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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Neopolitan Cake

I made this recipe as a birthday cake.  Its vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry cake all swirled into one!  How sweet!

2 cups of granulated sugar
2 sticks of unsalted butter, softened
4 eggs
3 tsps of vanilla extract
3 cups of all-purpose flour
3 1/2 tsps of baking powder
1 cup of milk
1/4 cup of cocoa powder
1/4 cup of chocolate syrup
1 half-pint of frozen, sliced strawberries, thawed and mashed
1 1/2 tsps of strawberry extract
                                                                         1-2 drops of red food coloring
                                                                         3 oz cream cheese, softened
                                                                         1 tsp vanilla extract
                                                                         1 tbsp of heavy cream
                                                                         1/3 cup of powdered sugar
                                                                         chocolate syrup and fresh strawberries (for decoration)
                                                                       

     Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray a bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray (or butter and flour the pan).  In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and butter using a mixer.  Add the eggs, one at a time, until well incorporated.  Then stir in the 3 tsps of vanilla.  In a seperate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.  Add the flour mixture and milk to the egg mixture by alternating, adding part of the flour first, then part of the milk, and so on until all ingredients are mixed.  Divide the mixture equally into three seperate bowls.  To one of the bowls, add the cocoa powder and chocolate syrup and stir.  To another, add the strawberries, strawberry extract, and red food coloring and stir.  Do not add anything to the third bowl.  Next, pour half of the vanilla batter into the bundt pan.  Next dollop the chocolate and strawberry batters over the vanilla, alternating flavors. (ex. dollop of chocolate, dollop of strawberry, and so on.)  Then, using a toothpick, swirl the cake together in a circular motion, but still able to see the different flavors.  Then, pour the remaining vanilla batter over the top.  Bake 35-40 minutes, or unitl a toothpick inserted comes out clean.  Remove from oven and cool for 15 minutes.  Meanwhile, combine the cream cheese, heavy cream, 1 tsp of vanilla extract, and powdered sugar together using a mixer.  Then, pour into a zipper sandwich baggie and cut the very corner of the bag to make a piping bag.  Invert the cooled cake onto a serving platter.  Drizzle the chocolate syrup over the cake, followed by the cream cheese mix.  Garnish with fresh strawberries.  Enjoy! 

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