I wasn't in the mood to bake pie on National Pie Day, but I had a partially wrapped unbaked frozen pie crust (it was from a two pack) in the freezer that needed to be used so I made cake in a pie crust. Hilah at Hilah's Cooking had recently recommended this carrot cake, so it's the one I used.
It seemed kind of silly baking the cake in a pie crust, but the results were surprisingly good!
The cake was easy to decorate, didn't require much icing, and was the perfect size for a small family. Plus, it was fun to serve!
I'm going to try a few other recipes and will let you know how it goes, but for now, the recipe is this.
1. Bake a frozen Mrs. Smith's or Pillsbury pie crust at 350F for 10 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, make cake batter using half of a recipe.
3. Pour the cake batter in the hot crust (you may not need all the batter depending on the recipe you use) leaving a little room for it to rise.
4. Set the pie crust on a baking sheet and bake for however long you would bake that particular cake recipe (usually about 20 minutes).
5. Let cool, then decorate!
Anna
Thanks Margaret! Glad you enjoyed the recipe.
Margaret
I love this recipe...I used orange marmalade,black raspberry jam and strawberry jelly. Frosted them all with buttercream frosting! Amazing I definitely will make these again
gloria
A fun and easy way to make a cake different!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust
Genius!! I love anything in pie crust, why not cake?
Rebecca
A friend of mine from Ireland does this in cupcake tins. Line with pie crust. Put a dab of jam in the bottom, fill with "Queen Cake" batter (looks like yellow cake). One they're cool, she frosts them. Delicious!
Sue
Fun!
lynn @ the actor's diet
genius.
Anna
Nope, never heard of it. I figured it had been done before. Still fun, though!
Cardamonbraid
Did you watch that Diva show on lifetime because that is what her friend supposedly invented and started a business selling..............