Help! I'm supposed to do a birthday cake on Monday for a friend, but just found out that for the next week he is supposed to be on a pretty strict diet. Does anyone know of any ways to make something that would look like a cake, but be made out of only fruits or vegetables? Thanks!!!
Have you thought about a dessert like pavlova? You could make a circle of meringue (fat free!) and decorate that with a little RT and strawberries or something
A cousin of mine could not have cake one year so my Aunt, his mother, baked a meatloaf in the shape of a round cake then iced it with cream cheese and decorated it with various veggies. I remember she used a lot of red, green and yellow bell peppers for color.
She put candles on it and everyone sang happy birthday and had dinner for "cake". 
A cousin of mine could not have cake one year so my Aunt, his mother, baked a meatloaf in the shape of a round cake then iced it with cream cheese and decorated it with various veggies. I remember she used a lot of red, green and yellow bell peppers for color.
She put candles on it and everyone sang happy birthday and had dinner for "cake".
I can't imagine cream cheese as icing on meatloaf. I wonder how that tasted. Was it a little like the taste of sour cream, like in stroganoff?
Martha Stewart did a version of the meatloaf "cake" with piped mashed potatoes as icing, then decorated with green peas. It was actually kinda pretty.
You could make a jello mold with fruits inside and "ice" it with coolwhip and fruit. That would be very light, but festive.
I don't remember exactly what the taste of the cream cheese was with the meatloaf but I do remember how good it was. I do remember it disappeared quickly! She had mashed potatoes on the side and the sauce for the meatloaf was in a gravy ladle to be spooned over your slice of "cake". It was very pretty and tasty too. This was back in the 70's so my recollection is a bit shaded now. I just remember how good and pretty it was. We were all surprised to find out it was meatloaf!!! She did not tell anyone what it was before hand! 
Thanks for all of the ideas! Now I just have to make up my mind....
i vote for the meatloaf iced with mashed potatoes. Have you considered Angel Food cake? isn't that supposed to me "better" for you than regular cake?
Another suggestion is to make flowers, etc out of fruit ... like those "edible arrangements".
Another suggestion is one of those towel cakes like people make for bridal showers. Then it's a cake and a gift!
I think it would be mean to make a dummy cake ... looks so tasty and can't be eaten!
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