Recipe Handout: Summer Fruit Cake

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Written By Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII

 

Summer Fruit Cake

Make this fun fruit cake with a watermelon "layer cake" slice topped with yogurt and fresh fruit

  • 8 ounces watermelon (mini seedless)
  • 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
  • 1/2 cup raspberries
  • 1/2 cup blueberries
  • 1 each peach (cut in wedges)
  • 1 sprig mint (fresh)

  1. Cut a 3” midsection from the watermelon. This is to resemble a real layer of a cake.

  2. Remove the rind from the watermelon layer and place it on a dish like a cake layer.

  3. Top the watermelon with yogurt then fruit and mint leaves. Place the extra fruit around the cake.

  4. Use the leftover fruit to make a salad.

  5. To serve, cut the cake into 6 wedges.

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Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII

Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII discovered her love of cooking at her grandmother's side, stirring raisin oatmeal on a Saturday morning. By 15 she had her first food service job. At 18 she was accepted to the Culinary Institute of America, where she graduated second in her class, then went on to the Fachschule Richemont in Switzerland to study pastry arts and baking. A decade with Hyatt Hotels followed before she founded Food and Health Communications with a single conviction: food that is good for you should taste extraordinary.

Judy holds a Master of Professional Studies in Food Business from the Culinary Institute of America, a Bachelor of Science in Culinary Arts from Johnson and Wales University (Summa Cum Laude), two art certificates from UC Berkeley Extension, and the CIA's Pro Chef II certification. She has earned the American Culinary Federation Bronze Medal, Gold Medal, and ACF Chef of the Year award.

Today she develops every recipe on this site, shoots and styles food through her food photography and motion studio, and publishes nutrition education materials for dietitians, schools, extension offices, and health professionals through nutritioneducationstore.com. She uses the latest nutritional science and Dietary Guidelines to drive her creativity — whether that means a new twist on fajitas or Italian brownies made with toasted nuts and cooked honey. Her mission has never changed: help everyone make food that tastes as good as it is for them.

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