Neapolitan Confetti Cake

Name: Neapolitan Confetti Cake
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 3 h 15 min
Yield: 20
Ingredients: 4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour; 6 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 1/2 cups milk; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 1 teaspoon almond extract; 9 egg whites; 1 1/4 cups butter or margarine, softened; 2 1/2 cups sugar; 1/2 cup chopped fresh strawberries; Pink paste food color, if desired; 4 oz semisweet baking chocolate, melted, cooled; 3 containers (12 oz each) Betty Crocker™ Whipped fluffy white frosting; 1/2 cup seedless strawberry jam; Pink paste food color, if desired; 3 oz chocolate-flavored rolled fondant (from 24-oz box); Pink paste food color; 6 oz white rolled fondant (from 24-oz box)

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Prep 1 hr 30 min
Total 3 hr 15 min
Servings 20

Treat your guests with this popular Australian dessert - a beautiful cake decorated with Betty Crocker® frosting and fondants.

By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Updated May 14, 2012

Make With

Gold Medal Flour

Ingredients

Cake

4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
6 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon almond extract
9 egg whites
1 1/4 cups butter or margarine, softened
2 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup chopped fresh strawberries
Pink paste food color, if desired
4 oz semisweet baking chocolate, melted, cooled

Frosting

3 containers (12 oz each) Betty Crocker™ Whipped fluffy white frosting
1/2 cup seedless strawberry jam
Pink paste food color, if desired

Garnish

3 oz chocolate-flavored rolled fondant (from 24-oz box)
Pink paste food color
6 oz white rolled fondant (from 24-oz box)

Steps

1

Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottoms and sides of 3 (9-inch) round cake pans with shortening; lightly flour.
2

In small bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt. In medium bowl, stir milk, vanilla, almond extract and egg whites with whisk until well blended. In large bowl, beat butter and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add flour mixture alternately with milk mixture, beating on low speed after each addition just until smooth.
3

Pour one-third of the batter (about 3 1/4 cups) into 1 cake pan. In small bowl, mix one-third of batter, the strawberries and desired amount of pink food color. Pour into second cake pan. Stir melted chocolate into remaining batter. Pour into remaining cake pan.
4

Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove cakes from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
5

In large bowl, stir frosting and jam until blended and smooth. Mix in desired amount of pink food color until blended.
6

Brush off all loose crumbs from cake layers. Place chocolate cake layer, bottom side up, on serving plate; spread with about 1 cup frosting. Top with white cake layer, bottom side down; spread with about 1 cup frosting. Top with strawberry cake layer, bottom side down. Spread very thin layer of frosting on side of cake to seal in crumbs. Spread remaining frosting on side and top of cake.
7

Sprinkle work surface with powdered sugar. On work surface, knead chocolate fondant 8 to 10 times. Roll fondant to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut out 3/4-inch rounds, 1-inch rounds and 1 1/4-inch rounds with assorted cutters. Place on cake. On work surface, knead pink paste food color into 3 oz of the white fondant until desired shade of pink. Roll fondant to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut out 3/4-inch rounds, 1-inch rounds and 1 1/4-inch rounds. Repeat with remaining 3 oz white fondant and pink paste food color until pale pink. Cut out assorted rounds. Place on cake.