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Tomato soup in a cake? This old fashioned tomato soup cake recipe is my favorite kind of spice cake. If you love trying new recipes and surprising your family with something different, and easy to make, give this tomato soup cake recipe a try. I grew on it and just love it.
If the tomato soup title makes your family skeptical, call it a Mystery Spice Cake.I promise this will become one of your favorite spice cake recipes.
I have no idea who first made this tomato soup cake recipe, but the original was in my mothers very old blue ribbon cookbook.
What Does Tomato Soup Cake Taste Like?
Tomato soup cake is a spice cake with a unique and cozy flavour. Its filled with fall species that we know and love, and a delicious crunchy texture from both nuts and raisins.
The tomato soup blends into the flavour of the cake because of the strong spices acts to add moisture to your cake. Top it with either brown sugar frosting or cream cheese frosting and your going to have a new fall favorite thats been enjoyed since the 1930s.
Tomato Soup Cake Recipe Ingredients
This tomato soup cake is great for a last minute dessert as like most depression era recipes it contains staple ingredients we typically have in the pantry already.
1/3 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
1 large egg
1 tin tomato soup
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 1/4 cups raisins
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
How to Make a Tomato Soup Cake
Grease and flour a 8 inch square pan. Preheat your oven to 325 degrees.
In a large bowl beat your butter until fluffy, add the sugar and beat well. Add the egg and beat until fluffy.
In a small bowl add the tin of tomato soup and the baking soda. The soda dissolves quickly making it kind of frothy.
Add the tomato soup mixture to the butter mixture and mix.
In a separate bowl mix together the flour and spices. Mix well.
Add the flour and spices to the tomato soup mixture in the mixer. Mix well.
Add the raisins, and walnuts and mix until just combined.
Transfer the batter to the 8 by 8 square pan. Bake about 30 minutes.
Serve with a thick layer of cooked brown sugar icing, or your favorite cream cheese frosting.
This cake is full of texture, moisture and flavour. Tomato soup cake keeps well and I packs well in lunches. I like to keep it the fridge so the icing stays fudgy and then pack it in small plastic containers for lunches.
Storing and Freezing Tomato Soup Cake
Wrapped well and placed in a seal plastic dish a tomato soup cake will keep in the fridge for up to a week. It also freezes very well for up to 3 months. I typically cut my tomato soup cake into casual square pieces and wrap them 3 at a time in parchment paper and place in the deep freeze. To eat just thaw at room temperature before serving. Its also great placed frozen in a lunch bag.
Tomato Soup Cake
A classic Canadian prairie tomato soup cake recipe. This cake is so moist and packed with spicy flavour and texture.
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Prep Time:15 minutes mins
Cook Time:30 minutes mins
Total Time:45 minutes mins
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup butter
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 can tomato soup
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp cloves
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- 1 ¼ cup raisins or currants
- ½ cup chopped walnuts optional
Instructions
Grease and flour a 8 inch square pan. Preheat your oven to 325 degrees.
In a large bowl beat your butter until fluffy, add the sugar and beat well. Add the egg and beat again.
In a small bowl add the tin of tomato soup and the baking soda. The soda dissolves quickly making it kind of frothy.
Add the tomato soup mixture to the butter mixture and mix.
In a small bowl mix the flour, and spices. Mix well.
Add the raisins, and walnuts and mix until just combined.
Bake at 325 for about 30 minutes minutes.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, Canadian
Keyword: Cake Recipe
Servings: 12 pieces
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