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large slice of ketchup cake.

Ketchup Cake (TikTok Viral)

Trisha Haas - Viral Recipes
Trisha Haas - Viral Recipes
Ketchup cake, a Canadian Heinz Cake recipe, contains the unusual ingredient of Ketchup in this spice cake. Moist, delicious, and totally fun to make, see why this Viral TikTok recipe made everyone pause about ketchup in a cake.
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Trisha Haas - Viral Recipes
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 30 mins
Cooling 30 mins
Course dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 10 slices
Calories 256 kcal

Equipment

  • 2 baking pans 8x8
  • nonstick cooking spray

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp ground ginger
  • ½ tsp ground nutmeg
  • ½ cup Heinz Ketchup
  • ½ cup water
  • 1 tbsp red food coloring
  • ¾ cup butter softened
  • 1½ cups brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • cream cheese frosting pre-made

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 and grease 2 square, 8x8 baking pans with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside. 
  • Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and ground spices together and set aside. 
  • In a separate bowl, combine ketchup, water, and red gel food coloring. Whisk until evenly mixed. 
  • In a stand mixer, beat together butter and brown sugar until fluffy, about 5 minutes, scraping down the bowl halfway. Blend in eggs and beat well.
  • Add flour mixture (bowl 1) and ketchup mixture (bowl 2) into the butter/brown sugar bowl (stand mixer), alternating between the two, and beat until all ingredients are combined. Do not overmix.
  • Spoon batter into prepared pans and bake for 28-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool Ketchup cake completely before frosting. 
  • Place one cake layer onto a serving platter. Frost top with half of a tub of frosting.
  • Place the other cake square on the top.
  • Place remaining frosting into a large icing bag fitted with a 1M tip.
  • Pipe frosting into swirls onto the cake. Slice and Serve. 

Notes

Does Ketchup cake taste like Ketchup? 

Nope. It tastes like a mild spice cake. The Ketchup really only adds moisture and is a topic of discussion. It does not change the cake color or taste. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 256kcalCarbohydrates: 56gProtein: 4gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 35mgSodium: 345mgPotassium: 148mgFiber: 1gSugar: 36gVitamin A: 140IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 109mgIron: 2mg
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