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Cake Sushi

March 28, 2018 by Cara

Fool your family this April Fools with a fun dessert idea that will have everyone thinking they are eating dinner with Cake Sushi. It looks like real sushi and the kids will look in horror only to be delighted that this is actually cake wrapped in fruit leather and topped with gummy candies!

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A cutting board with Cake Sushi on top made with cake, fruit leather, and gummy candies

Use your favorite recipe (like this yellow gluten free cupcake recipe) or buy pre-made pound cake for this easy to fool “sushi treat.” The trick is to freeze the cake so that it’s easy to handle and the cake doesn’t fall apart. Pound cake works well for this but you could also use a quick bread- banana, pumpkin etc. or your favorite recipe.

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A cutting board with Cake Sushi on top made with cake, fruit leather, and gummy candies

Here is what you’ll need to make your very own April Fools Day-friendly Cake Sushi at home:

  • Pound cake – (it works best if it’s frozen) OR use this gluten free yellow cake recipe.
  • Fruit leather
  • Shredded unsweetened coconut (or shaved dairy free white chocolate).
  • White frosting of choice (Wholesome or Simple Mills are great choices)
  • Candies of choice (for allergen friendlier options, use Swedish Fish, Yum Earth, Annie’s Fruit snacks, Surf Sweets, TruJoy chews, Hunny Bon OR you can simply use rainbow Twizzlers, gummy Lifesavers, Dots, and Starbursts for some crazy color combos).

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A cutting board with Cake Sushi on top made with cake, fruit leather, and gummy candies

Follow the photo tutorial below to see how you assemble the Cake Sushi:

1. Cut the cake into slices about ¾” thick– a little thinner than the width of the cut fruit leather. Use a cookie cutter or biscuit cutter (1.5”wide x 1.75” high) to cut rounds from each slice – or if you don’t have small enough one, just trim the cake pieces into small disks.

A cutting board with pound cake and a cutter to show how to make Cake Sushi.

2. Trim the fruit leather to about a 1”wide. Make sure the fruit leather fits around the cake piece – you can try stretching the leather by placing it between parchment paper and stretching it with a rolling pin.

3. Put the white frosting into plastic baggie and snip a hole in the corner. Add a little frosting to the fruit leather then wrap it around the cake piece.

A cutting board with pound cake and a cutter to show how to make Cake Sushi.

4. Add a little more frosting to the inside of the cake top, then dip the “sushi” into a shallow container filled with shredded unsweetened (or sweetened though not really necessary as the frosting is very sweet) coconut if you can find it (or shaved dairy free white chocolate).

5. Use clean scissors to cut the candies into small pieces to make the “fish.” The fruit chews can be made into “ginger” with a quick warm up in the microwave for 10 seconds.

A cutting board with pound cake and a cutter to show how to make Cake Sushi.

Make everyone smile with this Cake Sushi dessert prank:

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A cutting board with Cake Sushi on top made with cake, fruit leather, and gummy candies

Cake Sushi

  • Author: Fork & Beans
  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Total Time: 30 mins
  • Yield: 8-10 Sushi Cakes 1x
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Ingredients

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  • 1 store-bought pound cake (OR use this gluten free yellow cake recipe for allergen friendly version), placed in freezer for 1+ hours
  • 6 natural fruit leathers (I used Stretch Island Grape Fruit leather).
  • 1 c. shredded unsweetened coconut (or shaved white chocolate)
  • 1/2 c. frosting of choice (Wholesome or Simple Mills)
  • candies of choice (for allergen friendlier options, use Swedish Fish, Yum Earth, Annie’s Fruit snacks, Surf Sweets, TruJoy chews, Hunny Bon OR you can simply use rainbow Twizzlers, gummy Lifesavers, Dots, and Starbursts for some crazy color combos).

Instructions

  1. Cut the cake into slices about ¾” thick– a little thinner than the width of the cut fruit leather. Use a cookie cutter or biscuit cutter (1.5”wide x 1.75” high) to cut rounds from each slice – or if you don’t have small enough one, just trim the cake pieces into small disks.
  2. Trim the fruit leather to about a 1”wide. Make sure the fruit leather fits around the cake piece – you can try stretching the leather by placing it between parchment paper and stretching it with a rolling pin.
  3. Put the white frosting into plastic baggie and snip a hole in the corner. Add a little frosting to the fruit leather then wrap it around the cake piece.
  4. Add a little more frosting to the inside of the cake top, then dip the “sushi” into a shallow container filled with shredded unsweetened (or sweetened though not really necessary as the frosting is very sweet) coconut if you can find it (or shaved white chocolate).
  5. Use clean scissors to cut the candies into small pieces to make the “fish.”
  6. The fruit chews can be made into “ginger” with a quick warm up in the microwave for a boy 10 seconds.

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A cutting board with Cake Sushi on top made with cake, fruit leather, and gummy candies

 

This post was written by FnB contributor, Kimberly Stoney

Kimberly Stoney is a professional craft designer and stylist, self proclaimed foodie and mom to one very hungry teenager.  She has worked as a craft designer and recipe developer for over 15 years and shares her crafts and snacks at The Tiny Funnel. You can follow her on Instagram. 

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Filed Under: April Fool's Day, Desserts, Fresh Out of the Oven, Holiday, Kid-Friendly, Nut Free

About Cara

Based in Chicago with her husband and son, Cara is the creator behind the site Fork and Beans: A place where kids can have fun with their food.

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  1. Natalie

    April 4, 2018 at 1:00 am

    My little niece will love this alottt. Next week comes to her birthday and my sister and I are thinking what special food we should do for the kids. This cake sushi is an interesting idea! I sent this link to my sister xD

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