(Food-Frenzy #2) Last Green Tomato Harvest & Special Cupcakes
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After realizing my tomato harvest was officially done for the year, as so many would not ripen on the vine, I decided to whip out an old family tradition recipe and make some green tomato cupcakes. It is actually a cake recipe, but cupcakes seem to go over better in this house than cakes.
So I present to you, the most delicious, decadent and moist chocolate green tomato cake/cupcake recipe.
You'll never know green tomatoes are the star ingredient... trust me.
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Chocolate Green Tomato Cake Recipe
1 cup pureed green tomatoes
2/3 cup of softened butter
1 1/1 cups of sugar
3 eggs
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
2 tbls baking soda
2 tbls baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1 cup buttermilk (I substitute 1 cup of regular milk with 1 tbls vinegar)
1 tsp vanilla
*optional nuts (I used hazelnut pieces/chopped)
Glaze
2-cups of powdered sugar
2 tbls milk
1 tbls vanilla
Puree 1 cup of green tomatoes
Cream together butter and sugar, then add ONE AT A TIME the eggs; making sure to completely mix each egg in the batter.
In separate smaller bowl combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and powder, salt and cinnamon.
Alternating between the buttermillk, dry ingredients and pureed tomatoes, add to butter, sugar and egg batter. Then add vanilla and mix one final time.
Once all ingredients are combined, put the batter in a greased cake pan, Bundt pan or lined cupcake trays. (I made a dozen cupcakes and a small loaf pan/cake). Bake at 350-degrees for 25 minutes for cupcakes and 45-50 minutes for cake. Check with toothpick to make sure baking is complete.
Make glaze- Combine to perfect consistency and spoon over cooled cupcakes/cake.
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NO WAY!!!
My mind is pre-blown .....and will be fully blown if they really taste good!!! I am skeptically... And yet torn because I know you are a straight shooter....
But guess what! We have 50lbs or more of greenies on the vine...so I will test your cupcakes(or cake)!!
I will test and see if it is good ;-D
Thank you for this. It is a (potential) life saver. Because I couldn't imagine tossing so many tomatoes!
Woohoo!
Peace!
lol- thanks @em3
TRUST me they are delicious!!! Family recipe handed down from the depression era of the 1930s. My kids would beg for this cake when they were little. They couldn't wait for the garden to start!
Haha... We will give it a try and report back!!
I am intrigued for sure!
Oh, and this is TOTALLY @originalworks
Thanks !OriginalWorks for stamping your approval!
Pretty cool! I never would have thought to put tomatoes in cupcakes or a cake. I suppose, however, that since they are somewhat savory, and full of water, that the baked goods are moist and delicious.
Thanks for showing me something new!
thank you! It is so delicious and you can't even tell the green tomatoes are in it.
Very moist!
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We are making it right now!!!
There is one mistake....
How much sugar ? Is it 1.5 or 1.25?
And my wife thinks 1 tablespoon of baking soda is too much..... Can u check?
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