Sweet Tomato Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
By
Tiffany Bannworth
@MissAnubis
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I found this to be a nice, delicate taste. If you like spice cake, give this a whirl. My family enjoyed it served with hot tea. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 3-4
- fresh tomatoes, pureed in blender
- 1 1/2 c
- cake flour
- 1 c
- dark brown sugar
- 1
- egg
- 1 stick
- butter, unsalted, room temperature
- 2 Tbsp
- vanilla
- 1/2 tsp
- salt
- 1 tsp
- baking powder
- 1 Tbsp
- cinnamon
- 1 1/2 tsp
- baking soda
- 1/2 tsp
- ginger
- 1/2 tsp
- nutmeg
- non-stick olive oil spray
- flour for dusting
- 4
- red food coloring drops, optional
- 1 stick
- butter, unsalted, room temperature
- 1 pkg
- cream cheese
- 1 Tbsp
- vanilla
- 1 1/2 c
- confectioners' sugar or granulated sugar
- 1/2 c
- sliced almond or your favorite nut
- 1 pinch
- cinnamon sugar
CAKE
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How to Make Sweet Tomato Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1Preheat oven to 325.
- 2Core stem of tomato. Cut into quarters, and place in blender. Puree until almost a liquid. Set aside.
- 3In a mixing bowl, beat sugar, butter, and vanilla until creamy. Then add egg and continue to beat.
- 4Next add all dry ingredients and tomatoes. Mix thoroughly for about 2 minutes. You can add the drops of food coloring here so that your cake is a nice rich red color to really showcase the tomato. You can add more to get the desirable color you prefer. In my sample picture, I do not use the coloring. That is the natural color.
- 5Take a 9in cake pan, spray with non-stick olive oil spray and dust with flour.
- 6Pour batter in and bake until a toothpick comes out clean when poked in the center. Approximately 30 minutes.
- 7Remove from oven and place on cooling rack until completely cool.
- 8To start frosting, mix butter and sugar until completely blended. Add cream cheese and vanilla. Beat for 3 minutes until a light, creamy mixture is attained. You may add more sugar if you like a sweeter frosting. Even granulated sugar, but you have to beat it with the butter until creamed. I prefer all granulated, heavily creamed.
- 9Place frosting in fridge to thicken while cake is cooling.
- 10Frost just the top of a completely cooled cake. Using all frosting. Top with almonds and sprinkle cinnamon sugar over entire cake.
- 11Enjoy!
