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Easy Devil’s Food Cake Dessert Pizza Crumb Finish

By Arthur Bovino
By Arthur Bovino
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Let them eat pizza… cake? Not quite. We’re not telling you to top your pizza with cake or, better yet, make a whole pizza from cake. But cake crumbs do provide a nice textural contrast as a topping or garnish for dessert pizzas already coated with your favorite sweet spread...

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Method

  1. Preheat your conventional oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour one 8-inch-diameter cake pan.

  2. Whisk the sugar, sour cream, olive oil, egg, and vanilla in a large bowl to combine.

  3. Sift in flour, cocoa, and baking soda, then use a spatula and stir to mix thoroughly. Pour the batter into the greased and floured pan, then place in the oven and bake for 25 minutes (until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean).

  4. Cool in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes. Turn the cake out onto the rack and let it cool completely. Turn the oven down to 150°F (65°C).

  5. Once the cake has cooled, divide it into thirds. In a large bowl, gently crumble two-thirds of the cake and reserve, covered, until ready to use. The crumbs will be moist and quite large.

  6. Crumble the remaining cake into moist crumbs and place them on a lined baking sheet in an oven preheated to 150°F (65°C) for 2 hours (or until sandy to the touch). Pulse in a food processor or blender and keep in a sealed container until ready to use. They will have a lighter, drier texture.

Arthur Bovino

Arthur Bovino is Ooni’s Head of Pizza Content. Arthur is the founder of The 101 Best Pizzas in America and author of “Buffalo Everything A Guide to Eating in ‘The Nickel City’”“and “The Buffalo, New York Cookbook: 70 Recipes from The Nickel City.” You can follow him on Instagram @nycbestpizza.

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