Tomato Soup Spice Cake

One of my coworkers brought in a fantastic homemade chocolate cake in honor of our boss’s birthday today. The cake has a secret ingredient and my coworkers and I took some guesses at what I could be (sour cream, applesauce, mayo, tomato soup). After my tomato soup guess I got the side eyes from a few in the room. I was honestly shocked at the lack of awareness there was about Tomato Soup Spice Cake! So in honor of my coworkers I would like to share this recipe.

Please note: I am not making this at home. Our whole family is suffering from a nasty spring cold. I have enough energy at the end of the day to make dinner but dessert is out of the question! I have made this in the past. It’s been at least ten years since I made this cake but I still remember how good this cake is.

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 (optional)

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

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.  Frost with the Cream Cheese Frosting.

·         Cream Cheese Frosting: Beat 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened, 2 tablespoons milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a medium bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until the mixture is creamy.  Slowly beat in 1 package (16 ounces) confectioners' sugar until the frosting is desired consistency.

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