Originally Posted by Gwyn

Here is my favorite birthday cake.
Cut a watermelon in half the long way. Scoop out the pink, leaving only a shell (2). Remove seeds from melon and cut into 1" cubes. Cut cantalope, honeydew,and muskmelon into cubes or make melon balls. Mix with watermelon. Add blueberries, red & green grapes, and cut up strawberries. Finally, cut up a pineapple and add to mixture.

Sprinkle a little lemon or lime juice over fruit and chill. Serve by spooning fruit mixture into the hollow melon shells. Using large strawberries, poke candles into the tip of the berry so the large top can be used to keep the candle upright.

Sing appropriate song and serve in pretty bowls. Refrigerate leftover fruit.

Alternative: Pour diet ginger ale over fruit in the bowls to give some pizzazz.

Bake a dozen cupcakes, top with sugar free cool whip. Place strawberry candle holders on top of cupcakes and place cupcakes around the melon bowl. Mighty fine