My son attends all sorts of events: potlucks, birthday parties, you name it -he misses out on nothing. For the longest time, we brought something -muffins or whatever- with us. When he became able to tolerate fruit, my son was entirely satisfied with (in fact, delighted by) watermelon while others ate cake.
Recently, my son attended a birthday party at which he was able to eat the cake itself! It was carved from one watermelon and adorned with a Spiderman figurine, skewered fruits (three kinds of grapes and tiny balls of cantaloupe) and animals shaped out of more watermelon.
As you can see, my friend, who is transitioning her own son to GAPS, did an amazing job.
Upon cleaning up their skewers, the kids entertained themselves for some time by re-skewering and eating the fruit that was sprinkled across the platter.
The party also offered raw veggie sticks and, get this, GAPS cupcakes!!! Children and adults alike were very impressed by and enjoyed the “cake” and GAPS cupcakes.
Instead of goodie bags filled with sugar, the children took home: hats made at the party with the children’s involvement, simple but beautiful capes made in advance by my friend, and bug jars that the children decorated. What fantastic planning for a GAPS-supportive, eco-friendly, fun, colourful, exciting, home-based birthday party!
As for me, I felt absolutely thrilled to be served clean foods and to watch my son being able to enjoy every single item at a shared birthday table. Way to go, E!
For step-by-step instructions on making a Watermelon Cake, click here.
Love this!!! Have been milling around ideas for my daughter’s party in October. Thanks for the photo! The kids would really get into this ‘hands on’ “cake.”
very cool! thanks for sharing.
Coolest cake ever. Love the idea. Too bad more parties aren’t like this one.
Seriously, this Mom rocks! THIS is the ideal birthday party, don’t you think?
Not to mention how MELLOW all the kids were after eating all the food, and how well they all got along. It was a great time
And thanks for all the compliments!
Hello I am working on a vegan/raw foods cookbook I would like to use something similar to this recipe do you know of its origin so I may ask permission from creator of this wonderful recipe?
thanks
-Ayida
Hi Ayida,
The person who made the one whose photograph is embedded into my post is chasmyn, whose comment (with url) is directly above yours. At the very bottom of my post, too, is a reference to a step-by-step guide with a similar photo. I’m not sure if the latter blogger developed the idea or picked it up from someone else.
Wonderful to hear about your pending vegan/raw food prep book. I’m a big fan of those!
Best,
Baden