Preheat the oven to 350 F. Coat three 8 ½ X 4 ½ loaf pans with nonstick spray and keep aside.

To make almond flour – use about ½ a cup of blanched and skinned almonds and pulse it slowly in a food processor/chopper until you get a smooth flour. I bought a bag of blanched skinned almonds and used to make my almond flour. If blanching the almonds yourself, make sure that the almonds are really dry before pulsing it.

Whisk together the cake flour, almond flour, baking powder, and salt.

In a mixer, beat the egg whites until foamy. Now add the cream of tartar and beat it more. Now gradually add the granulated sugar to the egg whites and beat it at medium speed until stiff peaks form. A confession to make here – I have never beaten egg whites before and I had no idea that I had

to add the sugar really slowly, like about a tablespoon at a time, and beat it really well. My egg whites never formed any peaks. I still decided to proceed with it and my cake did come out quite well. So do not panic if you make the same mistake as me, but if you have never done this before, take some time to watch some tutorials on google.

Once the egg whites are beaten and peaks are formed, sprinkle half the flour and fold it in. Now add the remaining flour and fold it in gently. Now add the almond extract and slowly fold it in.

Keep an eye on them and test them for doneness. Invert the cakes onto wire racks and let it cool entirely.

With a mixer on medium speed, beat the heavy cream until it thickens and becomes frothy

(about 2 mins). Now add the confectionery sugar and the corn starch and beat it until stiff peaks form (about 2 more mins).

It really helps to keep everything cold when making the whipped cream. Keep the bowl and whisk in the freezer for about 10 mins to chill and also leave the heavy cream in the refrigerator until ready to whip.

The original recipe used gelatin to stabilize the cream, but since we don’t use gelatin I used corn starch to stabilize. It worked great and my frosting held up really well.

Place the green cake on the platter and spread about 2 tablespoon of strawberry jam evenly over the cake.

Now spread about ⅓ of the whipped cream and sprinkle with coconut flakes. Place the white cake on top of this and repeat the same process.

Then place the pink/red cake on top. Layer it with the whipped cream and cover the entire cake. Sprinkle the remaining coconut and decorate as you wish.

Refrigerate the Neapolitan Cake for about 45 mins to firm up the whipped cream and enjoy it.