Basically, we were just trying to create something simple and healthy for the 2 years old's birthday. This is an idea inspired by mummy Ying Ser Chu and Vivian Low, after both of them did it for their sons. Absolutely no flour and purely fruits.
After going back and forth from cheese cake to carrot cake and other options, i decided to settle down with this, partially because it was a last minute decision and i was absolutely tired due to my pregnancy, mind that i am going to due next month !
My youngest sister was here in KL, and we went to Mid Valley together with my eldest sister and her two daughters. These are fruits i purchased from Aeon supermarket to prepare for the 3-tier watermelon cake.
2 large watermelons, Local (cost RM20+ and RM19+ respectively)
3 in 1 pack starfruits, Local (RM2+)
6 in 1 pack green kiwis, from Australia (RM12.90)
1 pack blueberries, from Poland (RM11.90)
1 pack strawberries, from Australia (RM12.90)
In addition i bought a medium size polystyrene box to keep the cake cold and intact as we were going to transport it to an organic restaurant where we decided to celebrate for the 2 years old.
To make the cake i used -
1 longitudinal section for the base (from 1 watermelon)
2 cross sections for top tier and second tier (from 1 watermelon)
3 green kiwis (sliced and halved)
1 starfruit (sliced)
4 small strawberries (halved)
1/2 cup blueberries
Note: The watermelons that i bought were not round, they were large but elongated. Thus the term
Longitudinal section means i cut through the long section part / horizontally to create a larger base.
Cross section is the short section across the watermelon, to create 2 small tiers.
If you are able to buy a round, big, nice watermelon, it shouldn't make any difference which section you are cutting through.
Ours, chosen by my niece - the ripeness was just right for immediate usage. Besides choosing the shape, it is important to make sure the ripeness is right. Under ripe will create whitish / pinkish looking watermelon cake rather than bright red colour, hard texture or less sweet, whereas over ripe will make the cake formation a little difficult as it is too watery and less firm.
Basically, hubby helped to chop and trim into a cake shape according to different sizes and tiers and to try to make it as round possible. That was the most difficult part. I was wiping through the area when he worked on it as there was watermelon juice all over the kitchen during the ordeal.
The picture above was the end result after the shape is formed by hubby. Is not easy ! There was a lot of cleaning job too. We had time to freeze it, roughly 1-2 hours before started decorating. The base was slightly crack while we assembling the fruits but i managed to touch up using toothpick. I used toothpick to keep the starfruits in place as well. After all the fruits were put up, we wrapped it using cling wrap and keep in polystrene box to bring over to the celebration venue.
More pictures during the celebration -
 |
| while we were preparing the cake |
 |
| The 2 years old looking at the cake obediently |
 |
| The 2 years old posing for the camera |
 |
| It seems like the princess knows is her birthday |
 |
| Another cheeky her :D |
 |
| Lighted up candles, i bought it from Aeon too |
 |
| Blowing out the birthday candles |
 |
| Small yi helping to cut and distribute the cake |
 |
| It wasnt difficult to cut, my dad enjoyed it very much. We finished 2 tiers before bringing the remaining back home. |
Tips to maintain freshness :
(1) Buy the fruits fresh, or prior to using.
(2) Lightly freeze the watermelon and other fruits before decorating.
(3) In our case, we were transporting the cake to another venue. Upon arrival, we requested the cake to be kept in chiller.
No comments:
Post a Comment