Have you ever heard of tomato cake?
Apparently it was a depression Era invention and it wasn’t too bad… 0:
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I just did a quick search, and there sure are a lot of recipes! green tomato cake, tomato soup cake, tomato spice cake, tomato soup spice cake- it’s a long list! I think I’ll try a couple!
I’ve never heard of it. Sometimes tomatoes are very cheap here. I never thought to google for a cake recipe.
Edit: Just reading a recipe the tomatoes need to be peeled and seeded, so that is sort of a hassle. Another recipe says it’s not necessary to peel, but unclear if she still takes the seeds out.
@ragingloli No tomato bread, like zucchini bread or pumpkin bread.
I haven’t. Doesn’t even make me want to look for one.
There is a children’s book called Thundercake that includes a recipe. Basically a chocolate cake with tomato in the batter. Have not tried it.
It was an invention of the depression when they had little to no fruits or veggies.
@Dutchess_III It sounds like they must have had plenty of tomatoes? Maybe it was a way to use tomatoes when too many were ripening too fast. I usually cook them when that’s going to happen.
Some recipes used tomato soup for the cake, which maybe was something cheap that a lot of people had in their pantry, I don’t know.
I was thinking what do the tomatoes replace in the cake? Probably some liquid and maybe some oil. I guess the acid helps it rise if combined with baking soda. I use apple sauce like that and I cut the amount of sugar a little too.
No, but now I’m intrigued.
Just googled it.
Would totally try it.
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