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Recipe courtesy of Paula Deen

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Green Tomato Cake with Brown Butter Icing

Total:: 1 hr 35 min
Prep:: 10 min
Inactive:: 10 min
Cook:: 1 hr 15 min

Yield:: 1 cake

Level:: Easy

Ingredients

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
2 1/2 cups sugar
3 large eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 1/2 cups diced green tomatoes
1 cup golden raisins
1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

Browned Butter Icing, recipe follows

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 12 cup bundt pan.

Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.

In a medium bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg. Gradually add to butter mixture, beating well. (Batter will be soft.) Stir in tomatoes, raisins, and walnuts. Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake for 70 to 75 minutes, or until a tester inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan, and let cool completely. Spoon Browned Butter Icing over cake.

Browned Butter Icing:

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter

1 cup confectioners' sugar

In a medium saucepan over low heat, melt butter. Cook 6 to 8 minutes, or until butter is lightly browned. Whisk in confectioners' sugar until smooth.

Yield: about 1 cup

My Private Notes

Name: Green Tomato Cake with Brown Butter Icing
Prep time: P0Y0M0DT0H10M0.000S
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT1H15M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT1H35M0.000S
Yield: 1 cake
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened; 2 1/2 cups sugar; 3 large eggs; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 2 1/2 cups diced green tomatoes; 1 cup golden raisins; 1 cup chopped walnuts