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Green Tomato Chocolate Cake Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Mystic_river1 / All my dishes 1 year, 6 months ago Unusual ingredients for a chocolate cake? The green tomatoes keep it moist and delicious. and no one will even know they are in there unless you tell them. Prep:20m Cook:60m Servings:12	Mystic_rive
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Ingredients

2/3 cups softened butter

1 3/4 c. sugar

3 room temp. eggs

1 teasp vanilla

2 tsp grated orange peel

1/2 c. unsweetened cocoa

2 1/2 c. all-purpose flour

2 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

1 c. cultured buttermilk

1 c. pureed seeded green tomatoes (about 3 med. tomatoes)

1 cup broken pecans

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GLAZE

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2 c. confevtioners sugar

3 tbsp orange juice

grated peel of 1 orange

Directions

In a mixing bowl cream together butter and sugar unteil light and fluffy.

Add eggs one at a time.

Beat well after each addition.

Stir in vanilla and orange peel.

Combine cocoa, flour, baking powder and soda, salt and cinnamon.

AAdd to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk and tomatoes.

Fold in pecans.

Turn into a greased and lightly floured fluted 10 inch tube pan.

Bake at 350 for 1 hour or when cake testsas done.

Invert onto rack until completely cool.

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GLAZE

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Combine glaze ingredients in a small bowl and mix well.

Drizzle over cooled cake.

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trigger 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Such a great chocolate cake with orange, pecans and cinnamon and that surprise ingredient tomatoes.
An amazing recipe I can not wait to have my first slice, a treasure indeed Joymarie

Michael

chefmeow 1 year, 6 months ago said:
I have to agree, this sounds amazing. Great recipe and I love the idea of the tomatoes for moistness. Great post. You have my 5.

ahmed1 1 year, 6 months ago said:
What an idea!! I will try this as soon as possible.

hoasabi 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Interesting combination....

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