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A Neapolitan Cake Recipe with Cream Cheese Frosting. So if you want to get technical... Neapolitan is a mixture of Chocolate, Strawberry, and Vanilla. This is notexactlythat mixture, but it's close enough and the name stuck! I've done five of these cakes since first posting the picture on Facebook, so I'd say it's a hit!
PS. Don't miss it... you can see a video tutorial of doing the buttercream ruffles here.!
The idea was born when my husband asked if I could do both strawberry and chocolate cake... in one cake. He's weird like that (wink, wink!!). Honestly, I don't evenlikestrawberry cake, so this idea did not appeal to me, but when it comes to my wonderful hubby... I aim to please!
So within a week or two, he asked if I could do a Sunny Meadow retirement cake for Bob. I saw this as my opportunity so I asked if I could do the chocolate-strawberry combo for that cake. He said, "Yes please!"
Cream Cheese frosting is also his favorite frosting, so I made sure to use that as the filling for that cake. It was a hit... and this cake was born!
So, here's how I do it. Note: this recipe will make a 2-layer 9 or 10" cake.
First, make (1) recipe of Strawberry Cake.
Next, make (1) recipe of Chocolate Cake.
Last, make (1) recipe of Cream Cheese frosting(you'll probably have extra of this - you may want to half it!?).
Plop them into (2) prepared 9" or 10"pans alternating... sort of like making a Tie-Dyed Cake. I use homemade Cake Pan release (homemade Baker's Joy) to prep my pans!
Then bake at 325° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean! Cool in the pans for 10 minutes then flip onto a cooling rack to finish cooling. You can also make them into cupcakes! You'll end up with around 5 dozen total if you do half/half strawberry chocolate in each cupcake liner!
To decorate the cake you can do it like this video:
Then smear that yummy cream cheese frostingall over... or do roses or ruffles (video of doing ruffles here).
And that's it!!
Do you have any questions about this cake or cupcakes? Please leave them in the comments and I’ll do my best to answer and help out
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About Rose Atwater
Rose Atwater is the founder and cake decorator behind Rose Bakes. She is baker, cake decorator, author, wife to Richy and homeschooling mommy to 6 wonderful kiddos! Her work has been featured in American Cake Decorating Magazine, Cakes Decor, Pretty Witty Cakes Magazine, Huffington Post and Cake Geek Magazine. Learn more here...
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Winnie
What a gorgeous cake !!
I love Neapolitan- Cake, mine was a little different though
I simple admire your result - beautiful!Reply
Erin
What a beautiful cake! It looks so, so delicious too. Wow!
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Rose
Thanks!!
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Sue @ Cakeballs, cookies and more
yummy and it looks so cute.
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The Prudent Homemaker
This is so pretty! I don't even like cake, but I do like cream cheese frosting, and this makes me want to make a cake!
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Rose
Thank you... 🙂
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Just Jaime
Such a beautiful cake! It looks so tasty too!
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Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust
That is so pretty!
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Dawn @ DJ's Sugar Shack
This cake is beautiful! I've been wanting to try the ruffle technique . Thanks for sharing on Whatcha Whipped Up
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Nicole
I'm considering this for my wedding cake. I love strawberry and chocolate. Did you just use boxed cake mix? Hope to hear from you soon so i can do a test cake asap! 🙂 Thanks
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Rose
Yes, there are links to both my chocolate and strawberry cake recipes in the post! Thank you!!
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Vivian
I did this today with your easy strawberry buttercream frosting recipe!
Every single person who tasted it LOVED it!!
Thank you for sharing your secrets with us!Reply
Rose
That's awesome to hear!! 🙂
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Sue Williams
Stumbled on this with your Neopolitan cake recipe and am blown away! No aerosol can anymore? Goodbye asthma attack from Bakers Joy! Thanks Rose!
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Joan
How do u make the cream cheese frosting? Ty
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Susan at RoseBakes.com
Hi Joan - here's the link to the cream cheese frosting: http://rosebakes.com/adventures-in-baking-cream-cheese-buttercream-for-decorating/
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Mari
Great share on Dream link party just pinned
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Rose
Thank you!
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Akaleistar
That cake looks yummy!
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Rose
Thank you!
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Maria
Thank you!! I loved the cakes
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Leila
can you use fondant accents on top of the cream cheese frosting? Thank you!
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Rose
Yes 🙂
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