Fun Food Activities for Kids: Fruit Rainbow Angel Food Cake
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Winters are long here in Minnesota. They even feel longer during the school winter break when you have no plans to go on vacation somewhere (dare I say it), warm. So what do you do when you and your kids are mostly stuck indoors like us this week? You find a way to make it fun and you dream of warmer spring days you swear must be just around the corner. These fun food activities for kids are super simple but pack a cheery punch of spring. Pair this fruit angel food cake food art project with a little chocolate milk rainbow cup DIY and you’ve got yourself a pinterest worthy snack that your kids will be proud of!I kept things simple with the our chocolate milk cups. I picked up some St. Patrick’s Day foam stickers with several rainbow designs included at a local craft store. Using double-sided tape, we wrapped some red ribbon around our disposable cups and finished off the look with the rainbow foam sticker. I offered to let them create their own rainbows with markers but all three of my boys preferred these. Some rainbow or primary color washi tape would have been even easier than the ribbon, but I was trying to work with what we had on hand.
I cut up our fruit pretty small since I knew we wouldn’t have a ton of space to work with on the angel food cake. I ended up having to make the grapes and banana even smaller than shown here. For easier access for my kids, I put them in colorful silicone baking cups.
I picked up some angel food cake from our grocery store bakery and chose the loaf version so it would have an even thickness. Pound cake would also work in a pinch if you can’t find this type of angel food cake and don’t want to make it yourself. I rounded off the top edges to resemble the shape of a rainbow.
My boys loved this fun food art project. Getting the placement exactly right took a bit of time, but the kids had fun working with the fruit and enjoying the occasional nibble.To finish off the look, I used some real whipped cream in a can on each bottom corner of our rainbow for our “clouds”.
It worked perfectly since fruit and angel food cake with whipped cream is a delicious combination!
To complete our snack, I filled our rainbow cups with chocolate milk!
I had three very happy boys on my hands afterwards!
Later that day we trekked through the backyard for some fun sledding in the afternoon sun that was a perfect reminder that winter still has its perks. Spring is coming but until then, we can have a good time with activities like these!
Fruit Rainbow Angel Food Cake
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup chopped strawberries or raspberries cut in half
- 1/3 cup chopped mango or mandarin oranges
- 1/3 cup chopped bananas or pineapple
- 1/4 cup chopped green grapes or kiwi
- 1/4 cup blueberries
- two blackberries or red grapes cut in half
- Angel Food Cake Loaf prepared
- whipped cream
Instructions
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Slice angel food cake (from a loaf pan) in slice approximately two inches thick. Round out top edges carefully with serrated knife.
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Arrange fruit on top of cake to create a rainbow.
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Add whipped cream to each corner of bottom half to resemble clouds before serving.
Recipe Notes
Can substitute pound cake for angel food cake.
I hope you’ll give these fun food activities for kids.
What are your favorite indoor winter activities?
TruMoo lasts about 1-2 hours in this house. If I can get a sip before they drink the carton, I call it a success! And I love those little silicone cups for snacks. I keep telling myself I’m gonna buy some but forget to.
I know some grown ups who would enjoy this too! 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing with us at Merry Monday.
Great Idea! So dang cute AND yummy!
Such a great idea! We love using the silicone cups for all kinds of food and recipe ideas too, they are so convenient and easy to clean out. Our favorite indoor activity to do is play card or board games, winters in Michigan are long and cold too except this year we barely had any snow. Thanks for linking up to Inspire Me Monday! Have a great week!!
what a fun and colorful recipe. The kids would really enjoy this.
This looks fun and easy to make. i am going to give these a try here in a few weeks.thanks for sharing this with us