Allow the cake to cool before serving or topping with a cream cheese icing. My husband hates tomato soup and he couldn t guess what was in the cake. This recipe was originally printed sans raisins in linda bassett s from apple pie to pad thai. 1 can tomato soup i used heinz 420g 2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 teaspoon ground cloves 2 cups of raisins 3 cups flour for the frosting. Stir in the tomato soup.
The nutmeg cinnamon and cloves all help that spice cake flavor to come out. Tomato soup adds a beautiful reddish hue to this otherwise classic two layer spice cake and keeps the crumb nice and moist under the vanilla cream cheese frosting. The most fun you ll have apart from eating tomato soup spice cake is telling people what s inside. Where did tomato soup originate. 2 cups flour 4 teaspoons baking powder.
Lightly grease and flour a 9 square cake pan or line with parchment and grease the parchment. To make the cake. It has a lightly sweet deep flavor. Oh and i iced it with cream cheese icing 8 oz soft neufchatel cheese 2 tbs soft butter maybe 1 cups icing sugar 1 tsp vanilla 1 tsp lemon extract maybe 1 or 2 tbs milk. Tomato soup was an ingredient to replace milk and butter in the original recipe.
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Stir in the flour baking soda salt cinnamon and cloves. This was my grandmother ruthie s recipe a technique that irish immigrants apparently relied on when short on money and fresh ingredients. It tastes nothing like tomato soup i assure you. Preheat the oven to 350 f. This cake is sure to soothe your soul during the cooler months ahead.
Stir in the raisins and nuts if using. My mom used to make this cake quite often. 1 pound cream cheese room temperature. 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 1 3 cups sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 2 teaspoon cloves 1 1 2 teaspoon allspice 1 10 ounce can tomato soup 1 2 cup butter melted or vegetable oil 2 eggs 1 2 cup milk or water for the frosting. Tomato soup cake is a recipe that i remember from when i was a little boy.
Mix together the egg oil and sugar until smooth. Tomato soup is a recipe from the depression era. Mix together the egg oil and sugar until smooth. Stir in the raisins and nuts if using. Stir in the flour baking soda salt cinnamon and cloves.
Tomato soup is a recipe from the depression era. Mix in tomato soup and bicarbonate of soda mixture and then mix in the flour. Lightly grease and flour a 9 square cake pan or line with parchment and grease the parchment. The nutmeg cinnamon and cloves all help that spice cake flavor to come out. Allow the cake to cool before serving or topping with a cream cheese icing.