Best Red And Green Velvet Cake Recipes

GREEN VELVET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray 3 (8-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray. Line the bottom of the pans with parchment, spray the parchment, and set pans aside.
• Stir together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
• Combine the sugar, oil, eggs, vanilla, and vinegar in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer set to medium until very smooth, about 2 minutes. Stop to scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl as necessary.
• With mixer on low, gradually add the dry ingredients and beat until just incorporated. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl.
• Again with mixer on low, beat in the buttermilk, then the food coloring. Use a rubber spatula to mix the batter a few times, taking care to scrape up from the bottom and ensure the flour is totally mixed in.
• Divide the batter evenly between the prepared cake pans and bake 30 to 40 minutes, until a cake tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
• Set the pans on a wire rack to cool for 20 minutes, then run a knife around the edge of each cake layer. Gently invert each cake layer onto wire racks to cool completely before frosting.
• (Once the cake layers are cool you can wrap them tightly with plastic wrap and store at room temperature for up to a day before frosting.)
• Beat the butter and cream cheese in a medium mixing bowl until smooth.
• Beat in the vanilla and salt. With mixer on low, gradually beat in 4 cups of powdered sugar.
• Once all the sugar is incorporated, turn mixer to medium and beat until the frosting is smooth. If frosting is too thick, beat in a little milk. If it's too thin, beat in more powdered sugar.
• Use a long serrated knife to trim the cake layers if they've domed. Place one cake layer on a cake stand or cardboard cake circle and spread a layer of frosting on top.
• Top with a second cake layer, more frosting, and then the third layer.
• Frost cake with the remaining frosting and decorate as desired. Serve.
• Uneaten cake can be stored, covered, in the fridge for up to 3 days or in the freezer, tightly wrapped, for up to 2 months.

RED AND GREEN VELVET CAKE!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Grease a 9x13-inch sheet pan.
• Mash vegetable shortening and sugar together in a large bowl until smooth and creamy; beat in eggs until fully incorporated.
• Stir buttermilk, cocoa powder, salt, and vanilla extract into the shortening mixture until the liquid ingredients are an even color and texture.
• Sift flour into the liquid ingredients until combined.
• Pour half the batter into a separate bowl.
• Lightly stir red food color into one bowl of batter and green food color into the other bowl of batter.
• Quickly fold 3/4 teaspoon baking soda and 1 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar into the bowl of red batter; quickly fold 3/4 teaspoon baking soda and 1 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar into the bowl of green batter.
• Pour the red and green batters into the prepared sheet pan in alternating colors.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the cake is lightly browned on top and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Allow to cool completely before frosting.

GRANDMA'S RED VELVET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in food coloring, vinegar and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition., Pour into 2 greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool layers 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , For frosting, combine water and cornstarch in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir until thickened and opaque, 2-3 minutes. Cool to room temperature. Beat butter and vanilla until light and fluffy. Beat in cornstarch mixture. Gradually add confectioners' sugar; beat until light and fluffy. Spread between layers and over top and sides of cake.

GREEN VELVET CAKE

Steps:

• Combine eggs, sugar, oil and vinegar in bowl.
• Mix well.
• Sift flour, baking soda and salt together.
• Add to egg mixture alternately with buttermilk, mixing well after each addition.
• Blend in vanilla and food coloring.
• Pour into 3 greased and floured 8 " cake pans.
• Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.
• Cool.
• Frost between layers, top and side of cake.