It’s almost a tradition now that we have a pizza party for my daughter’s birthday. I make the dough ahead, and get all sorts of toppings ready, then the girls shape the dough, and get creative. Problem is, despite the array of toppings on display (feta, grilled vegetables, olives, pesto….) they always go for the tomato sauce first, then the cheese, then the pepperoni. This year, they branched out a bit-one girl even put a few Cheetos on her pizza, which was not the type of “branching out” I had in mind. Nonetheless, they love making pizza as most of them don’t cook much at home. You can learn a lot about girls from a pizza party—like who takes charge, who pairs up with who, who is most creative…etc. Of course my daughter, being the social butterfly, talked more than anything else….but then again, she gets to make pizza all the time. I made a great pizza, which I’d definitely make again. It was; crust, Provolone cheese, grilled patty pan and zucchini squash, pesto, chopped fresh tomato, feta and Romano cheese. After the pizza it was on to the play Fame, staged by a local theatre group. The girls loved it and sang all the way home to get cake…but that’s another blog.
The girls getting down to it.
Two pizzas
Another pizza
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That's way beyond my scope. I suggested an alternative: Let's cut out pictures of all the girls' faces and mount each one on a skewer, then we'll stick the skewers all over the cake.
As you can see in the picture, it was adorable -- and I'm happy to report it was the hit of the party.
Best of all, for me: No futzing with pastry bags and decorating tips, no huge mess to clean up. We just baked our favorite chocolate cake, frosted it and embellished it.
Sometimes mother is the necessity of invention.
