Graduation Celebration

Last post 05-01-2008 10:50 AM by iamhere. 2 replies.
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  • 04-17-2008 8:12 PM

    Graduation Celebration

     A few months ago I saw an article showing how to display fruit in an upright postion.  I can not locate my Taste of Home magazine it was in.   It gave direction on how the stack the styrofoam, attach bowls for dip and lettuce to make lush looking.  Is there any where on this site where you can access past articles.

     

     

  • 04-19-2008 5:19 PM In reply to

    Re: Graduation Celebration

    I typed fruit centerpience in the search bar at the top of the page and found this.

    Cascading Fruit Centerpiece Recipe

     Cascading Fruit Centerpiece Recipe

     

    Cascading Fruit Centerpiece

    Taste of Home

    "It's exciting and fun to build this pretty centerpiece, which I have made for holidays, weddings and showers over the past 20 years," notes Ellen Brown of Aledo, Texas. "The ginger dip is wonderful, or you can fill the fruit cups with other favorite dips, flavored yogurt or whipped topping.

    PINEAPPLE GINGER DIP:

    2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
    5 tablespoons unsweetened pineapple juice
    2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
    1 tablespoon grated orange peel
    1 tablespoon lemon juice
    1-1/2 to 2 teaspoons ground ginger
    1/4 cup flaked coconut, toasted

    CENTERPIECE:

    1 fresh pineapple
    1 large grapefruit
    1 large navel orange
    1 medium lemon
    8 Styrofoam rounds (four 10 inches x 1 inch, four 6 inches x 1 inch)
    2 wooden dowels (one 8 inches x 1/4 inch, one 4-1/2 inches x 1/4 inch)
    Floral metal greening pins
    3 to 5 pounds seedless green grapes
    3 to 5 pounds seedless red grapes
    1 pound fresh strawberries
    Silk flowers with leaves
    3 cups yogurt of your choice

    In a small mixing bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Stir in coconut. Chill until serving.
        Cut off pineapple top with a fourth of the pineapple attached; set aside. For dip bowl, cut a third from bottom of pineapple; remove fruit, leaving a 1/2-in. shell. Remove peel from center section of pineapple; core and cut pineapple into chunks.
        Cut the grapefruit, orange and lemon in half widthwise. Remove pulp from one half of each; set aside. (Save the remaining grapefruit, orange and lemon halves for another use.)
        Stack two 10-in. Styrofoam rounds and two 6-in. rounds; cover each stack with heavy-duty foil. Repeat with remaining rounds. On a 19-in. x 15-in. platter, pile the stacks on top of each other, staggering them and anchoring with dowels.
        Place pineapple top on the top circle; position lemon, orange and grapefruit cups on other circles. Place pineapple bowl on platter.
        With greening pins, attach clusters of grapes onto circles. Randomly add strawberries, pineapple chunks and more grapes to cover the foil and platter. Decorate with silk flowers. Just before serving, fill pineapple bowl with pineapple ginger dip. Fill lemon, orange and grapefruit cups with yogurt. 

  • 05-01-2008 10:50 AM In reply to

    Re: Graduation Celebration

     Just what I was hunting, just wish I could fine my copy of the magazine, It had pictures to show how to make the display,  guess I'll give my hand at following written directions.

     

     

    Thanks again

     

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