Green Velvet Cake with Baileys Cream Cheese Frosting

Green Velvet Cake with Baileys Cream Cheese Frosting, is the perfect cake to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day! A delicious moist cake with the perfect amount of that Irish Cream Whisky to take it over the top!

Baileys Green Velvet Cake

I have always loved St Patrick’s day.

Having an Irish background on my father’s side doesn’t hurt. Everything is green,  I remember when I was a kid I would go to McDonald’s and get myself one of those green milk shakes, then I got a little older (ok quite a few years older) and would get myself a green beer.

Now I make myself a Green Velvet Cake with Baileys Cream Cheese Frosting. Just keeps getting better.

We had friends over for dinner last weekend and for dessert I served my Green Velvet Cake with Baileys Cream Cheese Frosting and I heard “that’s so pretty, it’s green”.

Needless to say St Patrick’s has no significance here in Italy. But that never stopped me from pinning a clover pin on my daughters jackets on the 17th.

I have made a red velvet for my daughter’s birthday a few years ago, so I decided why not green?

I rarely use food colouring so I probably went a little too green, so I will leave that up to you. Of course I  used my new favourite,  greek yogurt.

I have discovered there is nothing like greek yogurt to bring out the moistness in a cake. I also prefer it to buttermilk or sour milk. Because of its thickness you sometimes have to add a tablespoon or two of milk.

How to make A Green Velvet Cake

• Cream butter and sugar, then add the egg and beat until well combined, add vanilla and combine well. In a small bowl mix together cocoa and food colouring add to butter mixture and beat well.
• In a medium bowl whisk together salt, baking soda, baking powder and flour.

• Add dry ingredients alternately to butter mixture with the yogurt.
• Beat to combine, add milk and combine.

• Bake let cake cool completely before frosting.

What about the frosting? You can’t possibly be  proper Irish without a bottle of Baileys in the house. So look out cream cheese here comes the Baileys!

How to make Baileys Cream Cheese Frosting

In a medium bowl beat together butter and cream cheese until creamy then and add the powdered sugar, beat well after each addition. Add vanilla, cream and or Baileys and beat until fluffy.

More Delicious Baileys Recipes

Baileys Thick Italian Hot Chocolate

Baileys Frozen Mocchaccino  

Baileys Chocolate Chip No Churn Ice Cream

Baileys Almond Truffles

Maybe the Italians didn’t know about St Patrick’s Day but they sure do know a super yummy cake when they taste one. Enjoy!

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Green Velvet Cake with Baileys Cream Cheese Frosting

Green Velvet Cake with Baileys Cream Cheese Frosting, is the perfect cake to celebrate St. Patrick's Day!  A delicious moist cake with the perfect amount of that Irish Cream Whisky to take it over the top!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 55 minutes

Servings 8 servings

Calories 691kcal

Author Rosemary Molloy

Ingredients

GREEN VELVET CAKE

• 1 1/4 cups flour (163 grams)
• 1 pinch salt*
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup butter (softened) (53 grams)
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar (150 grams)
• 1 large egg (room temperature)
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa
• green food colouring (I used Gel colouring, I will this up to you on how green you would like it, I used 3/4 of a tablespoon for this dark green)
• 1/2 cup greek yogurt (room temperature) (142 grams)
• 2 tablespoons milk (room temperature)

*if you use unsalted then use 1/4 teaspoon salt.

BAILEYS CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

• 1/2 cup butter (softened) (105 grams)
• 5 ounces cream cheese (whole fat) (150 grams)
• 5 cups powdered sugar (625 grams)
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2-3 tablespoons cream (whole/ whipping or heavy)
• 1-2 tablespoons Baileys

If you add 2 tablespoons of Baileys then add 2 tablespoons of cream.

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

GREEN VELVET CAKE

• Pre-heat oven to 350° (180° celsius). Lightly grease and flour 2 small 7 " cake pans.
• In a medium bowl whisk together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda, set aside.
• In a large bowl cream butter and sugar beat on medium speed for about 2-3 minutes, add the egg and beat until well combined, add vanilla and combine well.
• In a small bowl mix together cocoa and food coloring add to butter mixture and beat well.
• Add the dry ingredients alternately to butter mixture with the yogurt. Beat to combine, add milk and combine. Evenly divide the batter between the two cake pans, spread evenly and bake 20-25 minutes. Cool completely before frosting.

FOR THE FROSTING

• In a medium bowl beat together the butter and cream cheese on medium-high speed until creamy approximately 1 minute. Lower speed to medium and add powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, beat well after each addition. Add vanilla, cream and or Baileys and beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes.
• To frost the cake, place the first layer on a large plate top side down, spread with approximately 1 cup of frosting, place the second cake top side up and frost with remaining frosting. Enjoy!

Notes

For room temperature remove from fridge about 45-60 minutes before using.

Nutrition

Calories: 691kcal | Carbohydrates: 111g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Cholesterol: 98mg | Sodium: 302mg | Potassium: 112mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 94g | Vitamin A: 863IU | Calcium: 61mg | Iron: 1mg

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Updated from March 1, 2015.