Brownie n' Berries Dessert Pizza for Cath's B-Day

Yesterday was my niece Catherine’s 10^th birthday. The whole family gathered together to have a dinner at our house and the kids all watched Despicable Me in 3D. We have 7 kids in the whole family but we only had 4 pairs of 3D glasses so my husband and I made a trip to BestBuy that afternoon to grab more 3D glasses. We paid about $20 for 4 pairs of 3D glasses, which was good considering our budget for this gathering. I baked a Brownie n’ Berries Dessert Pizza with a recipe taken from Betty Crocker website. 

Ingredients

1 box Betty Crocker Original Supreme Premium brownie mix (water, vegetable oil and egg as written on the mix box)

1 package cream cheese

1/3 cup sugar

½ teaspoon vanilla

2 cups sliced fresh strawberries

1 cup fresh blueberries

1 cup fresh raspberries

½  cup apple jelly 

Direction

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease bottom of 12-inch pizza pan with cooking spray or shortening 
•   Make batter as directed on brownie mix box and spread in pan.
• Bake for 26-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out almost clean. Cool completely
• In a small bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Spread mixture over brownie and arrange berries on top. Refrigerate until chilled.

I love this recipe because it’s sweet and delicious enough to serve as a cake for a child’s birthday but the berries still give some nutrients and natural sugar. It’s so much better than supermarket sold cakes with chocolate frostings and chocolate toppings.