Ethnic Recipes Cookbook
Hello world! For the past few years, I have been collecting recipes from friends, relatives, magazines and books, that I am pleased to share with you, free of charge. Please browse my site for ethnic recipes and tastes from around the world, which I am sure you will truly enjoy!
Bon A Petite!
Green Velvet Cake with Green Icing
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 teaspoon green food coloring
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour two 8-inch cake pans.
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs. Mix well. Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk. Alternately add flour, cocoa, salt and buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour. Gently stir in green food coloring. Pour into prepared cake pans. Bake for about 30 minutes, or until tests done.
Green Icing
1/2 cup butter-flavored shortening
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon milk
2 teaspoons green liquid food coloring
Beat shortening and cream cheese together. Gradually beat in sugar. add milk until a frosting is formed. (Add more milk if necessary.) Beat in food coloring to produce an even color.
