Neapolitan Cake
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter,softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp Robin Hood© Original All Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup plain yogurt or buttermilk
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp plain yogurt or buttermilk
- 2-3 drops red food colouring
- Glaze:
- 2 cups icing sugar
- 4-5 tbsp milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2-3 drops red food colouring
Directions
Step 1:
Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Grease an 8 ½” x 4 ½” (1.5 l) pan.
Cake
Step 2:
Cream, butter and sugar until light and fluffy in a large bowl with and electric mixer. Scrape bowl. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Add vanilla and mix.
Step 3:
Combine, in a separate bowl, flour, baking powder and baking soda. Add half of dry mixture to wet ingredients. Add yogurt and then remaining dry mixture.
Step 4:
Divide mixture into 3 bowls. Leave one plain, add the cocoa and 1 tablespoon (15 ml) yogurt to another. Stir food colouring into remaining batter.
Step 5:
Spoon alternating colours into prepared pan. Draw a skewer or toothpick through the batter to swirl the colours.
Step 6:
Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in centre of cake comes out clean. Cool.
Glaze
Step 7:
Combine ingredients for glaze. Spread glaze over cooled cake.