Watermelon Cake can be eaten just about any time of year, but it seems just right for all those summer get-togethers and cookouts. Summer just screams watermelon, at least at my house. Just in time for the Fourth of July, I though I’d post a little how-to for a cake that I made last year. It was a big hit and so easy!
Watermelon cake ingredients
- 1 box of white cake mix (and the ingredients it requires – probably eggs, milk, and oil)
- 1-2 handfuls of chocolate chips (I prefer the mini ones, but you can use any kind)
- white frosting (store-bought or homemade)
- red food coloring*
- green and yellow spray food coloring* (this is right next to the other cake decorations at your grocery store)
*I’m looking into natural food coloring options for this. Ideas? Beet juice and spinach?
Watermelon cake instructions
Mix the cake batter according to the box instructions. Add a few drops of red food coloring until your cake is watermelon colored (somewhere between red and pink). Then add the chocolate chips to the batter for “seeds”. Use your judgment on how many you want. Divide the batter between two 8″ or 9″ cake pans and bake according to the box instructions.
After the cakes cool, stack them together on a plate/serving dish. Trim the top layer using a serrated bread knife to round the top. Take off only a little at a time until you get the shape you want.
To decorate, cover the cake in white frosting. Then, take the green and yellow spray food coloring and draw stripes on the cake to resemble those on a watermelon. I actually set a watermelon next to my cake for reference!
Watermelon cake
Ingredients
- 1 box of white cake mix
- cake mix ingredients
- 1-2 handfuls of chocolate chips
- white frosting
- red food coloring
- green and yellow spray food coloring
Instructions
- Mix the cake batter according to the box instructions. Add a few drops of red food coloring until your cake is somewhere between red and pink. Add the chocolate chips to the batter for "seeds". Divide evenly between two 8" or 9" round cake pans and bake according to the box instructions.
- Allow the cakes to cool and stack them together on a plate/serving dish. Trim the top layer using a serrated bread knife to round the top.
- To decorate, cover the cake in white frosting. Then, take the green and yellow spray food coloring and draw stripes on the cake to resemble those on a watermelon.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 244Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 345mgCarbohydrates: 48gFiber: 1gSugar: 28gProtein: 2g
Nutritional information is only an estimate from online calculators. For more precise information, enter the specific ingredients you are using into your preferred tool.
That is perfect for my July 4th picnic!
Thanks for posting it…
totally funky and fun cake TFS 😀
I love it. It looks so cool when it is cut.
What a fun cake!!!
Well, that is very cute. That is funny about the taste and I have found that to be true about food. We are visual eaters. We have an annual event in my Sunday School class called “The Green Thing” around St. Patrick’s Day (not sure why) and you have to bring green food. People turn everything green and sometimes, things should not be green. It just doesn’t work. I just may try this little number. Thanks.
I love that you tried it out as a watermelon flavored cake! That didn’t even occur to me, but as I was reading my mouth felt funny just thinking about it! Looks yummy and fun, thanks for sharing!
I’ve never seen a watermelon cake before. That’s adorable for the 4th of July!
Oh my, this is just adorable and looks just like a watermelon lol. What a creative, clever W post. Great job.
Wow! There’s been quite a few watermelon blogs for W, but that takes the cake! (groan…it really does look great though!).
What a totally cute stop on our little journey through Alphabe-Thursday’s letter “W”.
Pureeing the watermelon totally made me laugh AND sounded exactly like something I would do myself.
I’ve seen the round cake cut into two to make the half slice of melon but this is really different!
Very, very neat!
Thank you for linking up this week!
This was a wonderful “W” post!
A+
how fun! I can see kids just loving this……
Great info. Lucky me I discovered your blog by chance (stumbleupon).
I have book-marked it for later!
Thanks!
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Did you develop this website yourself? Please reply back as I’m planning to create my own blog and want to know where you got this from or just what the theme is called.
Cheers!
I’ve done most of the design myself. The theme is from Blogelina.