Tomato Cake
Ingredients
2 blocks butter
2 C. sugar
4 eggs
3 C. cake flour
1 1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1 can tomato sauce combined with 1/2 can water
Filling:
1/2 C. milk
4 Tbsp. cornstarch
3/4 C. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
3/4 C. coconut milk
Frosting:
1 C. sugar
1/2 C. water
1 egg white
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. baking powder
Cooking Instructions
Cream butter and sugar. Fold in eggs one at a time. Sift together dry ingredients three times. Then add to creamed mixture alternately with tomato sauce. Begin and end with flour mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes. Filling: Scald milk in double boiler. Add cornstarch, sugar and salt, stirring constantly. When thickened add coconut milk. Frosting: Boil sugar and water till syrup spins a thread. Pour very slowly over beaten egg white and beat until smooth. Add flavoring and baking powder. Allow to settle before spreading. Top with freshly grated coconut.
"Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;" (Genesis 1:29)
