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Cascading Fruit Centerpiece Recipe

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"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.

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Cascading Fruit Centerpiece Recipe

Prep: 3 hours

Yield: 36 Servings

180 180

Ingredients

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

Directions

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. Yield: 1 fruit centerpiece.

Originally published as Cascading Fruit Centerpiece in Taste of Home October/November 2007, p12

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Reviewed on Jun. 21, 2011 by KIMBERLY18

I made this for a Pastor's Table turned out nice. I too would like to see it before fruit because I kinda assembled it my way when it came to dowels.

Reviewed on Dec. 25, 2010 by soxbabe

Wonderful! Easy to do although the fruit gets a bit expensive. Someone asked about the dowels, where they go, but they can actually be left out. Just secure the styrofoam discs together with greening pins. This was a great hit for my Christmas party. Everyone wants the recipe.

Reviewed on Oct. 17, 2010 by crossroad80

How do the two dowels stabilize the stacks? Need instructions where and how to place them.

Reviewed on Sep. 16, 2010 by summerkaye

I have made this centerpiece for many different occasions. and each time was a hit. very easy but, takes alot of time .

Reviewed on Sep. 08, 2010 by mimito3

I made this for my daughter's wedding reception. I modified making it smaller. I would really like to see how the form looks without any fruit. I couldn't picture it and wasn't sure where to place the dowels. It turned out beautiful and I received many compliments. Maybe Ellen Brown could send me a picture of the structure assembly. Thanks.

Reviewed on Mar. 30, 2010 by SonyaB61

I made this for the college graduation of our daughter. Now I am making it for her wedding. It is very dressy and yummy to boot!! The pineapple ginger dip is superb!! It was easy to do...just takes time.

Reviewed on Feb. 26, 2009 by tracicerebe

This is actually pretty easy to assemble and always receives plenty of ooohs & ahhhs. It makes a lovely centerpiece to a buffet table.

Reviewed on Jan. 22, 2009 by Dixiesue

Reviewed on Sep. 10, 2008 by happiest

It's perfectly wonderful. It

turned out perfect the first time.I got rave reviews.It will

be one of my all time favorites.