Tomato cake

1 Cake

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
2Blocks butter
2cupsSugar
4Eggs
3cupsCake flour
teaspoonBaking soda
¼teaspoonCinnamon
¼teaspoonGround cloves
1canTomato sauce combined with
½canWater Filling--
½cupMilk
4tablespoonsCornstarch
¾cupSugar
¼teaspoonSalt
¾cupCoconut milk Frosting--
1cupSugar
½cupWater
1Egg white
½teaspoonVanilla
½teaspoonBaking powder
Harriet Achong Li

Directions

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. (Can size of tomato sauce not given). Begin and end with flour mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes.

Yield, 2 9" cakes.

Filling: Scald milk in double boiler. Add cornstarch, sugar and salt, stirring constantly. When thickened add coconut milk.

Frosting: Boil sugar and water til syrup spins a thread. Pour very slowly over beaten egg white and beat until smooth. Add flavoring and baking powder. Allow to settle befroe spreading. Top with freshly grated coconut.

St. Ann's Altar and Rosary Society, Kaneohe, HI, April 1972