Green Tomato Chocolate Cake
I just found this one in a cookbook today. sounds really yummy. I'm assuming that they mean the green unripe tomatoes and not the green when ripe tomatoes. I can't wait to try this one next year.
Green Tomato Chocolate Cake
2/3 cup butter
1 ¾ cups sugar
4 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 ½ cup sifted unbleached flour
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
1 cup beer
1 cup pureed green tomatoes
¼ to ½ cup water (optional)
Preheat oven to 350
Grease a 9x13 pan.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Stir in the chocolate, then the eggs, one at a time. Add the vanilla.
In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Add the flour mix to the butter mix alternately with the beer and tomatoes. If the batter appears stiff, add the water. (the moisture content of the tomatoes varies).
Turn the batter into the prepared baking pan. Bake for 35 mins, until a tester insterted in the center comes out clean.
Cool on wire rack. Ice with your favorite frosting or serve plain. This is a very rich, moist cake.
Source: The Tomato Festival Cookbook – Lawrence Davis-Hollander
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