It's My Birthday!!!!!!

Neapolitan Cake

Ingredients:

Cake 1                                                

2-1/2    cup sifted cake flour

1-1/2    cups sugar

3-1/2    tsp. baking powder

1/2       cup butter, softened

1/2       tsp. salt

3/4       cup milk                                

1-1/2    tsp. vanilla                              

4          egg whites                             

1/4       cup chocolate syrup               

Cake 2

1 1/4    sifted cake flour

3/4       cups sugar

1 3/4    tsp. baking powder

1/4       cup butter, softened

1/4       tsp. salt

1/3       Strawberry Margarita mix

1          tsp red food coloring

2          egg whites

Preparation:

Cake 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 9 x 13 cake pan and line the bottom with parchment; set aside.

Sift flour, baking powder, & salt into a  bowl.

Cream butter & sugar. Add egg whites & vanilla. Add flour alternating with milk.

Beat on slow speed until blended. Then beat on medium speed for 2 minutes, occasionally scraping down the sides of the bowl.

Remove 1/3 batter and to that add chocolate syrup.  Mix well.  Set aside.

Cake 2

Sift flour, baking powder, & salt into a  bowl.

Cream butter & sugar. Add egg whites and food coloring. Add flour alternating with Margarita mix.

Beat on slow speed until blended. Then beat on medium speed for 2 minutes, occasionally scraping down the sides of the bowl.

Pour vanilla batter into prepared pan. By spoonfuls, drop the chocolate & strawberry batters randomly on top.  Then "marble" through the vanilla batter.

Bake in a 350 degree oven 30-35 minutes or until center comes out clean.   Cool 15 minutes in pans, then carefully remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack.

THIS WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING.  A little dry.  I think I over baked it.  But I will try again.  I may have a resolution!