{"id":7700,"date":"2014-03-02T22:36:58","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T02:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/?p=7700"},"modified":"2024-09-18T14:25:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T18:25:56","slug":"green-velvet-cheesecake-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somethingswanky.com\/green-velvet-cheesecake-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Velvet Cheesecake Cake Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you’ve been following along, you know that I’m in the middle of a series of posts<\/strong> inspired by Girl Scout Cookies.<\/p>\n

But if it’s okay with you, I’d like to throw in an extra post here and there for St. Patrick’s day. I don’t have all that much to contribute to the holiday really (with the exception of everything Thin Mint-y<\/strong> and green from last week… and this awesome St. Patrick’s Day Dessert Collection<\/strong><\/a>), but I have created two pretty exceptionally awesome desserts for St. Patty’s that I’d love to share with you in between Samoas and Tagalongs!<\/p>\n

\"Green<\/a><\/p>\n

The green velvet cake I used here is simply my Great-Grandmother’s red velvet cake<\/strong><\/a> that I shared in February, using green food coloring instead of red, obviously.<\/p>\n

The cheesecake filling is also a recipe I’ve shared here before– my Favorite Cheesecake<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

I used Cool Whip Frosting (different than plain ol’ Cool Whip) to frost the cake, because it’s a personal favorite of mine. And then I topped the whole thing with an Irish Cream Chocolate Ganache.<\/p>\n

Preeeeeety delish.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0I will go ahead and warn you of one change I’d make if I were to make this cake all over again (which I probably will… like tomorrow): I would have gone for fewer layers– 2 cake layers and 1 cheesecake layers. It would have been easier (obviously), and I think more visually appealing. Plus, you’d get a bigger bite of cheesecake in one forkful. I’ve seen other bloggers make cheesecake cakes in this way, and now it makes total sense.<\/p>\n

So… save yourself some time and effort– just go for the easy 3 layers!<\/p>\n