Watermelon Cake
>
Watermelon Cake

Watermelon Cake

Adorable summer sheet cake tints the white cake pink with cherry gelatin powder, and adds chocolate chips to look like watermelon seeds. Frosted with green icing, it looks like the real thing!

Servings: 64 servings
Cake Batter
INGREDIENT
WEIGHT
MEASURE
Water, cool approx. 72°F
3 lb 8.00 oz
7 cups
Cherry flavored gelatin powder
4 oz
2/3 cup
Gold Medal™ White Cake Mix (11132)
5 lb
1 box
Mini chocolate chips
6 oz
1 cup
Icing
INGREDIENT
WEIGHT
MEASURE
Gold Medal™ Ready-To-Spread Vanilla Crème Icing (11216)
2 lb 8.00 oz
4 cups
Green food coloring
1 1/4 tsp
Batter
  1. Mix half of the water (3 1/2 cups) and all of the gelatin powder in mixer bowl until dissolved.
  2. Add cake mix. Mix on medium speed using paddle attachment 2 minutes.
  3. Add remaining water gradually while mixing on low speed.
  4. Stop mixer, scrape bowl and paddle. Mix 2 minutes on medium speed.
  5. Fold in chocolate chips using rubber spatula.
  6. Deposit batter into greased and floured full sheet pan and bake as directed below.
BAKE:
TEMP
TIME
Convection Oven*
300°F
27-32 minutes
Standard Oven
350°F
30-35 minutes
*Rotate pans baked in convection oven one-half turn (180°) after 13 minutes of baking.
Finishing
  1. Mix vanilla icing and 1/4 tsp of the green food coloring with rubber spatula until well blended; frost top of cooled cake with green icing.
  2. Dip wooden skewer into remaining green food coloring and drag lengthwise across cake, creating irregularly spaced lines.
  3. Zigzag small spatula across the still wet green food coloring lines to create a watermelon rind design.
  4. Freeze cake for ease in slicing.
  • Check out our recipe for Watermelon Cake. A delicious recipe featuring only the best products from General Mills Convenience and Foodservice.
View Recipe Instructions

Nutrition Information

+−
Serving Size:
1 Serving
Calories
250
Calories from Fat
70
% Daily Value
Total Fat
7g
11%
Saturated Fat
4g
20%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
300mg
12%
Total Carbohydrate
43g
14%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
30g
Protein
2g
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
3
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Nutrition values are calculated using the weights of ingredients.

Reviews

+−

Related Recipes

Related Content