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Football Pizza Cake

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  • Prep 20 min
  • Total 40 min
  • Servings 12
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This triple-layer pizza cake shaped like a football will feed a crowd for the big game!
Updated Apr 28, 2021
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Ingredients

  • 4 cans (11 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Thin Crust Pizza Crust
  • 3 oz pepperoni
  • 3 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
  • 1 1/2 cups pizza sauce
  • 1 string cheese

Steps

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 425° F. Spray a football-shaped cake pan with cooking spray. Unroll 2 pizza crusts onto baking sheets and bake for 8-10 minutes until golden brown.
  • 2
    Cut football shapes out of crusts, one larger than the other. Unroll and drape another tube of pizza dough over the inside of football pan. Sprinkle on 1/4 of pepperoni, cheese, and sauce. Top with smaller football-shaped crust.
  • 3
    Sprinkle on 1/3 remaining pepperoni, cheese, and sauce. Top with larger football-shaped crust. Sprinkle on remaining pepperoni, cheese, and sauce.
  • 4
    Unroll and drape another can of pizza dough over top of the pan. Cut off dough around the edge of pan. Pinch dough together along the edge of pan.
  • 5
    Bake for 15 minutes, then turn the oven off, cover pizza with foil, and leave in oven for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, use string cheese to create the laces for the football.
  • 6
    Remove pizza from the oven and un-mold it onto a serving platter. Add string cheese laces to the top of football. Serve hot.

Nutrition Information

410 Calories, 13g Total Fat, 18g Protein, 55g Total Carbohydrate, 6g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
410
Calories from Fat
120
Total Fat
13g
20%
Saturated Fat
6g
28%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
25mg
9%
Sodium
860mg
36%
Potassium
170mg
5%
Total Carbohydrate
55g
18%
Dietary Fiber
1g
6%
Sugars
6g
Protein
18g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
10%
10%
Vitamin C
4%
4%
Calcium
25%
25%
Iron
15%
15%
Exchanges:
3 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
3 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

More About This Recipe

  • The perfect pizza for football fans! If you have hungry football fans watching the big game at your house, you're gonna need to serve them something filling—and it might as well be fun, too! Imagine the cheers you'll get when you bring out this football-shaped pizza and cut into it to reveal layers of ooey gooey cheese and lots of pepperoni. You’ll definitely get the crowd on their feet! Sure, you could just call for delivery, but in about the same amount of time you could have this cool pizza cake ready instead. I bet you score bigger points with this amazing appetizer! You’ll need a football-shaped cake pan to achieve this stellar pizza cake. Serve while the pizza is hot. This football pizza cake is a touchdown!
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