sweet tomato spice cake with cream cheese frosting

How To Make sweet tomato spice cake with cream cheese frosting

• Step 1
  Preheat oven to 325.
• Step 2
  Core stem of tomato. Cut into quarters, and place in blender. Puree until almost a liquid. Set aside.
• Step 3
  In a mixing bowl, beat sugar, butter, and vanilla until creamy. Then add egg and continue to beat.
• Step 4
  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.
• Step 5
  Take a 9in cake pan, spray with non-stick olive oil spray and dust with flour.
• Step 6
  Pour batter in and bake until a toothpick comes out clean when poked in the center. Approximately 30 minutes.
• Step 7
  Remove from oven and place on cooling rack until completely cool.
• Step 8
  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.
• Step 9
  Place frosting in fridge to thicken while cake is cooling.
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  Step 10
  Frost just the top of a completely cooled cake. Using all frosting. Top with almonds and sprinkle cinnamon sugar over entire cake.
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  Step 11
  Enjoy!
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