Pizza Cake

Featured in Satisfying Hearty Mains.

This impressive Pizza Cake stacks multiple layers of pizza into a sliceable tower of deliciousness! Alternating layers of pre-baked crusts, sauce, cheese and pepperoni are encased in a ring of dough and baked until golden. Perfect for pizza lovers looking for something unique to serve at gatherings!

I threw this recipe together last summer when my kid’s birthday party was coming up and I was tired of the usual cake options. What started as a joke became the most talked about food I’ve ever brought to a gathering. There’s something about slicing into those layers of pizza goodness that makes people’s eyes bug out like they’ve just witnessed a magic trick. My brother-in-law actually took a video of cutting the first slice because nobody believed it was really layer upon layer of pizza until they saw it.

My nephew, who usually communicates exclusively through shoulder shrugs and eye rolls, actually used complete sentences when he saw this. He’s now requested it for his own birthday instead of regular cake, which might be the highest compliment a sixteen-year-old can give a recipe.

Ingredients
Refrigerated pizza dough saves so much time it’s not even funny. Could you make your own dough? Sure. Will anyone notice or care? Nope.

Stacking the layers creates that dramatic “cake” effect that makes people reach for their phones before they even taste it. Half the fun is watching people’s reactions to the first slice.

Parchment paper isn’t just suggested – it’s absolutely essential unless you want to chisel your pizza cake out of the pan with a jackhammer. Those little handles you create by letting the paper stick up are your best friends when it’s time to lift this beast out.

Pre-baking the rounds is the secret to avoiding that horrible moment when you cut into what looks amazing only to find raw dough in the middle. Nobody wants that.

Folding the extra dough over the top creates that perfect “crust” look that tricks people into thinking you’re just serving a tall regular pizza until you cut into it.

Step-by-Step Instructions
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