St. Patrick’s Day Green Velvet Cake – Irish Eyes Smiling
When Irish eyes are smiling,
Sure, ’tis like the morn in Spring.
In the lilt of Irish laughter
You can hear the angels sing.
When Irish hearts are happy,
All the world seems bright and gay.
And when Irish eyes are smiling,
Sure, they steal your heart away.
I found this green velvet cake recipe on Pinterest – go figure. It’s from a site called Love From the Oven. Her version is Green Velvet Cake Pops. They look amazing! However, I do not have the patience to make cake pops. So I decided to use this recipe and make cupcakes and cake instead.
St. Patrick’s Day Green Velvet Cake – Irish Eyes Smiling
My reason for this celebration? Not so much that it’s St. Patrick’s Day, but St. Patrick’s Day also happens to be my husband’s birthday.
These are actually pictures of the green velvet cupcakes and cake that I made him last year for his birthday. But since we didn’t have a blog last year, I decided to share this recipe with you now.
Here’s the recipe:
Ingredients
- - 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
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease your cake pans and/or muffin tins.
- Lightly stir eggs in a medium bowl with whisk.
- Add in remaining liquid ingredients.
- Whisk until blended and sit aside.
- Place all dry ingredients in your mixing bowl and stir together well.
- Add food coloring into the wet ingredients.
- Stir.
- Pour your wet ingredients into your dry ingredients and mix on medium-high for about a minute or two until well combined.
- Pour the batter into cake pans or cupcake pans.
- For one 8″ cake pan, bake about 22 minutes.
- For regular size cupcakes bake about 16 minutes.
- For mini cupcakes bake about 13 minutes.
- Let cool for 10-15 minutes and than remove from pans.
- While cooling, prepare frosting.
You can use the store-bought cream cheese icing or use the below recipe:
Ingredients
- - 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
- Cream together cream cheese, butter and vanilla in a bowl until smooth.
- Gradually add in powdered sugar and continue mixing.
- Add in milk as needed to get to the desired consistency.
- Frost and decorate with green sprinkles and other St. Patrick's Day edible decorations.
St. Patrick’s Day Green Velvet Cake – Irish Eyes Smiling
This green velvet cake and the cupcakes were a huge hit with my husband, my son, my family and friends. The only caveat that I would mention – and this is a little TMI, but don’t be surprised when you go to the bathroom that what you see is greener than normal for the next few days! Just sayin’.
St. Patrick’s Day Green Velvet Cake – Irish Eyes Smiling
So, with that,
May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day.
May songbirds serenade you every step along the way.
May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that’s always blue.
And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through
And the happiest of birthdays to my wonderful husband!! I love you!
St. Patrick’s Day Green Velvet Cake – Irish Eyes Smiling
And a Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all!
St. Patrick’s Day Green Velvet Cake – Irish Eyes Smiling
Pam
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Suzanne says
Hi Pam, Thanks for visiting and leaving such a nice comment about my ‘5 Minute Scarf Wreath Tutorial’. Your cupcakes sound delicious and are so festive for St. Patty’ Day.
Thanks for sharing,
Suzanne
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Pam says
Thank you Suzanne! I love your site. Thanks for stopping by our blog.
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Nicole says
I can’t wait to try this. My husband and I started dating and got married on St. Patty’s day and with this one being 13 yrs together and married 10 I’d like to do something different and special. I have made a green cake before by dying a white cake but velvet cake sounds so much better. I did find out myself about the issues over the next few days but it was after I brought the cake to work. So I’m glad you did warn people, I felt so bad when I went to work the next day for all my colleagues. Thanks again, can’t wait to try it.
Pam Stultz says
You’re very welcome Nicole. Yes, as long as you’re know to expect the ‘issue’ for the next few days, it’s totally worth it. Thanks!