NEAPOLITAN CUPCAKES

These delicious vanilla, chocolate and strawberry cupcakes are super easy and quick to make. Perfect for any occasion, to share with your friends and family. Very simple yet so satisfying :)

Ingredients (makes 12 cupcakes) :

• 120 g cake flour
• 120 g sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 120 g soft butter
• 2 eggs
• 1,5 tbsp milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp strawberry flavoured gelatin
• 2 tsp cocoa powder
• pink gel food coloring

Sieve the flour, baking powder and sugar into a large bowl.

Add the butter and eggs and mix on low then high speed till combined. Add the milk, vanilla extract and mix on medium speed for another minute.
Divide the batter in three equal parts. Mix one part with the gelatin and pink food coloring and one part with cocoa powder.

Fill the cupcake liners with each color, bake at 180°C (350°F) for 20 minutes.

Cream cheese Icing :

• 150 g soft butter
• 240 g cream cheese
• 700 g icing sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tsp dissolved strawberry gelatin
• pink food coloring
• 2 tsp cocoa powder

Beat the butter on high speed for 3 minutes. Add the cream cheese  and vanilla extract and combine. Change the speed to low and start adding the icing sugar in sections. Divide the cream into three portions. Mix one of the portions with dissolved strawberry gelatin and pink food coloring and the other with cocoa powder.