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Watermelon Cake Recipe

June 24, 2014 by Julie 16 Comments

Easy Watermelon Cake Recipe perfect for summer celebrations

While browsing at the store the other day I noticed the clearance shelf with these watermelon cake mixes. Oldest Twin loves watermelon. And I know it’s a quintessential summer experience or something. But no matter how much I try, I just don’t like eating watermelon.

 

However, I do like some watermelon flavored candy. And at the least I figured the cake would be a fun treat for Oldest Twin and Littlest (the only other person in our house who likes watermelon). So I put the box in my cart.

It sat on my pantry shelf for a couple weeks, but I finally decided to be brave and give it a try.

The box does say cupcake mix, but I’m a rebel and made mine into a bundt cake. Then I made a batch of my favorite homemade buttercream frosting. With plenty of green food coloring.

Luckily it tastes like watermelon candy flavor. And that is the kind of watermelon that I do like.

 

 

 
 

 

 
 
 

 

 

I’ve also been inspired to make a cake that only looks like watermelon. My plan is to use a yellow cake recipe and dye it red, toss in some mini chocolate chips to look like the seeds, and topped again by some green food coloring.

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Filed Under: Food Tagged With: 4th of july, dessert, fourth of july, summer

Comments

  1. Kate at Green Fashionista says

    June 24, 2014 at 12:00 pm

    YUM! I’ve been wondering how this tastes whenever I see it at Target πŸ™‚

    Hop on over and join our recipe swap today!

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    • Julie is Coco and Cocoa says

      June 24, 2014 at 2:07 pm

      Thanks, Kate! Off to visit your recipe swap now!

      Reply
  2. Pary Moppins says

    June 24, 2014 at 1:48 pm

    That’s super cute! I guess you could do the same thing with strawberry cake mix? Ooh, ooh, and you could cut green fruit roll-ups into strips to look like the stripes on a watermelon….you’ve got my creative kitchen juices flowing now… πŸ˜‰

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    • Julie is Coco and Cocoa says

      June 24, 2014 at 2:06 pm

      Ooh!! I love the idea of using a strawberry cake mix! Now you’ve got me thinking again, too!

      Reply
  3. Emily says

    June 24, 2014 at 2:09 pm

    Your brave I also saw that and just couldn’t bring myself to buy it to make cupcakes for the kids it just didn’t look good. But it sounds like it tasted good.

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    • Julie is Coco and Cocoa says

      June 24, 2014 at 2:29 pm

      It was on the 50% clearance shelf, so I figured I’d give it a try πŸ˜‰

      Reply
  4. Emily says

    June 24, 2014 at 3:47 pm

    How fun! Never seen or tried anything like it! Looks delish πŸ™‚

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    • Julie is Coco and Cocoa says

      June 24, 2014 at 3:58 pm

      Thanks, Emily! And another commenter mentioned maybe using a strawberry cake mix for the same look πŸ˜‰

      Reply
  5. niki says

    June 24, 2014 at 1:59 pm

    looks delish!

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    • Julie is Coco and Cocoa says

      June 24, 2014 at 2:06 pm

      Thanks, Niki! For the girl who professes to not like watermelon I liked it πŸ˜‰

      Reply
  6. Nikki says

    June 24, 2014 at 8:05 pm

    Your cake looks beautiful! A watermelon-flavored cake sounds pretty unique. Imagine how fun that would be to bring to a potluck picnic! The frosting really does it, though. It just wouldn’t loos the same with white or brown frosting.

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    • Julie is Coco and Cocoa says

      June 24, 2014 at 8:50 pm

      Thanks, Nikki! They did have some watermelon frosting as well, but that just seemed like a little too much watermelon for me! But yes, it had to be green πŸ™‚

      Reply
  7. Sara @ CleverPinkPirate.com says

    June 25, 2014 at 4:07 am

    Oh yum! I have never seen that mix before so I’ll have to look for it when I am at Target! Thanks for sharing, coming over from SNAP.

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    • Julie is Coco and Cocoa says

      June 25, 2014 at 4:11 am

      Hi, Sara! Thanks for coming over from the SNAP party! And if you can’t find the cake mix there were some other good suggestions on using a strawberry cake mix or red velvet cake with a green cream cheese icing πŸ™‚

      Reply
  8. Sarah says

    June 25, 2014 at 1:03 pm

    My mom saw that cake mix in the store and was like you have to make that! Now I have a cute idea for when I bake it up, thanks!

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    • Julie is Coco and Cocoa says

      June 25, 2014 at 3:44 pm

      Thanks, Sarah! And yes, give it a try!

      Reply

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