A few weekends ago I traveled home for my mom’s birthday. Her gift was a new grill so needless to say, we planned a nice cookout for her birthday dinner. I’m usually the cake baker among my family and friends but I’ve become a little tired of cakes and the mess, prep work, and clean up involved. I decided to make something new and fun, it’s not your traditional birthday cake but this dessert was perfect for our cookout.
The crust is like a combination between shortbread and sugar cookies, with a fruit dip on top and then decorated by the fruit of your choice. My sister and I decorated the top and I was pretty impressed by how everything turned out…..both beautiful and delicious.
I looked at many recipes on allrecipes.com and came up with my own adaptation. If you want to make your own crust, try the crust for this recipe, it’s pretty easy. If you are pressed for time you can simply use store bought sugar cookie dough like this recipe. For the topping I mixed 8 oz of softened cream cheese with 1 small jar of marshmallow fluff, added 1 tsp. vanilla and spread it on the cooled crust. I bought fruit that looked the best and after chilling the crust for about 1 hour, I decorated the pizza. Both of these recipes include a glaze which adds a shiny, professional finish to the pizza. I chose to leave that part out because it didn’t seem necessary. The pizza was a huge hit, my husband is already asking me to make it again!
