Great St Patrick Day Cake Recipes – Easy Red Velvet Cake Goes Green
You are going to love these St Patrick Day Cake Recipes. With a little green food coloring, the classic Easy Red Velvet Cake recipe from Gulf Coast Favorites cookbook, turns into Green Velvet Cake! Get creative in the kitchen especially when it comes to having a fun holiday theme party. Remember our Valentine’s Day party? We Easy Red Velvet Cake recipe at that party too! No matter what the occasion, you’ll love the simple Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Icing that starts with a cake mix!
| Servings 16-20 servings |
- 1 18.25-ounce box yellow cake mix
- 2 tbsp cocoa
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1 egg
- 1 1-ounce bottle green food coloring
- 3 egg whites
- 1 cup skim milk
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- Cream Cheese Icing
Ingredients
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- Preheat oven 350ºF. Coat three 9-inch round cake pans with nonstick cooking spray.
- In mixing bowl, combine cake mix, cocoa, oil, egg, egg whites, food coloring. In small bowl, combine milk and vinegar, add to mixing bowl. Mix until well combined.
- Pour batter into prepared pans, bake 15–20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool layers on a rack, ice with Cream Cheese Icing.
| Servings |
- 1 8-ounce package reduced-fat cream cheese softened
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1 16-ounce box confectioners’ sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Ingredients
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- In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add confectioners’ sugar and beat until light. Add vanilla.
Per Serving: Calories 272, Calories from fat (%) 29, Fat (g) 9, Saturated Fat (g) 4, Cholesterol (mg) 23, Sodium (mg) 246, Carbohydrate (g) 45, Dietary Fiber (g) 0, Sugars (g) 35, Protein (g) 3, Diabetic Exchanges: 3 carbohydrate, 2 fat
| Servings 10 |
- 1 1/2 cups chocolate graham crackers crushed
- 3 tbsp butter melted
- 1/4 cup pistachios chopped
- 1 quart fat free vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt fat free vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt
- 1 (4-serving) instant pistachio flavored pudding and pie filling
- 1/2 cup chocolate fat-free fudge topping warmed
Ingredients
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- Preheat oven 375°F.
- In 9-inch pie plate, stir together graham cracker crumbs, and butter, press on bottom and up sides. Bake 8 - 10 minutes. Cool completely.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, quickly combine the pistachios, ice cream, and pudding until well mixed. Transfer mixture into cooled crust. Freeze, covered, for at least 4 hours or until firm. Serve with warmed chocolate fudge topping on each slice.
Per Serving: Calories 261, Protein (g) 5, Carbohydrate (g) 50, Fat (g) 6, Calories from Fat (%) 21, Saturated Fat (g) 2, Dietary Fiber (g) 1, Cholesterol (mg) 9, Sodium (mg) 353, Diabetic Exchanges: 3 other carbohydrate, 1 fat
Terrific Tip: Take a short cut and use a commercially prepared chocolate crust from the grocery.
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Another Favorite Dessert – Turn It Into the Green Velvet Cake Trifle
For another fantastic dessert option, turn this Green Velvet Cake gone green into a trifle by layering cake, cream cheese icing and nonfat whipped topping in a trifle dish or any glass bowl. This recipe came about after one time, the layers fell apart. No stress in the kitchen, so quickly turn Holly’s easy Red Velvet Cake recipe into a trifle. Now you can make the cake both ways because we can’t decide which is the most popular!
Keep A Trifle Bowl On Hand
It’s a good idea to keep a trifle bowl stocked in your kitchen. Trifles are a great dessert that feed a crowd. Holly has even been known to serve several different trifles at a dessert party! You can always turn your Green Red Velvet Cake into a Trifle.
This Chocolate Peanut Butter Trifle is a show-stopping no-bake chocolate dessert. This Easy Tiramisu Trifle makes an awesome presentation with layers of ladyfingers doused with strong rich coffee syrup, lightly coffee-flavored pudding, and a whipped creamy layer make this another winning dessert. Check out this inexpensive trifle bowl to keep on hand.
Truffle Bowl
Go Green Desserts with St Patrick Day Cake Recipes
The Green Velvet Cake might be a favorite St Patrick Day cake recipe, but if you haven’t had Holly’s 3-ingredient Easy Chocolate Truffles with White Chocolate Icing from Too Hot in the Kitchen you are in for a real treat! Add green coloring to the white chocolate.
Oreo bites drizzled in white chocolate, this bite of decadence gets a St Patrick Day dessert makeover.
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