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Pizza Birthday Cake

January 13, 2014 by Katie Bryson 20 Comments

Pizza birthday cake on feedingboys.co.uk

I’m sure i’m not alone in the birthday cake dread. What will your child request this year? We’ve had tractors, zombies, Star Wars, monster trucks… you name it!

When you write about food for a living there’s a certain expectation that you’ll deliver something amazing. No pressure. No not at all.

It doesn’t help that Sam’s birthday is only a couple of weeks after Christmas, so I never feel fully prepared. So here was this year’s request:

Me: “What birthday cake would you like Sam?”

Sam: “Well seeings as you’re such a good cook i’ll set you a challenge Mummy. I’d like you to make me a pizza cake!”

Cue cold sweat followed by frenzied trawling of Pinterest for inspiration.

Thankfully there were plenty of ideas to help me come up with my own version… and in fact, hand on heart it’s one of the least stressful birthday cakes i’ve made to date!

Grated white chocolate

The base is a simple but tasty vanilla sponge. You could use a shop bought one if you were short on time.

The pizza sauce is a generous spreading of raspberry jam. Then the key is finding suitable sweets to look like pizza toppings.

sweet pizza toppings

Ferrero Rocher make brilliant meatballs, jelly sweets in pepper-like colours work well, as do black jelly beans cut in half to look like olives. And finally grated white chocolate is a ringer for mozzarella!

So if you have a pizza mad child and fancy having a go here’s what to do…

How to make a Pizza Birthday Cake by feedingboys.co.uk

Pizza birthday cake
(makes 8 generous slices)

For the cake
175g butter, softened
175g caster sugar
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
175g self raising flour
1 tbsp milk

For the topping
half a jar raspberry jam, for the pizza sauce
8 ferrero rocher, for the meatballs
25g white chocolate, grated
green and yellow jellybeans for the peppers
black jelly beans sliced in half for olives

1. For the cake: grease and line a 24cm round cake tin. Pre-heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.

2. Beat the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy, then add the beaten egg a bit at a time until fully combined, then stir through the vanilla extract.

3. Mix in the flour until fully blended and then beat in the milk for a lighter batter. Pour into the prepared cake tin, smooth the surface with a spatula and then bake for 25 minutes until a toothpick comes out of the sponge clean. Allow to cool completely on a wire rack.

4. For the topping: spread the surface of the cooled cake with a good layer of the jam, leaving a rim all the way around to act as the pizza crust.

5. Dot the ferrero rocher around to be the meatballs. Scatter the green and yellow jelly beans to act as the slices of pepper, the black halved jelly beans for olives then finish off with a liberal scattering of grated white chocolate for the final cheesy topping!

Pizza making party

Sam’s party was a spot of pizza decorating with a group of friends at our local Pizza Express. It was well organised and the kids had a blast playing pizza chefs, creating delicious pizzas and of course eating them afterwards. They all got a certificate and could take home any leftover pizza in a takeaway box.

In terms of kids’ parties it’s a pretty stress free option and not ridiculously expensive. We just turned up with our cake, party bags and giant balloon. Result!

What have been your most successful kids’ parties? Do your children make crazy cake demands? Let me know!

 

 

Filed Under: 1 Featured Posts, 1 Featured Recipes, Bakes, Fun, Party, Sweet Recipes Tagged With: birthday, birthday cake, cake, pizza

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Comments

  1. Anne says

    January 13, 2014 at 10:04 am

    Brilliant! Thanks for the great idea!

    Reply
    • Katie Bryson says

      January 13, 2014 at 10:33 am

      Glad to be of service 😉

      Reply
  2. Helene @Croque-Maman says

    January 13, 2014 at 10:57 am

    Such a great idea, wonderfully executed I love it! He looks so proud as well! Happy new year to you and your family Katie! Speak soon 🙂

    Reply
    • Katie Bryson says

      January 13, 2014 at 12:07 pm

      Thanks Helene!!! Hope the move went smoothly and let’s have a coffee v.v.v.soon!

      Reply
  3. Helen @ Fuss Free Flavours says

    January 13, 2014 at 11:02 am

    that is amazing! Well done Katie!

    Reply
    • Katie Bryson says

      January 13, 2014 at 12:08 pm

      Thanks Helen – was really chuffed in the end. Thank god for Pinterest!

      Reply
  4. Lucy, Vanilla Frost Cakes says

    January 13, 2014 at 11:38 am

    Looks great, and so simple! Perfect for kids that don’t like sugarpaste too.

    Reply
    • Katie Bryson says

      January 13, 2014 at 12:09 pm

      Thanks Lucy – yes it’s just cake, jam and sweets at the end of the day! It didn’t last long, so I wish i’d made two now as I just fancy a slice with my coffee!

      Reply
  5. Rosemary Hamilton says

    January 13, 2014 at 11:58 am

    Well done!
    Amazing how it looks so like the savoury version, you could go into business!!
    What will be Sam’s next challenge??

    Reply
    • Katie Bryson says

      January 13, 2014 at 12:10 pm

      Thanks mum!! Let’s hope Sam liked the Pizza cake so much he’ll want another one next year….

      Reply
  6. Kim Carberry says

    January 13, 2014 at 12:50 pm

    That is genius! What a great idea!!

    Reply
  7. laura@howtocookgoodfood says

    January 14, 2014 at 12:03 pm

    This would be perfect for my 2nd daughter who is 8 in July and may well do her party at Pizza Express too, love how it looks and not too challenging in terms of fiddliness either!

    Reply
    • Katie Bryson says

      January 15, 2014 at 5:35 am

      Thanks Laura! Pizza is definitely a winner with 8 year olds 🙂 I can really recommend the Pizza Express party – great value and low on stress.

      Reply
  8. Jude - A Trifle Rushed says

    January 16, 2014 at 9:54 pm

    Wow! What a superb cake, I am going to have to bake one. Pizza parties are great, we did one a year or so ago and it was a great success, and as you say it saves a lot of stress, it looks like your son and his friends had a splendid time.

    Reply
    • Katie Bryson says

      January 17, 2014 at 11:07 am

      Thanks Jude! You can’t go wrong with pizzas can you – it seems to be universally adored 🙂

      Reply
  9. Carrie Grafham says

    January 29, 2014 at 9:42 am

    What a fabulous idea – esp good for teenagers. I will definitely do this next birthday (for my Sam). You may remember me from a few years ago when we met at the Miele evening (I worked for 1000heads). I’ve just started my own food blog focusing on flavour pairings and would love your opinion! Well done on the progress you have made with your blog – incredibly inspiring!

    Reply
    • Katie Bryson says

      January 29, 2014 at 11:13 am

      Hi Carrie great to hear from you!!! Will be hopping over to your blog 🙂

      Reply
  10. Frank Caffrey says

    February 26, 2014 at 12:40 pm

    Wow superb recipes
    Birthdays are indeed nature’s ways of telling us to eat more cakes lol !
    Gonna try this recipe, coming weekend on my friends birthday

    Reply

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