Cake Mix Fresh Fruit Pizza Recipes

FRUIT PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 390°F/200°C degrees.
• In a bowl, using a hand mixer cream together the sugar and the butter until it's well combined and creamy (about 1 minute). Mix in the egg and the vanilla extract.
• Add the flour along with the baking powder and salt, and beat with the mixer on slow speed until just combined.
• Line a 12-inch pizza pan with parchment paper, grease your hands with cooking spray then spread the dough in the pan in an even layer. You will have to use your hands to press down the dough.
• Bake in the oven for 13-15 minutes. The cookie base does not have to brown, it might look undercooked but that's totally fine as baking it for longer will dry it out. Remove from the oven, and cool completely on a cooling rack.
• To make the cream cheese frosting, whip the cream cheese with the powdered sugar and vanilla extract. Add the powdered sugar in batches to avoid getting a sugar storm.
• Once the cookie base has cooled completely, using a spatula spread the cream cheese frosting over the cookie dough base, and then decorate with fresh fruit creating a pattern. Drizzle/brush the fruit with honey if desired.

FRUIT PIZZA

Steps:

• Pat cookie dough into an ungreased 14-in. pizza pan. Bake at 350° for 15-18 minutes or until deep golden brown; cool. , In a bowl, beat the cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Fold in whipped topping. Spread over crust. Arrange fruit on top. , In a saucepan, bring the sugar, orange juice, water, lemon juice, cornstarch and salt to a boil, stirring constantly for 2 minutes or until thickened. Cool; brush over fruit. Chill. Store in refrigerator.

KAREN'S FRUIT PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease two 12-inch pizza pans.
• Mix cake mix, eggs, and vegetable oil together in a bowl until batter is just mixed; press into the prepared pizza pans.
• Bake crust in the preheated oven until lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Remove crusts from oven and cool completely, at least 30 minutes.
• Whisk cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, and almond extract together in a bowl until smooth; spread onto the cooled crusts.
• Arrange strawberries, pineapple, and peaches on the cream cheese layer.
• Combine white sugar, orange juice, lemon juice, water, and cornstarch together in saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir until glaze is thickened, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and refrigerate glaze until cooled, about 20 minutes.
• Drizzle glaze over fruit and refrigerate pizza until chilled, at least 30 minutes.

FRUIT PIZZA I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 3/4 cup sugar until smooth. Mix in egg. combine the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt; stir into the creamed mixture until just blended. Press dough into an ungreased pizza pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool.
• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla until light. Spread on cooled crust.
• Arrange desired fruit on top of filling, and chill.

FRUIT PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place one rack in the top of the oven and another in the center. Spray two 12- to 14-inch pizza pans or one 16- by 11-inch jelly roll pan with vegetable oil spray. Line pans with parchment paper or waxed paper and lightly mist with the oil spray, then dust with flour.
• Place the cake mix, water, brown sugar, butter and eggs in a large mixing bowl. Blend with electric mixer on low speed until well blended, 1-2 minutes. The dough will be stiff and sticky. With rubber spatula, spread the dough onto the bottom and sides of the prepared pans. Place one pizza pan on each rack of the oven or, if using the jelly-roll pan, place on center rack.
• Bake until crust is light brown and feels firm in the center when lightly pressed with your finger, 18-22 mniutes. Take care not to overbake the crust on the top rack. remove pans from oven and place on wire racks to cool completely, 1 hour.
• For the topping, spread the cooled pizza crusts with the whipped topping and then arrange the fruit over the top in concentric circles. If using the jelly roll pan, mix the fruit together in a medium bowl and spoon it evenly over the topping.
• Place the apricot preserves and the water in a small saucepan over low heat, and stir until mixture warms. Remove pan from heat and strain, discarding apricot solids. Brush the strained glaze over the fruit. Place the pizzas in the refrigerator and chill, uncovered, until serving time, at least 1 hour.
• Leftovers may be stored in the refrigertor, covered with plastic wrap, for up to 1 week.

FRESH FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• PREHEAT the oven to 180°C.
• Butter a 23cm cake tin, preferably one with a removable base, and sprinkle with the dried breadcrumbs.
• Dust off excess crumbs and set tin aside.
• Cream the butter and sugar together, add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition to incorporate the ingredients.
• Sift in the flour and baking powder together and with a wooden spoon mix the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture with the milk and vanilla paste (and almond extract if using), stirring only enough to incorporate.
• Spoon half the batter into the tin and carefully spoon in the fresh fruit on top of the batter. Then spoon the second half of the batter over the fruit. Don't worry if the batter does not completely cover the fruit. During the cooking process, it will spread and the fruit will be encased in the cake.
• Bake in a pre-heated 180C oven for 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.
• Remove the cake from the oven and stand for 10 minutes before releasing the sides of the cake tin.
• Serve warm or at room temperature, dusted with icing sugar.