well, what does the customer want?
I'm guessing they want fruit on top if they didn't give you any details. You wouldn't have to put real fruit necessarily. You could make some out of gumpaste maybe. There are some fruits that you could even pipe on with buttercream, like grapes or strawberries, blueberries, etc...maybe have the grapes trailing over the sides somehow...
If you're unsure of what they want, you probably should call them. It's always better to be safe than sorry!
Good luck 
Thank you for the suggestion, it is for my nephew and they want a Raiders theme, so I'm thinking they want real fruit. But I didnt find a recipe for something like that.
You know what you could do...do like how fruit tarts are made. You can slice up the fruit even if you want. Well, place the fruit how you want on the cake, then take some seedless jam or jelly and thin it out so it's the consistency of piping gel. Then, brush it over the fruit to seal it and make it shine. yum 
Do the raiders have something to do with fruit? Sorry, I'm not a big sports fan 
One more question, should I use whipcream frosting?
not sure...would that be stable enough?? I haven't used whipped cream as frosting much myself. Maybe if you stabilized it (with gelatin)? You could try my whipped frosting on it if you wanted...There's a link to my recipes in my profile...
You cannot use whipping cream alone for the frosting. Here's a recipe for a true fruit basket cake, but you could substitute the home-made cake for a yellow cake box mix. This link suggests using Whipped Cream Frosting (Duncan Hines makes one that isn't too bad).
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/1233771
The cake supply shop in my area sells something called Flavor Right which is non-dairy, but whips up to a consistancy of whipped cream, but it can be used as a frosting. I don't know if you have access to that stuff, but it's pretty darn good.
HTH
Thank you for the suggestion, it is for my nephew and they want a Raiders theme, so I'm thinking they want real fruit. But I didnt find a recipe for something like that.
Raiders,fruit??????? What?
Thank you for the suggestion, it is for my nephew and they want a Raiders theme, so I'm thinking they want real fruit. But I didnt find a recipe for something like that.
Raiders,fruit??????? What?
LMAO!! No insult intended!!! Its my nephew b-day and his step mom likes the fruit basket cakes!
I've made a Fruit Basket Cake similar to the link above and made my whip cream. I did make it the same day we ate it though, not sure I would do it again. I think that if I made it again I would probably use Shirley W's IMBC or one of the decorator whip creams from the cake decorating store as another poster recommended Yummy! HTH
Delia
I've had fruitbasket cakes where there is a layer of cake, layer of strawberry filling, layer of cake, layer of banana filling...and I want to say there was one more...either way, none of those cakes that I've had have had fruit on the top. I'd think you could decorate it as requested otherwise? I also know that the fruit basket cakes I've had have all had straws for support (just an idea). A Raider theme cake...what GREAT people! 
(Seeing that DH and I are Raider Fans...through the good and bad...haha). I'm getting ready to try a smaller scale raider helmet for dh that I'm going to make the bigger version for his bday in a couple weeks. Good luck!
Thank you all! I have decided to do the fruit filling, i made a mixture of mixed berries and banannas and I will put a layer of pineapple jam or something similar on the cake between the layers!! I cant wait to eat it! Ya and I also decided to make the cake like a football field thanks to inspiration from other CCers!!
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