Watermelon Cake

1. Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat three 8-inch round cake pans with baking spray; set aside. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

2. Stage

Whisk together 2 1/2 cups flour, gelatin, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a medium bowl.

3. Stage

Beat butter at medium speed with a stand mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, until creamy, about 3 minutes. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended and stopping to scrape down sides of bowl after each addition. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

4. Stage

Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating at low speed until just blended after each addition.

5. Stage

Beat in vanilla and red food coloring gel until blended. Toss chocolate chips with remaining 1 tablespoon flour in a small bowl. Gently fold into batter. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

6. Stage

Divide batter evenly among prepared cake pans. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

7. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean, 28 to 32 minutes.

8. Stage

Cool in pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove cakes from pans and cool completely on wire rack about 1 hour. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

9. Stage

Prepare Frosting: Beat butter and salt with a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium speed until creamy, about 3 minutes; beat in vanilla. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

10. Stage

Gradually add powdered sugar alternately with 6 tablespoons cream, beating on low speed, until completely incorporated and smooth, about 2 minutes. Increase mixer speed to medium-high and beat until mixture is smooth and fluffy, about 2 to 3 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

11. Stage

Remove 1/3 cup of the frosting to a small bowl. Remove 2 cups of the frosting to a medium bowl; stir in enough red food coloring until desired shade of red. Tint remaining frosting with green food coloring gel until desired shade of green. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

12. Stage

Assemble Cake: Place 1 cake layer on a serving platter or cake stand. Spread top with 2/3 cup red frosting. Top with a second cake layer; spread top with 2/3 cup red frosting. Top with remaining cake layer; spread top with remaining red frosting, leaving a 1/2-inch border around edge. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

13. Stage

Frost sides of cake with green frosting. Place reserved 1/3 cup plain frosting into a piping bag or zip-lock bag with a 1/4-inch hole cut in the corner. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

14. Stage

Pipe plain frosting around top edge of cake, filling in the 1/4-inch border. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

15. Stage

Sprinkle top with miniature chocolate chips to resemble seeds.