Sweet Tomato Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
By
Tiffany Bannworth
@MissAnubis
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Ingredients
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CAKE
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3-4fresh tomatoes, pureed in blender
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1 1/2 ccake flour
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1 cdark brown sugar
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1egg
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1 stickbutter, unsalted, room temperature
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2 Tbspvanilla
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1/2 tspsalt
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1 tspbaking powder
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1 Tbspcinnamon
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1 1/2 tspbaking soda
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1/2 tspginger
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1/2 tspnutmeg
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·non-stick olive oil spray
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·flour for dusting
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4red food coloring drops, optional
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ICING
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1 stickbutter, unsalted, room temperature
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1 pkgcream cheese
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1 Tbspvanilla
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1 1/2 cconfectioners' sugar or granulated sugar
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TOPPING
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1/2 csliced almond or your favorite nut
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1 pinchcinnamon sugar
How to Make Sweet Tomato Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Preheat oven to 325.
- Core stem of tomato. Cut into quarters, and place in blender. Puree until almost a liquid. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, beat sugar, butter, and vanilla until creamy. Then add egg and continue to beat.
- Next 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.
- Take a 9in cake pan, spray with non-stick olive oil spray and dust with flour.
- Pour batter in and bake until a toothpick comes out clean when poked in the center. Approximately 30 minutes.
- Remove from oven and place on cooling rack until completely cool.
- To 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.
- Place frosting in fridge to thicken while cake is cooling.