Sweet Pizza
This is my 'Sweet Pizza'. I made it Gluten-Free so my brother could eat it. It was also the first time I used Fondant. This is how I made it.
Getting Started With the Cake
- Pre Heat the oven
- Measure the ingredients (see amounts above in the photo)
Mix the Cake Ingredients
- Mix the cocoa powder and coffee together.
- Sift the dry ingredients.
- In the mixer, combined sugar, brown sugar, and butter.
- Once mixed, add 3 eggs, one at a time.
- Now add the cocoa and coffee mixture.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients and mix until completely combined.
Prepare the Pan
- Spray your Jelly Roll Pan with vegetable oil spray.
- Lay parchment paper on the spray.
- Then spray the paper with the oil as well.
Bake the Cake
- Pour batter into the pan and spread out evenly.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes.
- Test the center of the cake with a toothpick. The cake is done when the toothpick comes out of the cake clean.
- Set cake aside and let cool for overnight.
Make the Buttercream Frosting
- Gather materials and measure them out.
- Add the powder sugar and butter together.
- Once combined, add the vanilla and milk.
- If frosting is too runny, add more powdered sugar to the mixture.
- Frosting will need to cool in the refrigerator overnight.
Create the 'Cheese'
Shred a white chocolate bar with a potato peeler.
Create the 'Pepperoni'
- Roll red fondant between two sheets of parchment paper
- Use a half tablespoon to measure out and cut the fondant into circles.
Place the circles onto a cookie sheet and form the shape
Allow the fondant to firm up over time.
Create the 'Black Olives'
- Roll black fondant into a coil about the size of a finger thick.
- Cut the coil into 1/4 inch sections.
- Lay the sections on their side and press an ‘X’ into the center of the fondant with a skewer.
- Allow the fondant to firm up over time.
Create the 'Sausage'
- Use brown gel food coloring to mix into white fondant to a desired ‘sausage’ color
- Separate the fondant into dime size portions and create an irregular shape.
- Allow the fondant to firm up over time.
Create the 'Canadian Bacon'
- Use pink gel food coloring to mix into white fondant to a desired color.
- Also use red gel food coloring to mix into a separate white fondant piece.
- Roll the pink fondant into a coil the size of a thumb.
- Then flatten the red fondant and wrap it around the pink coil.
- Cut this red wrapped coil into 1/4 inch sections then divide the small sections in half.
- Allow the fondant to firm up over time.
Assemble the Cake
- Measure two circle that will fit into your Jelly Pan. I used two bowls and place them upside down on my cake to create a circle tracer.
- Place the cake onto a cardboard base. (I show parchment paper but found that to be difficult.)
Frost the Cake
- Frost the top of the cake with 1/4 inch layer of frosting.
- Place the second circle of cake onto the first, now frosted cake.
- Place the rest of the frosting into a piping bag. I used a 1-gallon zip lock bag for this. I fill the bag with frosting and cut a whole in the corner of the bag.
- Pipe the frosting onto the sides and top of the cake.
- I then smoothed the frosting out on the cake creating a flat surface on the top of the cake.
Create the 'Pizza Dough'
- Use gel food coloring to mix a dough color into white fondant. I used a lot of brown and added orange and yellow to create my desired color.
- Place the fondant between two parchment papers and use a rolling pin to flatten the fondant to a 1/4 thickness.
- By rolling the fondant onto itself the long way, I was able to create a clean edge crust along the top.
- I had to do this with two pieces of fondant and place onto my cake in two sections. I worked the fondant together with my finger to create a unified look on the sides of the the cake.
Create and Add the 'Pizza Sauce'
- Measure roughly 9 oz (half of a jar) of seedless raspberry jelly into a sauce pan.
- Heat on low until the jelly is smooth.
- Pour the jelly into the middle of the cake. Spread to the edges or ‘crust’
- Refrigerate until jelly is cool
Add the Toppings to the Pizza
- Place the white chocolate ‘cheese’ over the jelly.
- Arrange the fondant toppings (pepperoni, sausage, Canadian bacon and black olives)
Cut and Serve
enjoy the sweet pizza!!