Green Cake Recipes

WEARING O' GREEN CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare and bake cake according to package directions, using a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Cool on a wire rack 1 hour. In a small bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water; stir in cold water and set aside., With a meat fork or wooden skewer, poke holes about 2 in. apart into cooled cake. Slowly pour gelatin over cake. Cover and refrigerate. , In a large bowl, whisk milk and pudding mix 2 minutes (mixture will be thick). Fold in whipped topping. Spread over cake. Decorate with sprinkles. Cover and refrigerate until serving.

GREEN ONION CAKES

Steps:

• Use a fork to mix flour and boiling water in a large bowl. Knead dough into a ball. Cover bowl with plastic wrap; let dough rest for 30 to 60 minutes.
• Evenly divide dough into 16 pieces. Roll each piece into a 1/4 inch thick circle. Brush each circle with oil, season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle with about 1 teaspoon of green onions. Roll up, cigar style; coil each pancake and pinch open ends together to form a disc. Roll each circle flat to about 1/4 inch thickness.
• Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a large skillet. Fry cakes until golden brown, about 2 minutes on each side. Add more oil between batches, if necessary.

GREEN TOMATO CAKE

Steps:

• Place chopped tomatoes in a bowl and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon salt. Let stand 10 minutes. Place in a colander, rinse with cold water and drain.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch baking pan.
• Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat until creamy.
• Sift together flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, soda and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add raisins and nuts to dry mixture; add dry ingredients to creamed mixture. Dough will be very stiff. Mix well.
• Add drained tomatoes and mix well. Pour into the prepared 9 x 13 inch pan.
• Bake for 40 to 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean.

GREEN CAKE

Steps:

• Make cake mix as directed on box except that in the place of water put pineapple juice. Bake according to the cake mix directions and take right from oven and place in freezer. Cake is ready to frost when cool on the bottom to touch.
• Mix crushed pineapple, instant pistachio pudding, and whipped topping together with a spoon, do not use an electric mixer. Frost cake and refrigerate for at least one hour. You must keep this cake refrigerated until ready to serve and then also keep any leftovers refrigerated.

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.

GREEN ONION CAKES

Steps:

• Add salt to flour in a mixing bowl and mix throughly.
• Add honey to hot water in a separate cup or dish until the honey melts and mixes with the water.
• Slowly add water/honey mixture into the flour while stirring the flour.
• Knead the mixture until smooth (approximately 5 minutes). If it is too dry add a little extra water. If it is too wet, add a little flour.
• Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• After at least an hour remove mixture and roll into a sausage shape and divide into 10 equal portions. You will work with one cake at a time so cover the others so they don't dry up.
• For each portion of dough, roll into a ball between the palms of your hands, then on a floured surface roll the dough out into a thin round pancake.
• Sprinkle the surface of the dough with green onions.
• Roll the pancake into a sausage shape, trapping all the green onions inside the dough.
• Roll the dough again along the length of the sausage to make a coil shape.
• With the coil still standing up on your counter top flatten it with the palm of your hand (if you flatten it with the coil lying flat on your counter, the onion cake will open up while cooking).
• Roll the dough into a circle about 5 inches in diameter and place to the side while you make the rest of the cakes.
• Heat up the oil in a frying pan or skillet at a medium heat and fry each cake, one side at a time, until it is light brown.
• Cut into quarters and serve with chili garlic dipping sauce.