With all the photos saturating Facebook of elaborately constructed masterpieces of fruit that resemble birthday cakes, I decided to try it for myself. Today is my sister’s birthday so I figured it was the perfect time to experiment with an easy, small, personal-sized version just for her! What I used for fruit: Watermelon Cantaloupe Strawberries Blueberries   Other tools: Knife Drinking glass Tooth picks Vegetable cutters (to make pretty shapes)   To start, I cut a watermelon in half and then pressed a glass cup upside down, pressing into the watermelon to create the round shape. After that I cut a larger circle around that and then sliced the bottom of the watermelon to create a bottom. From there it was easier to slice along the smaller circle to create the cake “body”. For the candles, I simply added blueberries to a toothpick, leaving space at the bottom to press into the “cake”. I also left space at the top to add the “flame”. To create the flame, I cut the cantaloupe into long slices and used a knife to cut out a tear shape from the very tip of the fruit. After cutting it out, I used the knife to do more carving to create the flame shape. To create the strawberry and cantaloupe flowers (also secured with toothpicks), I purchased vegetable cutters that look like miniature metal cookie cutters. To view to tools I used, simply refer to the list of “other tools” and click on the link. That’s all. It took me less than an hour to do this! Experiment, have fun and post photos of your own birthday fruit creation on my Facebook page, The Organic Housewife.

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