Neapolitan Cake
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Neapolitan Cake
Description
The Neapolitan Cake uses three boxed cake mixes—triple chocolate, strawberry, and French vanilla—prepared according to package instructions with eggs, neutral oil, and water. Each batter is baked separately in pans and cooled completely. The domed tops are leveled for uniform layers. Frosting is made by beating softened unsalted butter with powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and heavy cream until smooth and stiff.
Assembly begins with the strawberry cake layer on a cake board topped with sliced bananas and a layer of vanilla frosting spread evenly. This is repeated for the chocolate cake layer, followed by the vanilla cake layer. Chocolate ganache made from semi-sweet chocolate chips melted into heavy cream is drizzled over the layered cake. Maraschino cherries decorate the top for a finishing touch, resulting in a visually appealing, multi-flavored cake showcasing characteristic colors and tastes of Neapolitan ice cream.
This cake brings together contrasting flavors and textures from moist chocolate, fruity strawberry, and smooth vanilla layers combined with fresh banana slices and rich frosting. The ganache adds a glossy, bittersweet layer to balance sweetness. It is suited for celebrations where a dramatic, colorful cake is desired without complex cake baking from scratch.
Ingredients
Cake ingredients
- 1 triple chocolate cake mix box
- 1 Strawberry Cake Mix box
- 1 French Vanilla Cake Mix box
- egg use according to box directions
- neutral cooking oil use according to box directions, generic cooking oil
- water (use according to box directions)
Vanilla Frosting
- 3 cups butter softened, unsalted
- 6 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract pure
- 5-7 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
Chocolate ganache
- 1 1/2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
- 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
Decorating
- maraschino cherries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray the cake pans with pam baking spray.
- Following the directions on the back of the cake boxes, make your cake batters.
- Fill 1 cake pan 3/4 way full with one flavor batter for each pan.
- Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow to cool on the counter completely.
Frosting Directions
- Using a standing mixer, beat all frosting ingredients together until combined and smooth and stiff peaks.
- Scoop 1 1/2 cups frosting into the piping bag and set aside.
Assemble
- Remove cakes from the pans and use the cake leveler to remove the dome tops.
- Place the strawberry layer onto the cake board. Add a layer of slice bananas and scoop 1 1/2 cups of frosting onto the top of the cake and smooth evenly with the angled spatula.
- Place the chocolate cake layer and add another layer of sliced bananas. Scoop another 1 1/2 cups frosting onto the top of the chocolate layer and smooth evenly.
- Place the vanilla cake layer on top of the second layer of frosting.
- Using the remaining frosting, frost entire cake.
- Cover the bottom of the cake with the sprinkles.
Chocolate ganache directions
- Using a small pot, heat up the heavy whipping cream until steaming.
- While heavy whipping cream is heating up, place chocolate chips into a heat-proof bowl.
- Once the heavy whipping cream is heated, pour over the chocolate chips.
- Allow to sit for 1 minute before whisking until smooth.
- Pour ganache into the squeeze bottle.
- Pipe drips of the ganache around the edge of the cake and fill in the top middle of the cake with ganache.
- Place the cake into the fridge for 30 minutes to allow the ganache to harden.
- Once hardened, remove from fridge, pipe dollops of frosting onto the top of the cake.
- Sprinkle some chopped peanuts.
- Top the frosting dollops with cherries.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 16servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 976 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 16 | |
| Calories | 976kcal | 49% |
| Carbohydrates | 122g | 41% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 47g | 72% |
| Saturated Fat | 25g | 125% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 3g | 18% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 9g | 45% |
| Trans Fat | 2g | 100% |
| Cholesterol | 110mg | 37% |
| Sodium | 632mg | 26% |
| Potassium | 233mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 88g | 176% |
| Vitamin A | 1306IU | 26% |
| Vitamin C | 0.1mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 193mg | 19% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
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