Description
A moist and vibrant twist on the classic red velvet, this Green Velvet Cake and Cupcakes recipe delivers rich cocoa flavor, tangy buttermilk, and creamy frosting for a stunning dessert perfect for any occasion.
Ingredients
CAKE
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 Tablespoon cocoa
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup oil
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 Tablespoon vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 oz green food coloring
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
- 1 package of softened cream cheese
- 1/4 cup softened butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 bag powdered sugar (2 lb bag)
- Milk as needed
Instructions
1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease your cake pans, muffin tins, whoopie pie pans, whatever method you decide to go with.
3. Lightly stir eggs in a medium bowl with whisk. Add in remaining liquid ingredients. Whisk until blended, then stir in food coloring and set aside.
4. Place all dry ingredients in your mixing bowl and stir together well.
5. Pour your wet ingredients into your dry ingredients and mix on medium-high for about a minute or two until well combined.
6. Pour the batter into cake pans or cupcake pans.
7. Baking times will vary based on what you are using. For one 8″ cake pan, it was about 22 minutes. Regular size cupcakes were around 16 minutes. Mini cupcakes and whoopie pie pans were both about 13 minutes.
8. Cream together cream cheese, butter and vanilla in a bowl until smooth.
9. Gradually add in powdered sugar and continue mixing.
10. Add in milk as needed to reach the desired consistency.
11. Store frosting and frosted cupcakes in refrigerator.
Notes
Adapted from Bakerella. You can easily divide the batter between two 8-inch cake pans or make about 24 standard cupcakes. Store any leftovers in the refrigerator due to the cream cheese frosting.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake or 1 slice of cake
- Calories: 340
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 210mg
- Fat: 16g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 44g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 45mg