I really enjoyed these, maybe a little too much. I need a big family of cupcake lovers to try all my test flavors. So here it is:

Neopolitan Cupcakes

Vanilla half

1 3/4 cup flour
2tsp baking powder
1/2tsp salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter (at room temp)
3/4 cup sugar
2 egg (room temp)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup Whole milk (I used 2% with good results)

• Preheat oven to 350 Prepare two standard 12 cup muffin pans with paper liners. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt, set aside.
  


• With an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Add vanilla and mix well until combined. On low speed beat in 1/2 of the flour mixture, followed by milk, end with remaining flour mixture, mix until just incorporated Do not over mix. Set aside while you make the chocolate half, using the same steps above only reduce the flour to 1 1/4 cups and add 1/2 cup cocoa powder.
  


• Fill muffin cups with 3tbsp of each batter side by side according to the recipe, I suscribe to the 'eyeball' it method though. Bake until it tooth pick tests clean, about 17-19 minutes. Cool in pan 5 minutes then transfer to wire rack to cool

...Est voila! Beutiful half and half cuppie cakes. To turn them into Neopolitan though we need to add some strawberry icing. I LOVED this icing

2 cups confectioners sugar
3/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temp
1/4 cup strawberry preserves or jam (homemade works fantastic)
Pinch of salt
Strawberries sliced for garnish

• In a bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter until light and fluffy. Add strawberry preserves and salt mix until well combined. Add sugar a 1/2 cup at a time, beat until frosting comes together and is light and fluffy 5-7 minutes
  


• Spread or pipe frosting over cooled cupcakes. I went super ghetto and sniped the edge off a ziploc bag and piped it on since my tips are packed up. Top each with a sliced strawberry
  This makes a small batch of frosting only enough to frost 16-18 cupcakes. I make my cupcakes a little on the big side so I came out with 16 vs 24 as the recipe says and I easily frosted them all with this amount.

This makes a small batch of frosting only enough to frost 16-18 cupcakes. I make my cupcakes a little on the big side so I came out with 16 vs 24 as the recipe says and I easily frosted them all with this amount.