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green velvet cake

(3 ratings)
georgiagirl48 avatar
Blue Ribbon Recipe by
Lisa Johnson
@georgiagirl48
Macon, GA

I love velvet cakes. They are so delicious and moist. I can make them any kind of colors to make a velvet cake.

Blue Ribbon Recipe

Red velvet cake is a favorite in the Test Kitchen and this green velvet is a fun twist. The cake is super moist with just a hint of cocoa flavor. Melissa's cream cheese frosting is sweet, tangy and creamy. A perfect complement to the velvet cake. The green coloring makes this cake so festive. It would be a great St. Patrick's Day dessert.

— The Test Kitchen @kitchencrew
(3 ratings)
yield 10 to 12 servings
prep time 30 Min
cook time 35 Min

Ingredients For green velvet cake

  • FOR CAKE
  • 2 1/2 c
    all-purpose flour
  • 2 c
    sugar
  • 1 Tbsp
    unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 1 tsp
    salt
  • 1 tsp
    baking soda
  • 2
    eggs
  • 1 c
    cooking oil
  • 1 c
    buttermilk
  • 1 tsp
    white vinegar
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 1 oz
    green food coloring
  • CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
  • 1 8 oz
    package cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1 stick
    butter, room temperature
  • 3 c
    confectioners' sugar
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract

How To Make green velvet cake

  • Wet ingredients combined in a mixer.
    1
    Combine wet ingredients in a mixer and blend.
  • Dry ingredients added to a separate bowl.
    2
    Combine all your dry ingredients in a separate bowl.
  • Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients.
    3
    Next, gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet.
  • Pouring batter into greased pans.
    4
    Once blended, put the mixture in a greased cake pan or lined cupcake pan. For a pan, grease and flour two 8-inch round cake pans.
  • Baking cakes in the oven.
    5
    Bake at 350 F. for 35 minutes. Cupcakes will probably take 22 to 25 minutes until knife inserted near the center comes out clean.
  • Allowing cakes to cool on a wire rack.
    6
    Let it cool for 15 minutes and remove from pans on wire rack and cool completely.
  • Creaming together cream cheese and butter.
    7
    Cream together the cream cheese and butter.
  • Adding confectioners' sugar to cream cheese and butter.
    8
    Add the confectioners' sugar and vanilla.
  • Green velvet cake frosted with cream cheese icing.
    9
    Mix until spreading between layers and over top and on sides of a cake.
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