Name: Green Tomato Chocolate Cake
Ingredients: 2/3 cup butter, softened; 1-3/4 cups sugar; 3 eggs, room temperature; 2 tsp vanilla; 2 tsp grated orange peel; 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa; 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 2 tsp baking powder; 2 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1 cup cultured buttermilk; 1 cup pureed seeded green tomatoes (about 3 medium); 1 cup broken pecans; 2 cup confectioners' sugar; 3 tablespoon orange juice; Grated peel of 1 orange

Green Tomato Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

2/3 cup butter, softened
1-3/4 cups sugar
3 eggs, room temperature
2 tsps vanilla
2 tsps grated orange peel
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsps baking powder
2 tsps baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup cultured buttermilk
1 cup pureed seeded green tomatoes (about 3 medium)
1 cup broken pecans
2 cups confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons orange juice
Grated peel of 1 orange

Instructions

In a mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla and orange peel. Combine cocoa, flour, baking powder, baking soda, slat and cinnamon; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk and tomatoes. Fold in pecans. Turn into a greased and lightly floured 10-inch fluted tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until cake tests done when wooden pick is inserted in center. Invert onto rake to cool completely. Meanwhile, combine glaze ingredients in a small bowl. Mix well. Drizzle over cooled cake. Yield: 12-16 servings.