DIY: Earth cake
There’s no place like home - celebrating our earth with a delicious treat!
Earth day is a reminder that there is no place like home! In Hebrew, earth is pronounced erets. We’re celebrating our incredible erets, from the highest mountain peak to the deepest ocean - and all the plants, animals and people in between - by making a yummy earth cake.
You only need your imagination and a few ingredients to make your own earth cake!
Earth Cake
Rice cake
Blueberries
Sliced green grapes
Cream cheese or white frosting
A popsicle stick or plastic knife
Rainbow candy or sour patch people (optional)
Here’s how to make it!
Step 1: Start by spreading clouds (cream cheese or vanilla frosting), on your earth (rice cake).
Step 2: Top your earth with land (green grapes) and water (blueberries).
Step 3: Add a rainbow (rainbow candy) or people (sour patch kids).
An earth day is extra special when we see a rainbow in the sky. We love that rainbows are bright, optimistic and happy.
Step 4: Take a bite! If you’d like, you can say a blessing before eating your earth cake. In Judaism, there are blessings for so many special moments, for seeing the first blooms on a tree this spring, for seeing natural wonders, like mountains, valleys, oceans and rivers, and for eating an earth cake!
Ba-Ruch A-tah A-do-noi, Elo-hai-nu Me-lech Ha-o-lam, Bo-Rai Mi-nai Me-zo-not.
It’s so yummy!
Earth cakes are fun to make inside a home and extra special to make outside in a backyard or park, surrounded by flowers and trees. What are some things you are doing to celebrate Earth Day? Maybe planting a tree seedling, taking a nature walk or making an earth cake! Let us know in the comments below!
Whether it’s earth day, or any day, there’s no place like home - our beautiful earth!
B’tayavon (Enjoy)! Be well, be safe and be happy.
Earth cakes are extra yummy eaten outside surrounded by plants and trees.
