Tomato Soup Spice Cake

 

I know you’re thinking tomato soup in a cake? Well, don’t worry, this cake is  nice and moist and the spices are sooo yummy! You can’t even tell that the soup is in it, so think of it as a way to get in a vegetable!

Tomato Soup Spice Cake

2 cups all-purpose flour (+1/4 cup for high altitude)

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 (10.75 ounce) can Campbell's Condensed Tomato Soup

1/2 cup vegetable shortening

2 eggs

1/4 cup water

Cream Cheese Frosting

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla

3~4 cups confectioners' sugar

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x13 pan with Pam. In a bowl whisk the flour, soda, baking powder, salt and spices. In a mixer beat the sugar and shortening for 3 minutes. Add the eggs and water and beat for 2 minutes. Add the tomato soup and beat, then add the dry ingredients and mix until just blended well, then beat for 1 minutes. Spoon into prepared pan. Bake for 40 minutes. Cool completely than frost.

Cream Cheese Frosting

In a mixer whip the cream cheese for 2 minutes. Beat in the milk and vanilla and beat for 1 minute. Beat in the confectioners sugar and whip for 3 minutes. Spread on cooled cake.

The Best Chocolate Cake

Sloan had a costume party for her birthday. A few of her friends came early and raided our costume box. Sloan is wearing my pink prom dress I made when I was 16.

Chauncey wore two of Sloan’s tutu’s and one of his favorite hats. We’re still not sure what he was suppose to be!

A couple of swim team friends came after the group picture.

I forgot to take a picture of the food table. We had a candy theme.

This is my daughter Jennie’s chocolate cake recipe, and it is the best and easiest chocolate cake ever! One of the things that make it so wonderful is the King Arthur Cocoa that I bought when I was in Maine.

The Best Chocolate Cake

1 1/2 cups cocoa powder*

3 cups flour

3 cups sugar

1 teaspoon soda

1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 1/2 teaspoon salt

3 eggs

1 1/2 cup buttermilk

1 1/2 cup hot water

3/4 cup oil

1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare two 8” round cake pans (or two 6” round pans and 24 cupcakes) with Baker’s Joy and parchment paper.

Sift cocoa, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into mixer bowl.

On low, stir in eggs, buttermilk, hot water, oil, and vanilla; beat until smooth, about 2 minutes, scraping bowl as necessary.

Pour into prepared pans and bake, rotating the pans once, 35-45 minutes. (Less for the cupcakes)

Remove cakes to a cooling rack and let cool in the pans for 15 minutes before unmolding.

When the cakes (and cupcakes) are completely cool, frost with icing.

The Best Frosting

1 cup butter, room temperature

1 teaspoon vanilla

Heavy Cream

6-8 cups Confectioners Sugar, sifted

In a mixer beat the butter and vanilla until fluffy. Add 3 cups of confectioners sugar and beat well, Add some cream and 2 more cups of confectioners sugar beating well, add more cream and more confectioners sugar until you have the desired consistency.

Frosted Banana Bars

I love finding a new way to use up leftover bananas. These bars mix up fast, and they are so moist and yummy!

Frosted Banana Bars

1/2 cup butter, room temperature

1 1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 cup sour cream

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 ripe bananas, mashed (1 cup)

2 cups flour, (I added 2 more tablespoons for high altitude)

1 teaspoon soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 15x10 baking pan with Pam. In a bowl whisk the flour, soda and salt.

In a mixer beat the sugar and butter. Add in the eggs, sour cream and vanilla. Mix well. Add the bananas and flour mixture and beat well. Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 20~25 minutes. Let cool.

Frosting

4  ounces cream cheese, room temperature

1/4 cup butter, room temperature

1 teaspoons vanilla

4 cups of powdered sugar, you might nee more

Whip the butter and cream cheese, mix in vanilla. Mix in powdered sugar, start with 2 cups and then add in more as needed. Frost bars.