{"id":1574,"date":"2010-10-26T22:37:02","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T19:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/?p=1574"},"modified":"2020-11-05T14:10:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T12:10:58","slug":"ugly-duckling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/26\/ugly-duckling","title":{"rendered":"Ugly duckling from the kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What will become of this mess, I wonder.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1575\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1575\" src=\"http:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20101026_001-e1288113493985.jpg\" alt=\"Tomato soup goo\" title=\"Tomato soup goo\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1575\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tomato soup goo<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thepioneerwoman.com\/tasty-kitchen\/recipes\/desserts\/tomato-soup-cake-with-cream-cheese-frosting\/\">A yummy spice cake<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>This was my 2nd time making this. The first time I made the error of using a silicone cake pan. The batter is so heavy (or there&#8217;s so much of it) that the pan lopsided &#8212; and I also had to bake it for 1.5 times longer! (I hate the silicone pan&#8230;) This time I&#8217;d bought brand new pans (two small ones because I thought they were cute) so I&#8217;m hoping the result is better.<\/p>\n<p>I made <a href=\"http:\/\/thepioneerwoman.com\/tasty-kitchen-blog\/2010\/04\/a-tasty-recipe-tomato-soup-cake\/\">the Pioneer Woman variation<\/a> of the cake where she decided to mix in a cup of raisins. I love raisins!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what you need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 tablespoons butter (or shortening\/crisco as in the original); by the way, who measures butter in spoonfuls? I put around 57 grams (used a butter converter so I hope that was somewhat correct)<\/li>\n<li>2 cups sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 cans (10.75 oz. each, or roughly 2 x 300 g) condensed tomato soup; the cans I&#8217;ve found are a bit under 300 g even though they are Campbell&#8217;s just like in the original recipe. Apparently, everything <em>is<\/em> bigger in America&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons baking soda<\/li>\n<li>3 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons nutmeg<\/li>\n<li>\u00c2\u00bd teaspoons ground cloves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>First you mix the soup and soda in a bowl, at which point it&#8217;ll become quite foamy (be sure to use a big enough bowl). Set it aside.<br \/>\nNext, cream the butter and sugar in a separate bowl. I used my favourite kitchen gadget, a poor man&#8217;s Kitchenaid. (Sorry, I forgot to take an action photo so here it&#8217;s all alone without the bowl and paddle which I washed already!)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1578\" style=\"width: 187px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1578\" src=\"http:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20101026_mixer.jpg\" alt=\"Electric mixer\" title=\"Electric mixer\" width=\"177\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1578\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My deliciously red mixer<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Next you mix in the tomato goo (with the sugar and butter, into the mixer bowl). And then the flour and spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves). If you want, add a cup of raisins. I used whatever nice-looking raisins I found at the store. They didn&#8217;t have any golden ones, just plain black sultanas.<\/p>\n<p>Put the batter in a greased pan (I used two 1.2 litre pans, which turned out to be a bit too small because the batter spilled over from the centre), even out the surface, and cook in 350\u00c2\u00b0F (around 175\u00c2\u00b0C) for 45\u00e2\u20ac\u201c55 minutes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1581\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1581\" src=\"http:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20101026_cake.jpg\" alt=\"Tomato soup cake\" title=\"Tomato soup cake\" width=\"500\" height=\"459\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20101026_cake.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20101026_cake-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The finished cake; still ugly (because of the cook) but I assure you it tastes great!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It stuck to the pan a bit (always does! I can never cook a cake properly.) so I have to be more patient with the other one&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t make any icing (don&#8217;t really care for icing) but if you&#8217;re feeling like it, check out the Tasty Kitchen or Pioneer Woman recipe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What will become of this mess, I wonder. A yummy spice cake! This was my 2nd time making this. The first time I made the error of using a silicone cake pan. The batter is so heavy (or there&#8217;s so much of it) that the pan lopsided &#8212; and I also had to bake it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[272],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1574"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2457,"href":"https:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1574\/revisions\/2457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}