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post #1 of 10

5/4/11 at 1:08pm

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My daughter's school is having a fundraising "fun fair" and they've asked people to donate cakes for a "Cake Walk". I like to help out with the fundraising, but I'm having a hard time with all the sugar & flour that are frequently used to do it. So I had the brilliant - I hope - idea that I could donate a cool fruit "cake" - you know, an architectural sort of creation made completely out of fruit. (Which, yes, I know still has a good deal of sugar in it... but it IS a treat...) I've seen things like this - one of my daughter's friends had one for her birthday last year - but I am very lacking in the artistic department and I need step-by-step instructions and templates and whatnot. Does anyone know of any good sites for this sort of thing?

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5/4/11 at 2:31pm

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I know this isn't what you were asking for since it has no fruit whatsoever but I tried these two versions of a bean based cake (chocolate and vanilla) and thought they were awesome! I think that she has some other cake recipes too, but I haven't tried them and so I cannot vouch for them. If it is just the processed white flour and sugar that you'd really like to avoid than either of these would be perfect. I used all honey to sweeten mine but I upped it to around 2/3 cup for the chocolate and 1/2 cup for the vanilla since I don't have stevia extract. Another benefit is that it is gluten free (and could be dairy free I suppose) so that might appeal to some people there.

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5/4/11 at 3:54pm

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Thanks, I'll check those recipes out - but I was wanting something COOLER than a cake. I've been pondering it all afternoon and I think I can do something nifty like a castle, with a watermelon, use part of the rind as a base, dig a "moat" around the edge, and then make watermelon "bricks" and pineapple "turrets" topped with strawberry towers, with the moat filled with yogurt dip and maybe some other fruity garnishes? I want people to want it MORE than the cakes :)

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5/4/11 at 7:47pm