Tomato Soup Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground allspice
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 can (10 3/4 ounces) Campbell's® Condensed Tomato Soup
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup water
• optional: 1/2 cup raisins 

 

Icing Ingredients

• 2 8-ounce packages cream cheese, room temperature
• 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• Optional: 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

 

Preparation

Heat the oven to 350°F.  Grease a 13x9-inch baking pan.

Stir the flour, sugar, baking powder, allspice, baking soda, cinnamon and cloves in a large bowl.  Add the soup, shortening, eggs and water.  Beat with an electric mixer on low speed just until blended.   Increase the speed to high and beat for 4 minutes.  Pour the batter into the pan.

Bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.  Let the cake cool in the pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes.

Icing Preparation

Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in powdered sugar. Beat in lemon peel and vanilla. Cover and refrigerate until just firm enough to spread, about 30 minutes.

First time we tried this recipe was: for a mid-way novel writing milestone celebration on Thursday, September 12, 2013 in Hammersmith. A Perfect Day.

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About Time movie and Ravenscourt Park walk.