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Birthday Cake Pie with Chocolate Mousse and Berries

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Who is this girl, my daughter, who doesn’t like cake?

I continually expect her taste to change, to adapt as every mom hopes their child’s palate eventually will. But instead of willing her to accept broccoli or whole-wheat bread into her life, instead I’m wishing she’d just like cake.

For her birthday for the past three years, Smudge has eschewed cake in favor of pie for her celebratory dessert. I still don’t get how or why she has such a definite preference for pie over cake, but I am nothing but accommodating to my girl’s wishes on her big day.

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But I am still a mom, and I do have an ulterior motive. Yep, I’m sneaky that way. To try and sway her in the slightest way possible, I posed we create a combo cake pie, where cake and pie meet in the middle. With chocolate mousse. And whip cream. In decadent, lush layers.

This is a cheater-style cake. I rarely make cakes from the box but with 8 girls to prepare 3 meals for over the course of 24 hours, now was not the time to prove what an awesome cake maker I was. Or more likely, wasn’t.

I must admit I was impressed with the Betty Crocker Super Moist cake mix since it calls for butter rather than vegetable oil. A nod to the mix on that one.

Yellow Cake Pie with Chocolate Mousse and Berries

This cake is so easy and so quick to pull together, I figured it could move out of its birthday comfort zone and would also be a terrific addition to a 4th of July celebration with tasty red and blue berries to ring in the festive feeling. Or of course top with shaved chocolate or sugar sprinkles for another year’s birthday version.

Yes, odds are it will be back on the birthday list again next year. And why not? It is that good.

4.50 from 6 votes

Yellow Cake Pie with Chocolate Mousse and Berries

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Ingredients 

  • 1 9- inch store bought chocolate pie crust
  • 1 Betty Crocker Super Moist Butter Recipe Yellow Cake mix
  • ⅓ cup butter softened
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 3.2 ounce package Jell-O Chocolate Mousse mix
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 pint whipping cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • mixed berries or chocolate shavings

Instructions

  • Follow package directions and mix cake with butter, eggs and water. Pour half of the batter into the chocolate pie crust filling crust just half way. Bake according to package directions, about 20-25 minutes. Cool completely. Use the rest of the batter for cupcakes.
  • While cake is baking mix chocolate mousse with milk and refrigerate for one hour.
  • In a large bowl add cream and vanilla and whip until stiff peaks form.
  • To assemble cake layer chocolate mousse, then whip cream and top with berries or chocolate shavings.
  • Refrigerate until ready to eat or serve immediately.

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  6. MBBS colleges in Karnataka

    Yellow Cake Pie with Chocolate Mousse and Berries is my favorite cake. Last month i have celebrated my dad’s birthday. He is still love sweets. So i have ordered the Cake Pie with Chocolate Mousse and Berries. They told the yellow one is the best for birthday celebration. He liked it very much and i am happy about it.

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  8. Dawn

    Saw this recipe a couple of years ago as a July 4th recipe. Saved it and made it for my husbands birthday and it was so wonderful. It felt like such a special cake, not only for the occasion, but because of the cake itself. It still remains my favorite sweet treat to make and I only make it for him although I do make sure we share with everyone! Thank you so much for such a special recipe.

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  14. marla

    Oh Heidi ~ this post is precious. That pie cake thingy looks like it could swoon any non cake person. Your daughter is ADORABLE!!! Happy b’day to her :)

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  15. Sneh | Cook Republic

    Maybe your daughter has been conspiring with my son and together they have formed Cake Haters Anonymous?? (see my birthday cake woes here http://www.cookrepublic.com/recipe-archive/confetti-layer-cake/). He first had a birthday cake on his own 7th birthday last year!! Never before that .. EVER! I am so crushing on your cake pie .. what a brilliant idea! Happy birthday to your princess, hope she enjoyed the gorgeous sweet creation her mum made :-)

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    • Avatar photoheidi

      Hi Sneh! What are we going to do with these kids that don’t like cake for birthdays? My nephew is the same way too, his birthday request each year is pumpkin pie!

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  23. Krista

    Love it! And it looks simple enough that maybe even I can whip it together. I’m gonna pull this out of my hat for the 4th when we are back in Michigan visiting the in-laws!! They’ll be so impressed :)

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  28. Julia

    Why must kids be so stubborn. My kid won’t eat sweet potatoes, even as fries. I thought about trading her in… but then she ate ice cream and liked it. She’s a keeper.
    And your daughter, seriously, darling!!!! How sophisticated for her to like pie.

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  35. Katie

    My husband doesn’t like cake either…and I have a blog named after cake. I keep hoping he’ll change his mind, too…but so far, no such luck. I’ll stick with the pies as well.

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