Desserts of bright colors are widespread in the culinary world. So, red velvet cake has become a classic treat in many cuisines. In fact, cakes can be painted in any shade. For example, you can make a green cake. To do this, you need a little imagination and specific components. Below are a few options for such an interesting dessert.
Bright velvet cake
To prepare this green cake, the classic recipe for a “velvet” dessert is used, in which the dye is replaced. Cocoa powder in the dough remains, but in a reduced amount. The following will be required.
For shortcakes:
- 300 grams of flour;
- 400 grams of granulated sugar;
- 2 teaspoons of natural cocoa powder;
- 1 teaspoon of salt;
- 1 teaspoon baking soda;
- 2 large eggs;
- 120 grams of odorless vegetable oil;
- 240 ml of buttermilk;
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar;
- 120 grams of unsalted butter;
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract;
- 1-2 teaspoons of yellow food coloring;
- 1 teaspoon of food color green.
For cream:
- 1 cup of egg whites;
- 700 grams of unsalted butter;
- 700 grams of powdered sugar;
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract;
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
How to make a green velvet cake?
Preheat the oven to 190 ° C and prepare two identical baking dishes.
Beat eggs with vegetable and melted butter, buttermilk, vinegar, and food coloring until a homogeneous mass is obtained.
Put the dry ingredients in a separate bowl and mix. Slowly add the resulting mixture to the mass prepared in the above step. Put on the stove and heat for a minute, mixing and not boiling.
Pour the dough evenly and bake for about 30 minutes. Cool completely until creamy.
How to make a cream?
Place egg whites and powdered sugar in a mixer bowl and begin to beat, gradually adding small pieces of butter, and then vanilla and salt. Beat everything at high speeds until airy. Then slow down the mixer and continue mixing for another 15-20 minutes until all air bubbles disappear.
How to collect dessert?
Put the first cake on a serving plate and coat with a thick layer of cream. Put a second cake on it, grease the dessert with the remaining cream on the sides and top. If you want your green cake to have the same color on top, use colored coconut flakes or a culinary dragee to sprinkle.
Color Cream Option
You can cook a completely green dessert, tinting not only the dough, but also the cream. This cake is ideal for theme parties or children's parties. For him you will need the following.
For shortcakes:
- 2.5 cups all-purpose flour;
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder;
- 1 teaspoon baking powder;
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda;
- 1/2 teaspoon of fine tea salt;
- 1 1/4 cup buttermilk, well shaken;
- 1 tablespoon food color green dye;
- 2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract;
- 2 cups granulated sugar;
- 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature;
- 3 large eggs, slightly beaten.
For cream:
- half a glass of universal flour;
- one and a half glasses of milk;
- one and a half glasses of unsalted butter at room temperature;
- one and a half glasses of granulated sugar;
- 4 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract;
- a pinch of fine salt;
- green liquid or gel food coloring;
- green candy for decoration, optional.
How to make a green cake?
Preheat the oven to 190 degrees. Oil three identical round cake molds and place parchment paper on them.
Mix flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl, set aside. Beat buttermilk, food color and vanilla in a tall bowl.
Separately, in a deep container, beat granulated sugar and butter at medium speed. This will take about five minutes, until the mass becomes very light and airy. While the mixer is still working, slowly add the eggs and beat until the ingredients are completely combined. Reduce the speed of whipping to the lowest and gradually add small amounts of flour and buttermilk in small portions alternately. You should have a completely homogeneous mass.
Evenly distribute the cooked dough between the three forms. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Refrigerate for 15 minutes in molds, then remove and cool completely.
To make a green cream for the cake, place the flour in a small saucepan. Gently pour about half a glass of milk, stir until the lumps are completely broken. Slowly add the remaining milk while stirring. The mixture should be very uniform. Heat it over medium heat, whisking continuously with a fork until it becomes very thick (about 5 minutes). Pour the mixture into a bowl, cover with cling film and cool completely. It takes about 45 minutes.
Using a mixer equipped with spatulas, beat butter and granulated sugar at medium speed until airy. Add a chilled mass of flour and milk per tablespoon at a time and mix until smooth. Connect the beaters to the mixer instead of the shoulder blades and add vanilla, salt and 3 to 5 drops of food coloring. Whisk until a very light and airy cream is obtained.
To collect this green cake, place one cake on a plate, spread with cream and repeat the same with the other cake layers. Spread the remaining cream on the sides, sprinkle the dessert with colored sugar and garnish with sweets.
How to make a beautiful decoration?
If you want to make a green wedding cake, then the decoration and decoration should be original. For this purpose, you can use culinary mastic, the use of which depends only on your imagination. For basic design, you will need the following:
- ready-made cakes of green color;
- any oil cream in sufficient quantity;
- marshmallow mastic;
- green gel food coloring.
How to decorate dessert?
Bake the cakes according to your favorite recipe. Once they are ready, let them cool completely. Make an oil cream and add some dye to it. It should be a light mint shade.
Collect the cake, greasing it with cream between the cakes. When the dessert is ready, apply an even thin layer of cream over its entire surface. Place it in the refrigerator until it solidifies. Add more dye to the remaining cream so that it is dark green.
In the culinary mastic, put a little dye, until a gentle, but pronounced shade is obtained. Roll it on a table sprinkled with powdered sugar into a very thin layer. As soon as the cream on the cake hardens, remove the product from the refrigerator. Cover it with a mastic plate, gently pressing it across the surface. Use a sharp knife to cut off the excess.
Using a culinary syringe or a bag with a small hole in the corner, make any drawings and inscriptions a dark green cream. On such a cake, you can put the figures of the bride and groom.
Other design options
As you can see from the photo attached to the article, a green cake can be decorated in different ways. In addition to decorating with cream, dessert can be decorated in other ways. Various stencils are well suited for this purpose.
So, you can cover the finished cake with white icing and let it half freeze. Then, using a stencil, make drawings on it with green confectionery sugar or coconut flakes.
If you are an experienced chef, you can make a variety of figures and silhouettes from the painted mastic and decorate them with dessert. This is perfect for a theme holiday.
Another interesting design option is to use white and green sugar icing. Apply them on the surface of the cake alternately with a thin stream to obtain the effect of a marble surface.
Other green cake decorating options may include the following:
- Cut yellow and green fruits with petals and arrange them with “snail” or “tile” (kiwi, grapes, pears, peaches).
- Use green jelly (with kiwi or gooseberry flavor). This can be a little tricky, as the recipe for a green cake gets complicated with this decoration. First you need to fill in the jelly at the bottom of a deep detachable form, wait for it to completely solidify, then apply a thin layer of cream on it. Only after this should be laid in the form of cake and smeared. After that, the form with dessert is turned over and unzipped. You get a cake with green jelly on top.
- Use a special pastry needle and make colored roses from butter cream.