Cocktail Birthday Cake

Two types of bread, ham and salami are layered with a mustard butter and frosted with cream cheese, curry powder and almonds to create a fun, delicious "cake" that is cut up into little pieces and served cold. The curry powder may be omitted.

• Preparation Time: 5 hr
• Total Time: 5 hr
• Calories: 334 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 ½ cups butter, softened
• 1 ½ teaspoons curry powder
• 16 slices white bread
• 1 ½ tablespoons prepared mustard
• 16 slices rye bread
• ½ pound boiled ham, thinly sliced
• ½ pound cooked ham, thinly sliced
• ½ pound salami, thinly sliced
• 4 ½ ounces toasted almonds

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

In a small bowl, mix the butter and mustard.

Step 2

Remove crusts from the bread slices. On a small cookie sheet, arrange 4 rye slices to form a square. Spread slices with a layer of mustard butter. Top with 4 slices of boiled ham. Top the boiled ham with four slices of white bread arranged in a square. Spread with mustard butter. Top with 4 slices of cooked ham. Top the cooked ham with four slices of rye bread arranged in a square. Spread with mustard butter. Top with 4 slices of salami. Repeat until 8 alternating layers have been created. Trim overhanging meat.

Step 3

Place a small cookie sheet on top of the layers. Weigh down the cookie sheet with a bowl so as to lightly flatten the layers into a thinner, square cake. Continue flattening and refrigerate a minimum of 5 hours.

Step 4

Frost the chilled cake on all sides with cream cheese and curry powder. Decorate with almonds. Refrigerate until serving.

Step 5

To serve, cut into quarters, then six cubes per quarter resulting in 24 pieces.