Neapolitan Cupcakes

Weeks ago, I was thinking about making layered cupcakes.  This started with the idea of making cupcakes that are all different flavors and then cutting them into three layers each and interchanging the layers to make super cupcakes.  This led me to thinking about what flavors I could do that would be different enough so it would be noticeably layered. I, of course, wanted chocolate and vanilla since they are so different in color.  I then thought about doing a caramel layer, but wasn't sure how to approach this.  Then I thought about strawberry.  This led to deciding to do chocolate, vanilla and strawberry since people already like those flavors together and this ultimately lead to deciding to layer the batter instead of layering the baked cake.

Crazy how ideas evolve, right?  This Neapolitan Cupcake is the outcome.  Hope you like it :)

Also, if you don't want to make a bunch of cupcakes, you can check out the Neapolitan Cake I made too!

PS: Cupcake is shown on my paper doily!  So nice to have around!

Step 1: Ingredients

You can make your cake from scratch if you would like.  I didn't want to take that risk, so I got packaged.  At first I couldn't find strawberry and was quite discouraged until I found out you could use a white cake mix with a 3 oz. package of strawberry jello and about 1/2 to 3/4 cup of strawberry puree to make strawberry cake easy.

Ingredients and Supplies:

• White Cake
• Strawberry Cake
• Chocolate Cake
• Frosting of choice - I had one of each
• Cupcake Pan
• A regular old soup spoon is helpful to have

Comments

[susanchen2011]

It looks beautiful and delicious!

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Thank you! They were quite tasty :)

[CENTAUR123]

look fantastic

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Thank you!

[bajablue]

These cupcakes are PRETTY... and so are you... underneath that incredibly lush goatee. ;-D

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Ha! Thanks!

[Kitana Kellaway]

Love it it loves beautiful

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Thanks!

[garnishrecipes]

This is great! :D I especially like the note about layers- I would have dove right in without checking otherwise.

I want to try this for my son's birthday- wonder if I can modify the top and bottom layers of vanilla and strawberry to make blue and red for "Thomas the Tank Engine".

I love the pink and can't wait to try some for me, of course.

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Definitely! Different color layers and so fun, and what I noticed is even if it isn't noticeable on the outside, once you bite in you really see the layering :)

[DutchBakerGirl]

Very cute...and tasty, too, I bet. :)

[Penolopy Bulnick]

I'm usually not a huge fan of strawberry, but I thought they were pretty tasty :)

[WUVIE]

How cute are those! Love it!

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Thanks :)

[lmnopeas]

Really pretty! The "Whipped" is my favorite store bought brand. I can eat it by the spoonful.

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Thanks! And, I have frosting I can eat. I don't think I'll be able to stop myself from indulging :)

[TheCraftyperson]

These look so cool! I can't wait to try these out!

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Thanks! I hope you do. I would love to see how yours turn out :)

[SHIFT!]

These are even more delicious in person! I'll have to restrain myself :)

[Penolopy Bulnick]

But there are so many still to be eaten!

[ravenking]

These look great! :)

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Thanks :)

[wold630]

Cute idea! They are so fun!

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Thank you! They are pretty tasty too!