Fruit Rainbow Cake

Description

Learn about the colors of the rainbow and find fruit of similar colors to make a fruit rainbow decorated cake. Great no bake toddler recipe!
Make this super easy and delicious Fruit Rainbow Cake.

Ingredients

  • Fruit representing each color
  • Sponge Cake (bundt shape)
  • Whip Cream in a tub
  • Free Printable Colored Rainbow Pattern
  • Free Printable Blank Rainbow Pattern
  • Sheet protector to keep recipe/instructions clean and for future reference (recommended)

Other Materials

  • Cookie sheet or cutting board to work on
  • Spatula
  • Small Bowls to sort fruit or muffin tin
  • Knife to cut fruit (adult only)
  • Paper towels handy

Fruit Suggestions

  • RED: Red raspberries, cherries, strawberries, red apples slices, watermelon pieces
  • ORANGE: Orange slices, mandarin oranges, melon, peach slices
  • YELLOW: Bananas, pineapple, star fruit slices, lemon slices
  • GREEN: Green Grapes, Kiwi, Honeydew Melon
  • BLUE: Blueberries
  • INDIGO: we omitted this color but you could add a blue/purple fruit like plum slices with skin facing up. See educational note below regarding Indigo.
  • VIOLET: Purple Grapes, Blackberries
Note: Colors don't have to be perfect! You will note that if you google blue or purple fruits, people will include certain ones like grapes and blueberries in both lists.

Steps

  • Print the colored rainbow and go over the colors with your child.
  • Print the blank rainbow for older toddlers and let them color in the rainbows.
  • Discuss what fruit matches each color and make a list or visit a grocery store and find the fruit there. Be sure to bring the rainbow printout.
  • Purchase a Bundt sponge cake or make one.
  • Cut fruit in half or small pieces and separate into small bowls or muffin tins.
  • Have your child help arrange the bowls in order.
  • Cut cake in half and place on cutting board or surface to work on.
  • Using spatula, frost the cake with whipping cream.
  • Arrange fruit on cake in rows or columns.
Making an easy fruit rainbow cake.

Tips and Suggestions

  • The pneumonic Roy G. Biv is an easy way to remember the colors of the rainbow. Remember we chose to omit Indigo.
  • Read a book or two about rainbows before you begin this activity
  • We learned that starting with the inner or outer ring (Red or purple) or placing one of each fruit at the front end of the cake will help you plan if you need to adjust size of fruit and give your child a guide for what color fruit to place.
  • We also found we had to stand a few of the fruit up to fit all the colors.

Fruit Rainbow Placemat

    Create a placemat with our printout. Your child can enjoy their fruit on it and reinforce colors. Simply print out colored rainbow pattern and cut out. Place between two sheets of waxed paper an iron on very low heat. Be sure to put newspaper under or we prefer using an old dishcloth on top if you do not want color transferring onto your iron or ironing board. We actually have a separate old iron just for crafts to be safe.

    An easier idea is use a clean clear page protector and wipe down after use.

Fruit Rainbow Placemat

Toddler Recipes

The human eye is relatively insensitive to hue changes in the wavelengths between blue and violet, where Isaac Newton defined indigo to be; therefore most people do not distinguish indigo from blue and violet. Due to this, some people feel that indigo should not be regarded as a color, but merely as a hue of blue or violet. Most people still regard it as one of Newton's named colors of the rainbow spectrum along with red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet.