When it was time for Dylan’s birthday he wanted Green cupcakes. Green just happens to be his favorite color, so I thought I would try to tweak a recipe and make Green Velvet Cupcakes.

I have a recipe for homemade-made-from-scratch Red Velvet cake, but it called for a lot of ingredients that I didn’t have on hand, so I decided to start with a box mix. The thing about red or green velvet cake is it tastes a bit like chocolate, so I added in 2 teaspoons of cocoa powder to a white cake mix, and it did the trick. I also added in 30 drops of green food coloring, and I was pretty happy with the color after the little cakes had baked.

I topped off the cupcakes with my homemade icing for Red Velvet Cupcakes, and they turned out great! Dylan was really happy to have the green cupcakes for his birthday, and he even helped out with the mixing too.

If you aren’t a fan of green the same method would be great to make Blue Velvet cupcakes, or Purple Velvet cupcakes too. Happy baking!