Macario’s mom Blanche used to make a Tomato Cake. I knew her before she passed away suddenly a couple years back, but somehow I never tasted her Tomato Cake and I regret that.
This is the same woman who made an absolutely unparalleled Avocado Pie, which people are still talking about (in a good way). Maybe I’ll tell you about that another time.
But about that Tomato Cake. I poked around on the web looking for Tomato Cake recipes but only found recipes for spice cakes made with tomatoes, and Macario says no, no, no.
Blanche used a white cake recipe, but she substituted tomato juice for the liquid. She topped it with a white butter frosting that she mixed peach chunks into.
Macario looks hungry when he describes it and says the combination went together really well. I told him he could make me one for my upcoming birthday, and we both liked that idea.
What other interesting tomato recipes are floating around out there?
My mom used to make tomato cake. It was really ono. Tasted better without frosting. My sisters Margaret Loo, who lives in Honokaa, and Carol Carvallyo, who lives in Waimea, still make tomato cake. It is still one of my favorite cakes. When I tell my haole friends about tomato cake, they say they never heard of it. Auwe. Much Aloha, Robert