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  "id": 15832529,
  "title": "Madihah turns watermelons into cakes too cute to eat",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/madihah-turns-watermelons-into-cakes-too-cute-to-eat",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T01:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2026/10/21/madihah-turns-watermelons-into-cakes-too-cute-to-eat"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Madihah Amirah Mohd Roshdy, a 37-year-old woman, has found a unique way to celebrate special occasions: turning watermelons into elaborate cakes. The founder of \"MH Fruits,\" Madihah creates character-themed cakes using fresh watermelon as the base, decorated with colorful fruits like strawberries, oranges, kiwis, grapes, blueberries, and more.\n\nHer two-year-old home-based business in Cheras is known for its intricate tiered designs, which sometimes take over three hours to complete. Initially selling fruit platters, Madihah was inspired to create watermelon cakes for her own child's birthday in January 2018. She is the first in Malaysia to produce character-themed watermelon cakes.\n\nAmong her most popular creations are the MelonMates character series, which includes a bee made of grapes on a yellow watermelon base, a dinosaur with pineapple spikes, and a lion with an orange mane and mango mane. She also designs Barbie-inspired cakes with a doll at the center of a gown decorated with fresh fruit.\n\nMadihah's cakes require careful preparation and carving, often taking at least 30 minutes before she begins sculpting the watermelon. She uses a paring knife and a Thai carving knife to shape the fruit and selects watermelons carefully for their firmness and crisp texture. To prevent the fruit from becoming watery, she wraps it and places it in the chiller before carving.\n\nHer cakes cost at least RM150, with more elaborate designs priced over RM200. She also minimizes waste by packing leftover watermelon separately. Despite fluctuating fruit prices, Madihah believes that using quality ingredients is essential to the final product.\n\nMadihah runs MH Fruits herself while raising two children and occasionally receives help from her husband. After training for three months with the Ibupreneur Academy, her social media presence grew significantly, with her Instagram followers increasing from 54 to 1,500, and her TikTok account amassing over 6,000 followers. She now receives almost daily orders, with some days seeing her create up to seven watermelon cakes.",
  "summary": "Housewife-turned-businesswoman Madihah Amirah Mohd Roshdy is the founder of MH Fruits, a home-based business in Cheras.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Madihah turns watermelons into cakes too cute to eat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/madihah-turns-watermelons-into-cakes-too-cute-to-eat-15832792",
        "published": "2026-10-21T01:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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