This picture was taken before I realized I had pulled the wrong can of tomato-thing out of the cupboard. I realized my mistake before it was too late, but forgot to take another picture. But seriously, this looks disgusting. Tomato soup, chocolate and cream? Yuck. Just, yuck.
The completed ganache didn't look too bad. However when I tried a taste of it, all I got was the sickeningly-sweet flavor of tomato soup. Even long after, the tomato taste lingered on my tongue and was not exactly the awesome-est thing I've ever eaten.
This cake also used a scary three and a half sticks of butter. Honestly it kind of felt like overkill when I had everything laid out for my mise en place.
The cake layers turned out fluffy and moist due to the tomato soup. Everyone who tried the cake raved about how delicious it was and nobody was able to guess what the mystery ingredient could be. Unfortunately, I knew what it was and so all I could taste when I ate this cake was the tomato soup. Just tomato soup all over the inside of my mouth. And the after-taste. Ugh. Have I mentioned that I don't really like tomato soup? Taking that into account, this cake might have been a mistake.
But since no one else was bothered by the flavor and most people seemed to like it, I consider this a general success. Maybe not one which I will ever attempt to repeat, but a success nonetheless.
And holy shit, but my camera is a piece of crap. I hope everyone reading this is enjoying how it refuses to focus on the massive cake-y object in the foreground and instead has captured my dish soap and knife block in perfect focus. I think it's about time to upgrade my hardware...
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