Neapolitan Cheesecake

This no-bake cheesecake combines chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla in three deliciously decadent layers to create a Neapolitan-style dessert.

I have included this recipe as part of a special event - a 15th Wedding anniversary celebration!

Today we are helping Camilla of Culinary Adventures with Camilla celebrate her 15th wedding anniversary with waaaayy more than #fifteencheesecakes.

This is a really fun cheesecake - especially for those occasion where you just cannot decide on a flavor. Why not make one with chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla layers?

The key to ensuring nice visual layers when slicing the cheesecake is to use a very sharp knife and to wipe it clean after each cut to prevent smudging. 

Neapolitan Cheesecake

Serves 8-10

350 g (12 oz) chocolate cookies

100 g (3.5 oz) butter, melted

500 g (18 oz) cream cheese

1/2 cup sugar

100 g milk chocolate

2 tsp strawberry essence

2 drops pink food coloring

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 Cup cream, whipped plus 1 Tbsp liquid cream

1. Process the cookies to a fine crumb in a food processor. Add the melted butter and process until well combined. Grease a (approx) 20 cm springform cake pan. Whatever size you have will do just fine. Press the cookie mix into the base and up the sides. Place in the refrigerator to chill while you make the filling.

2. Combine the cream cheese and sugar. Mix until there are no lumps of cream cheese. Separate among three bowls.

3. Place a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of gently simmering water. Break the milk chocolate into chunks and place in the bowl along with 1 Tbsp liquid cream. Melt the chocolate while stirring so that it doesn't burn. Pour into one of the bowls of cream cheese and mix well to combine. Fold in one third of the whipped cream. Pour over the chilled base and return to the refrigerator.

4. Take another bowl of cream cheese and add the strawberry extract and pink food coloring, combine well and fold in 1/3 of the whipped cream. Spread over the chocolate layer and return to the refrigerator. 

5. Make the final layer by adding the vanilla to the last portion of cream cheese, mix well, fold in the remaining whipped cream and spread this mixture over the strawberry layer. Return to the refrigerator to chill until set.

Here's what everyone brought to the cheesecake table, listed in alphabetical order. Enjoy!

Berry Cheesecake Bars by Baking and Creating with Avril

Cherry Cheesecake Bites by Cookaholic Wife

Chocolate Caramel Cheesecake by Dancing Veggies

Chocolate Cheesecake by My Hobbie Lobbie

Chocolate Topped Peppermint Cheesecake by Amy's Cooking Adventures

Classic Cheesecake with Strawberry Puree by Making Miracles

Cookies & Creme No-Bake Cheesecake by Hapa-tite!

Creme Brulee Cheesecake Bars by Tara's Multicultural Table

Easter Basket Mini Cheesecakes by Little Bit of Everything

Everyday Cheesecake by Things I Make (for Dinner)

Irish Cream Cheesecake by A Day in the Life on the Farm
Layered Cinnamon Streusel Cheesecake Cake by Famished Fish, Finicky Shark

Lowfat Blackberry Cheesecake by A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures

Matcha-YuzuCheesecake with a Meyer Lemon Gelée by Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Mini Churro Caramel Cheesecake by Cheese Curd In Paradise

Mini Maple Pecan Cheesecakes by Join Us, Pull up a Chair
Mom's New York Cheesecake by Taste Cook Sip

Mudslide Cheesecake by Sew You Think You Can Cook

{No Bake} Marshmallow Cheesecake by An Affair from the Heart

No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake by Angels Homestead

Ricotta Cheesecake with Shortbread Crust by Living the Gourmet

Samoa's cheesecake by Goodie Godmother
Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars by The Savvy Kitchen
Sopapilla Puff Pastry Cheesecake by Pink Cake Plate

Skinny Vanilla Bean Cheesecake by Renee's Kitchen Adventures

Twix Cheesecake Brownie Torte by Making Memories With Your Kids