Right. Tomatoes are technically berries. Which makes condensed tomato soup a kind of compote. Another thing about sugar is that it holds onto moisture. Most

Right. Tomatoes are technically berries. Which makes condensed tomato soup a kind of compote. Another thing about sugar is that it holds onto moisture. Most of the fat in a cake is there to make the final product feel moist. This is why a lot of "fat free" cakes use a boatload of sugar and how it's possible to use apple sauce as a replacement for oil in most batters.