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This Neapolitan Ice Cream Cake is a tasty combination of chocolate cake and strawberry & vanilla ice cream. It’s reminiscent of the neapolitan ice cream sandwiches I ate as a kid, and I didn’t want to stop eating it!
Neapolitan Ice Cream Cake
It’s been a while since I’ve posted an ice cream cake. I figured it was time to fix that. After making my Neapolitan Millionaire Cake and being reminded of how tasty the flavor combination is, it seemed like the perfect new version to make.
So on Friday night, a totally awful thing happened. My phone died. I dropped it and it cracked and it wouldn’t turn on again. It was lost forever and along with all my info and ability to connect with the world.
Ok, so that might be extreme, but I felt naked and disconnected.
I’m so used to having everything right at my fingertips, it was kind of awful to not have it. And the hubs wasn’t home, so I wanted to call him and freak out but I couldn’t. We don’t have a landline. So I brilliantly Facebook messaged him from my laptop since I knew it’d notify him on his phone. He assured me it’d be fine and I relaxed. Good thing I have him. 🙂
Despite the issues celebs have been having with their iCloud account photos being hacked, I have to say I was thankful for those auto backups at that moment. I have some great photos from recent outings like our trip to the beach that I would have been super sad to lose forever.
Fortunately I have a super handy hubs. I know I’ve bragged about him before, but he never fails to impress me. That night he managed to get my phone number switched over to his old phone, so I was somewhat back in business. I was able to set most things back up the next day.
I still feel a little naked since my contacts haven’t been updated. I have no phone numbers except the ones from those who have called or texted me over the weekend. Hopefully Verizon can get my phone numbers off my old one, I just haven’t gone by to try yet.
Fortunately I still had one more piece of this ice cream cake tucked away in the freezer to help me feel better. It’s super tasty and makes all the problems in the world fall away. The strawberry layer is my fave and always has been in any neapolitan dessert.
The ice cream layers are made without an ice cream machine, making it a simple ice cream cake to make. The ice cream is also nice and thick before being frozen. Once the chocolate cake is made and cooled, the ice creams can be layered without having to freeze one and then layer the other and freeze again, which is a great time saver.
You really can’t beat a combination of ice cream and cake. And rather than make a cake and serve it with a scoop of ice cream, why not combine them into one fabulous cake? Don’t mind if I do.
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PrintNeapolitan Ice Cream Cake
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 12-14 Slices 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
This Neapolitan Ice Cream Cake is a tasty combination of chocolate cake and strawberry & vanilla ice cream. It’s reminiscent of the neapolitan ice cream sandwiches I ate as a kid, and I didn’t want to stop eating it!
Ingredients
CHOCOLATE CAKE
- 1 cup (130g) all purpose flour
- 1 cup (207g) sugar
- 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp (43g) natural unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup (120ml) buttermilk
- 1/2 cup (120ml) vegetable oil
- 3/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup (120ml) boiling water
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM
- 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/2 cup (104g) sugar
- 2 tbsp milk
- 4 tsp strawberry extract
- 8 oz Cool Whip, thawed (or homemade whipped cream)
- about 20 drops red food coloring
VANILLA BEAN ICE CREAM
- 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/2 cup (104g) sugar
- 2 tbsp milk
- 2 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 8 oz Cool Whip, thawed (or homemade whipped cream)
WHIPPED CREAM ICING
- 3/4 cup (180ml) heavy whipping cream, cold
- 1/2 cup (58g) powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
CHOCOLATE CAKE:
STRAWBERRY AND VANILLA ICE CREAM:
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Enjoy!
GORGEOUS photos! Do you have boxes of artsy straws and sprinkles in every color just waiting for the right cake?! Jealous. This cake looks delicious! Love that it is so easy to make even though it looks super complicated! Hope you get a new phone soon!
Thanks Lindsey! And I wish I had every color! I think I have the main straw colors covered, but not the sprinkles. I literally picked those pink ones out of a mixed sprinkle jar. So tedious. I need to finally order them separately online.
Haha! I’ve been known to pick out specific colors of M&M’s…Ordering separate colors is definitely a good call!
Lindsay, you have some of the prettiest cakes on the web. This is just gorgeous girl!! 🙂
Thank you so much Renee! 🙂
Girl this cake is amaze balls. I can’t stop staring at it. I’m officially addicted. Thank you so much for including my recipe too my dear. Much love!
Thank you and of course! 🙂
OK not sure why that filled in with your contact info but the comment above was from me 🙂
This is such a beautiful cake!
That really stinks about your phone BUT I bet this cake more than made up for it!
Yum! As the weather gets colder I swear I crave ice cream more than I did in the summer! This looks so great!
Ice cream is great year round, I think. I’ve been known to have ice cream birthday cakes for my birthday in December. Why not? 🙂
Neapolitan is one of my favorites! This looks fantastic! I get all jittery and nervous if I just leave my phone at home. I’d freak if I broke it!
It’s amazing how your phone has so much power. I dropped mine in the toilet at Starbucks a few months back (lesson: do not keep phone in back pocket) and I felt lost.
This cake is beyond amazing, Lindsay! It looks just like the ice cream, but better. And gorgeous, like all your cakes!
Oh no! I haven’t ever done that, but I could totally see it happening. Thanks Mir!
Hi Lindsay, if you remove the cake from the freezer just before serving, isn’t the cake part still frozen and how would you let it thaw without the rest of the cake melting?
The ice cream in this cake is a no churn ice cream, so it doesn’t really melt the same way a traditional ice cream does. You could let it sit for 20 minutes and it would be fine.