Ideas for Birthday "cake"

[kellymch2006]

Any good ideas for something that can be picked up at the store for a legal birthday cake?

I'm thinking raspberries or blueberries with whipped cream and a candle stuck in the middle.

I'm sure y'all have some brilliant ideas. We're in a school with no home ec (weird, I know) so it has to be bought at the store and assembled relatively easy.

[Danielle2842]

Yeah, berries & whipped cream sounds good but there have got to be some better options out there! I know you say it has to be store-bought, but if you were only willing to bake a little bit, there'd be TONS of delicious options. I know of a low-carb cake recipe, but it involves baking ;0)

[kellymch2006]

Well, this was just sprung on me a couple of minutes ago. I guess I'm the ATkins guru here. Scary, huh?

[vek]

A jello cake will be nice. It's colourfull and no sugar. All you need are multiple jello packages (try to have at least 4-5 different flavours and different colours, but no sugar ones). On the top you can put whipped cream and garnish it with blueberries and strawberries. Try to put less water in the jello powder to make it more ferme. Keep it in the fridge before serving.

[Danielle2842]

Wow Vek!! That's an insanely good idea!! I never would have thought of that!

Here's another recipe that is quick & easy. You could insert the strawberries into the top of the jello cake!! YUM.

Cream Cheese and Pecan Stuffed Berries
Recipe courtesy The Deen Brothers

20 whole large strawberries, hulled
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup confectioners' powdered sugar (use splenda here)
1/4 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract
2/3 cup chopped pecans

Blend everything except for berries. Cut sections out of the center of the strawberries & stuff them with the mixture.

[lildrummergrl]

Originally Posted by vek

A jello cake will be nice. It's colourfull and no sugar. All you need are multiple jello packages (try to have at least 4-5 different flavours and different colours, but no sugar ones). On the top you can put whipped cream and garnish it with blueberries and strawberries. Try to put less water in the jello powder to make it more ferme. Keep it in the fridge before serving.

Where are the recipes for these....they look outstanding! Wouldn't the layers slide off? they look gorgeous!

[kellymch2006]

OMG! Both of these are great!!! I'll surely do this sometime. The lady in question just went to the Amish store and bought a huge hunk of hoop cheese. She put a candle in it and surrounded it with almonds...

[vek]

Originally Posted by lildrummergrl

Where are the recipes for these....they look outstanding! Wouldn't the layers slide off? they look gorgeous!

Recipies are on the jello packages. But put a lil less water than is recomanded, in order to make it more ferme. Do not add a new layer of jello before the old one is ferme enough. Cool the liquid jello before adding it on the top of an already firm layer, because if you put it hot, you risk to melt the old layer.

[tink11302]

that looks amazing! I was also wondering about this, my birthday is the end of spetember. And while I could live without cake, it just wouldn't be the same without anything.

[losetocruise]

Vek I love your cake pictures. I wish I had had them earlier. Today was my husbands birthday so I made a "cheesecake" using 8 oz cream cheese, 4 oz butter, liquid splenda and sugar free almond and vanilla extracts. I doubled it and added cocoa powder to the other half and made it a two layer black and white cheesecake with some sliced strawberries on top.

If any of you ever try the fat fast, a small serving fits the 90% fat content without the strawberries.