I want to make a beer bottle (the sugar kind) cake for my brother-n-law, but he doesn't like really sweet stuff. Mostly he likes fruit with whipped cream (the real stuff, not too sweet). And I think he likes apple pie--the plain kind, not the one with crumbles on top.

I was thinking plain white cake, torted with different layers of fruit (as basic as I can make the fruit and still use it as filling). I could use stabilized whipped cream (he can toss the fondant or give it to his boys). Anyone have any other ideas? TIA

what is the event? is it a party? if so, i assume thre would be other people there and a cake would probably be the best bet, you could do a white cake with say, strawberry and whipped cream filling.
that would give you the opportunity to do the sugar beer bottle. other than that i really don't know how you could incorporate a beer bottle into an apple pie! unless you did like a picnic theme or something with an apple pie, some beer, sandwiches etc. i guess it depends on the event, what the cake is for.
sorry if this is rambling.

You're on the right track Fruits you could use are (dry) berries (strawberries, raspberry), &/or slices of banana.
Yes, whipped cream can be used but needs to be done as close to serving time as possible.

since you want to make that bucket you should just go with the cake idea, i'm sure he will get a kick out of it even if he doesn't eat much...

you might want to make the dam out of something other than whipped cream, even stabilized it might not be sturdy enough. something like buttercream would be better.

I suppose he could scrape off the BC. My nephews will eat it for sure! I'm barely getting started with cake decorating so I"m hoping to impress the family a bit if it turns out! Thanks for your advice!!!

I agree w/using a stiff consistency b'cream for the dam OR even a roll of fondant instead of whipped cream.

Careful fondant and whipped cream do NOT like each other. Whipped cream usually turns fondant to mush and goo, been there, done that. Use a stiff dam of BC instead (the crisco one is best)

I understand your predicament. My hubby hates cake! I know - how did we get together?! But, he does like rice krispie treats; maybe you can make a krispie cake. What we usually do for my hubby's birthday is make strawberry banana crepes. Maybe you can make him an apple pie tartlet special for him, and a cake for the other guests. That way you could show off your skills and keep him happy.

How about cheesecake? I love cheesecake.

You could make a brownie cake. If it's the right type of chocolate it won't be too sweet, and then you could decorate it like a regular cake.

My husband doesn't like eating sweet too.For his b-day last month I made him MacsMom's tiramisu cake,instead of ladyfingers I used WASC.He loved it & said that it wasn't too sweet.

I saw in another thread a CC'er was using an extention recipe for a boxed cake and forgot to add the extra sugar. It baked good just a little less sweet.

Thanks sadsmile, noyhoward, and KirschSalvator , you have all given me some great ideas and I will consider all of them before making a final decision. I'm going to run all this by my sister as well and see what she thinks. I sure hope my bro-n-law appreciates all this!!