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Vintage Tomato Soup Cake
This Vintage Tomato Soup Cake recipe make an easy and unique spice cake. The addition of a can of tomato soup ensures moisture and warm flavors.
Ingredients
- 10.5 ounces Condensed tomato soup, 1 can
- 1 teaspoon Baking soda
- 1 cup Sugar
- ½ cup Butter
- 2 Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon Ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon Ground all spice
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 2 cups All-purpose flour
- 2 ½ teaspoons Baking powder
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 12 ounces Cream cheese, room temperature, 1.5, 8 ounce bricks
- ½ cup Butter, room temperature
- 3 ½ cups Powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350℉.
- Lightly grease a 10 inch square baking dish.
- Combine tomato soup and baking soda in a bowl; set aside. It will puff a bit.
- Beat sugar, butter a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth.
- Add eggs, one at a time, until fully incorporated. Add vanilla and mix until combined.
- Mix in the tomato soup mixture.
- Sift the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, all spice and salt into the butter mixture.
- Using a spoon, mix until there are no more streaks of flour.
- Pour cake batter into prepared baking dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- While cake is baking, prepare frosting. Add cream cheese and butter to a medium bowl and mix with electric mixer until combined.
- Add the powdered sugar and vanilla and mix until smooth.
- When cake has finished baking, allow it to cool fully before frosting.
Christina's Notes
- Raisins and Nuts: These are classic additions. Soak raisins in a little hot water or even rum for 10 minutes before draining and folding them in to plump them up.
- Toss all nuts/raisins with a tablespoon of flour before adding them to the batter; this helps prevent them from sinking to the bottom of the cake.
- Dates and Walnuts: This is another popular variation for a richer, fruitier crumb.
- Embrace the Spices: The tomato soup cake is fundamentally a spice cake. Use high-quality, fresh spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice. You can slightly adjust the amounts to your personal preference; some older recipes are very heavy on cloves.
- Consider Molasses: Some vintage versions include a tablespoon or two of molasses. This adds depth, color, and a rich, traditional spice cake flavor that complements the warming spices beautifully.