Neapolitan Cake Bars Recipes

Steps:

• Line a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan with waxed paper; grease the paper and set aside., In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. , Divide dough in thirds. Tint one portion green and one portion red; leave the remaining portion white. Add chocolate chips to green portion, cherries to red portion and coconut and rum extract to white portion. Spread one portion into prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 7-9 minutes or until edges are golden brown., Immediately invert onto a wire rack and remove waxed paper. Place another wire rack on top and turn over. Cool completely. Repeat with remaining portions, preparing pan each time., Place pink layer on a large piece of plastic wrap, about 30 in. long. Spread with cherry preserves. Top with white layer and spread with apricot preserves. Top with green layer. Bring plastic over layers. Slide onto a baking sheet and set a cutting board on top to compress layers. Refrigerate overnight., With a sharp knife, trim 1/4 in. from each edge. Cut into bars. Store in an airtight container.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, mash devil's food cake mix, 1/2 cup butter and 1 egg until well combined. Repeat in separate bowls with white cake mix and strawberry cake mix using remaining butter and eggs.
• Press devil's food batter in bottom of ungreased 13x9-inch pan.
• Press white batter on top of devil's food batter.
• Press strawberry batter on top of white batter.
• Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely, about 45 minutes. Cut into bars.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Grease and lightly flour 12-cup fluted tube cake pan, or spray with baking spray with flour.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and egg whites with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour about 1 2/3 cups batter into pan.
• Into small bowl, pour 1 1/3 cups batter; stir in almond extract and food color. Carefully pour pink batter over white batter in pan. Stir chocolate syrup into remaining batter. Carefully pour chocolate batter over pink batter.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted 1 1/2 inches from side of cake comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Turn pan upside down onto cooling rack or heatproof serving plate; remove pan. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In microwavable bowl, microwave frosting uncovered on High about 15 seconds or until frosting can be stirred smooth and is thin enough to drizzle. Spread over top of cake, allowing some to drizzle down side. Store loosely covered.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine a third of the marshmallows (about 2 cups) and 1 tablespoon butter. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until melted. Remove from heat; stir in Cocoa Krispies and chocolate chips. Press into a greased 11x7-in. dish., In a saucepan, combine a third of the marshmallows and 1 tablespoon butter. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until melted. Remove from heat; stir in 2 cups Rice Krispies. Press into dish over chocolate layer., In a saucepan, combine remaining marshmallows and butter. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until melted. Remove from heat; stir in preserves and, if desired, food coloring. Stir in remaining Rice Krispies. Press into dish; cool. Cut into bars.

Steps:

• 1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 13" x 9" x 2" baking pan with foil and spray with cooking spray.
• 2.In a large mixing bowl, combine the chocolate cake mix with one stick of butter and one egg. Mix until combined well. Press evenly onto the bottom of the prepared baking pan.
• 3.In another large mixing bowl, combine the white cake mix with one stick of butter and one egg. Mix until combined well. Press evenly over the chocolate layer in pan.
• 4.In a third large mixing bowl, combine the strawberry cake mix with one stick of butter and one egg. Mix until combined well. Press evenly over the white layer in pan.
• 5.Evenly drizzle the sweetened condensed milk over the strawberry layer.
• 6.Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes, until center is cooked through.
• 7.Let cool completely before removing from pan, peeling away foil and cutting into bars or squares.
• NOTE: Trim off all the edges after removing from pan but before cutting into bars/squares for a nicer/neater look.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9-x-5-inch or a 8.5-x-4.5-x-2.5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Combine the cake mix, egg whites, oil and 1 cup water in a bowl using an electric mixer, mixing until smooth. Divide the batter evenly among 3 bowls. Leave the first bowl plain. To the second bowl, add the cocoa powder and mix well. To the third bowl, add the freeze-dried strawberries and food coloring to achieve your desired color.
• Using an ice cream scoop, place 2 scoops of chocolate mix into the loaf pan in different areas. Follow with 2 scoops of strawberry mix and 2 scoops of vanilla. Repeat until all the batter is used and the cake has a marbled appearance. Place in the oven and bake until a tester comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes.
• While the cake bakes, make the ganache. Heat the cream in a small saucepan over a low heat until just simmering. Place the chocolate chips in a heatproof bowl, then pour the cream over the chips and let sit for 1 minute. Whisk until smooth.
• Remove the cake from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes in the pan, then remove to a wire rack (not inverted) and let cool.
• Pour the ganache over the cake, letting any excess drip down the sides.

Steps:

• Bottom Layer: Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Combine first four ingredients.
• Press into a greased 9"X9" pan with greased sides.
• Bake for 10 minute.
• Second layer: Combine coconut and condensed milk.
• Spread over bottom layer.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until a slight tinge of light brown begins to show on edges.
• Cool before frosting.
• Icing: Beat icing sugar, remaining butter and cherry juice together.
• You may need more juice to make it soft enough to spread.
• Spread over cooled bars.
• Cover tightly and store at least one day to soften.
• Can be use the same day as baked but will be more difficult to cut.
• Yield is 36 bars.
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• If you do not have cherry juice, use water with a bit of red food colouring with 1/4 tsp cherry or almond flavouring.