey, you may remember last year when I made the “Watermelon Cake“. I give a more specific tutorial in that post if you need it. The only difference is that this one is rounded, and I didn’t use any tooth picks to hold anything together.

This Rainbow Fruit Cake is so beautiful and would make the perfect conversation starter for your next social gathering.  The full tutorial is included!

Quick Rainbow Fruit Cake Tutorial

The best advice I can give someone that is making a cake out of melon is to use a serrated knife for the main large parts, and the thin fruit slices, and a flat steak knife for the more detailed shaping.

Start with the largest melon you have, which ironically is usually the watermelon which is red and perfect to begin your “rainbow”. You can see below that I trimmed the entire watermelon first, and then cut the desired shape. There was a ton of left over melon, so be sure to do this when you have lots of melon lovers in the house. All the leftovers store nicely in the refrigerator for a couple days with a sealed container.

This Rainbow Fruit Cake is so beautiful and would make the perfect conversation starter for your next social gathering.  The full tutorial is included!

Slowly work your way up the Rainbow Fruit Cake adding a seeded cantaloupe circle next, and shaping it so it fits right on top almost like a volcano. Feel free to start adding your fruit decorations at that point because that is definitely the fun part. Use your imagination with this.

Here’s how my cake went in order:

WATERMELON/CANTALOUPE /HONEY DEW/PINEAPPLE/KIWI

This Rainbow Fruit Cake is so beautiful and would make the perfect conversation starter for your next social gathering.  The full tutorial is included!

After your “Watermelon Fruit Cake” is assembled, you can decorate it any way your heart desires. I used fruits that complimented the color of the main core.

WATERMELON —-> STRAWBERRIES, CANTALOUPE —-> ORANGES & NECTARINES, PINEAPPLE —-> LEMONS, HONEY DEW —-> KIWI

I also used black seedless grapes, frozen cranberries I had in freezer from Thanksgiving. So, basically use what you have. I actually realized last minute that I forgot to use the blueberries I bought, so they never made the photos.

Slicing the “Rainbow Fruit Cake”

I almost forgot to mention how to eat the “Rainbow Fruit Cake”. Well, I wish I had an exciting story, or idea to give you here, but all I did was start picking at it. Once you get some of those toppings eaten, use a cake knife just like you would a cake, and slice it up so folks can pick what parts they want to eat first. Having toothpicks available is always a good thing to keep hands off of the cake. Of course whipped topping is never a bad thing to have available either.

This Rainbow Fruit Cake is so beautiful and would make the perfect conversation starter for your next social gathering.  The full tutorial is included!

I hope this rainbow brightened your day, like it did mine! If you create a fruit cake of your own, please share it with me and I will share it in my Redheadcandecorate.com private Home Decorating & Cooking Facebook Group!

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This Rainbow Fruit Cake is so beautiful and would make the perfect conversation starter for your next social gathering.  The full tutorial is included!

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This Rainbow Fruit Cake is so beautiful and would make the perfect conversation starter for your next social gathering.  The full tutorial is included!

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This Rainbow Fruit Cake is so beautiful and would make the perfect conversation starter for your next social gathering.  The full tutorial is included!
These DIY melon cakes are so beautiful and would make the perfect conversation starter for your next social gathering.  Both tutorials tutorial are included!

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16 Responses

  1. Jody says:

    Wow!You are one talented red head. Patience I do not possess. Looks good enough to frame.

  2. Lorri says:

    Simply beautiful! It must have been delicious to eat. Remember when Mom told you not to play with your food. I guess you weren’t listening. LOL!!!

  3. Susan says:

    Oh you! Love the “cake”! At first I thought it was really a cake decorated with fruits – that would have been cute enough! But ACTUALLY fruit cut and stacked to look like cake? Girl, you knocked it out of the park! I’m saving this until I have occasion to wow MY family with the presentation.
    Great job!

  4. Nancy says:

    Simply gorgeous, Julie and beautifully created. I have written you twice asking if you would be so kind to send me the dimensions of the posts on the new deck. We are redoing ours and really like your railing. If possible your measurements would truly help. Thanks.

  5. Darlene says:

    So clever, pretty and delicious.
    You never fail to amaze!
    Have a great weekend Julie.

  6. Bette says:

    Hi Julie:

    Everything you do is amazing, but this one tops most of them! So pretty and nicer than a fruit tray. I am having a July 1st BBQ and hoping to make this for a dessert. I’ll let you know how it goes.
    Happy Father’s Day to your husband! Hope your tummy is all healed up now.

    Cheers, Bette

  7. Bet says:

    Oh my goodness loveeed this and pinned for future
    Also sent to 5other people
    Love recipes I receive From you
    Thank you and appreciate all the
    Time you spend to give us joy

  8. ivory says:

    What amazing, creative, yummy looking idea. You never stop taking my breath away with your creativity. Thank you for sharing, because I will try this for the 4th of July.

  9. ColleenB.~Tx. says:

    What a cute, appetizing, ‘fruit cake’ and so very clever.
    I must say; You do come up with the coolest ideas.

  10. ROSE MARIE says:

    I thought you were the new “Martha” but after a year I can see you are in a league of your own. You Go Girl The Red can get it done. You killed it with the watermelon.

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