April Fool's Sushi

UPDATE: picture of our version at the bottom of the post - they were super easy and quick to make!

We just got home from the store buying stuff to make these "sushi" rolls for April Fools Day. Hope they turn out as cute as the picture.

Something's fishy about this sushi -- maybe because the only fish in it comes from the candy aisle!

Ingredients

• Pound cake, cut into 1-inch-thick slices
• White frosting
• Fruit leather (we used FruitaBu® Organic Smoooshed Grape Fruit Twirls)

• Flaked coconut
• An assortment of candies and jellies for sweet toppings and sushi sides

Instructions

1. Sushi bases: For rolls, use a knife to cut 1 1/2-inch circles from a slice of cake. Frost the tops of the circles, then wrap a 6-inch strip of fruit leather seaweed around each one, using a dab of frosting to secure it. Press coconut rice into the frosting. For individual sushi, cut a cake slice into rectangles and round the edges, as shown. Frost the top and sides of each oval, then roll it in coconut.

2. Sweet toppings: From left to right, starting with the top row, we used orange nonpareils, apricot preserves, and pieces of Twizzlers Rainbow Twists. In the middle row, we used a green gumdrop slice, diced Swedish Fish, and gumdrop wedges. On the bottom row, we topped the sushi base with a Swedish Fish, then wrapped it with a strip of fruit leather.

3. Sushi sides: To make wasabi, warm a green Starburst candy in the microwave for 10 seconds, then use your hands to work it into a mound. For pickled ginger, microwave and flatten an orange Starburst candy, then bunch it up into a pile, as shown.

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