# DIY Watermelon Cakes This Watermelon Cake Looks and Tastes Like Watermelon By Jen Chae | Published 2013-06-17 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/watermelon-cake References: [birdonacake.blogspot](http://birdonacake.blogspot.ca/2012/05/watermelon-flavored-cake.html) Most cakes that look like rainbows don't taste like rainbows, but this watermelon cake looks and tastes like watermelon. This recipe and cake decoration by Bird On a Cake is visually fascinating and will blow your taste buds, too. As watermelons are the perfect fruit to slice open on a sunny summer day, a slice of this watermelon cake would be a fitting for a summer gathering. The cake is topped off with frosting with pink and green food coloring dye to mimic the colors of a watermelon. It is sprinkled with dark chocolate chips to resemble seeds. To give the cake its flavor, watermelon puree made of blended watermelon chunks and artificial flavoring from Jell-O is used. The full pictorial as well as written instructions are available on the Bird On a Cake blog. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 6.1/10 - Popularity: 84% | Activity: 91% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 30% men, 70% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [DIY](https://www.trendhunter.com/diy) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Fruit-inspired Cakes:** Fruit-inspired cakes offer a new twist on traditional cake making, providing opportunities for bakeries and restaurants to expand their product lines and target health-conscious consumers. - **DIY Desserts:** DIY dessert tutorials offer opportunities for influencers and online content creators to create engaging and shareable content that appeals to a younger audience. - **Artificial Flavoring Alternatives:** The rise in demand for clean label ingredients in recipes provides opportunities for manufacturers to offer natural alternatives to artificial flavorings in baking and dessert making. ### Where This Applies - **Food and Beverage:** This trend presents opportunities for bakeries, restaurants, and food manufacturers to create and market fruit-inspired desserts as a healthier alternative to traditional cakes. - **Influencer Marketing:** Influencers and social media content creators can leverage the trend of DIY desserts and create engaging and shareable content targeted towards a younger audience. - **Food Ingredient Manufacturing:** The trend towards natural and clean label ingredients in baking and dessert making presents a market opportunity for manufacturers to produce and offer natural flavorings as alternatives to artificial flavors. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [All-Occasion Layered Cakes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-cake.md) - [Balloon Dog Cakes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/balloon-dog-cake.md) - [Canned Watermelon Drinks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mela.md) - [Cardboard-Resembling Illusion Cakes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cardboard-cake.md) - [Cotton Candy Cakes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cotton-candy-cake.md) - [Free-From Frozen Yogurt Cakes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/frozen-yogurt-cakes.md) - [Fruit Punch-Flavored Cakes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ring-cake.md) - [Layered Cotton Candy Cakes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cotton-candy-layer-cake.md) - [Seasonal Watermelon-Themed Menus](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/california-fields-salad.md)