As the weather here starts to get colder, we have to harvest our tomatoes, ripe or not, before they get exposed to a killing frost (or snow). Some of these tomatoes will eventually ripen indoors, but many will not. What can you do with all these unripe tomatoes? Previously, we posted a recipe for a green tomato cake, that had chunks of tomatoes in it. However, we didn’t like the texture of the chunks of tomatoes in the cake, plus, it was time consuming to cut up all those little tomatoes.
So back to the kitchen we went, experimented a bit, and came up with this recipe, which we think is much better. It is still moist from the green tomatoes, but because we blended the tomatoes, it is not lumpy at all. The green tomatoes give it a little bit of tangy flavour, which I love!
At the end of the summer, we put all the small green tomatoes (cherry tomatoes, and ones that are too small for something like fried green tomatoes) in the blender, then freeze the liquified tomatoes until we are ready to bake! Note that the puree will be a little lumpy, rather than completely smooth.
Ingredients
- 2 tbs brown sugar, lightly packed
- 2 tbs oatmeal
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tbs butter, softened
- 1 tbs white sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 cup plain yogurt
- 1 cup pureed green tomatoes (about 1 1/2 cups before blending)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350˚F. Grease a bread loaf pan.
- Crumble: In a small bowl, mix all ingredients with fingers until thoroughly combined. Set aside.
- Cake: Mix flower, powder, soda, salt and cinnamon in a bowl and set aside. In a mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla and yogurt and mix until smooth. Stir in the tomato puree and flour mixture.
- Assemble: Pour the batter into the bread loaf pan and sprinkle the crumble on top.
- Bake: 350˚F oven for 1 hour or until toothpick comes out clean. 30-35 minutes for cupcakes.