Green tomato and black pepper cake

Name: Green tomato and black pepper cake
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 eggs; 160g castor sugar; 100ml sunflower oil; 170g plain flour; 1/2 tsp bicarb soda; 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1 tbsp cracked black pepper; 400g roughly chopped, de-seeded green tomatoes (the preserved ones Simply Tomatoes ) are a good alternative for other times of the year).

Matt Wilkinson

April 2, 2013

An end-of-summer twist on carrot cake; use up those green tomatoes.Eddie Jim

Time:1-2 hoursServes:8

I really do love pan-frying sliced green tomato; adding a touch of sugar and salt and finishing with a drizzle of an aged balsamic. But recently we've been making green tomatoes into a kind of bread; actually it's a carrot cake recipe that I have adapted. It's best served simply with some butter or cream cheese that has a hint of lemon juice in it. My favourite way to eat this cake is with a wedge of Pyengana cheddar.

Ingredients

2 eggs
160g castor sugar
100ml sunflower oil
170g plain flour
1/2 tsp bicarb soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp cracked black pepper
400g roughly chopped, de-seeded green tomatoes (the preserved ones Simply Tomatoes www.simplytomatoes.com.au) are a good alternative for other times of the year).

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 180C
Grease a loaf tin measuring roughly 19cm x 9cm x 6cm, then line with baking paper.
Whisk together the eggs and sugar until fluffy and light. Add the oil, mix through.
Fold in the rest of the ingredients until fully incorporated, then pour into the tin and bake for 30-45 minutes.
Check whether the cake/loaf is ready by inserting a skewer. It should ease through and come out clean.
Once cooked, turn out onto a cooling wire. This cake will save, wrapped in a tea towel, for a few days in the bread or cake tin.
How are you using up your excess cucumbers and green tomatoes?