Tomato soup cake is an old style spice cake you’ll need to make repeatedly. It’s topped with a scrumptious brown sugar cream cheese frosting that takes this basic dessert from the Nineteen Fifties excessive.
❤️WHY WE LOVE IT
Old style tomato soup cake was first made fashionable within the Nineteen Fifties when it appeared on the again of a Campbell’s tomato soup can. Many might flip their nostril up on the considered tomato soup in a cake…. however belief me, it’s scrumptious!
It’s a home made spice cake, however the tomato soup provides a deep wealthy taste and a scrumptious moist texture. High it off with our home made brown sugar cream cheese frosting, and also you’ll be in heaven! If you happen to get pleasure from home made muffins, you could need to strive Apple Spice Sheet Cake, Red Velvet Cake, or Vanilla Wafer Cake.
🍴KEY INGREDIENTS
White granulated sugar-adds the sweetness.
Eggs-helps create texture and leveling
Unsalted butter, softened-I take advantage of unsalted as a result of the tomato soup does have salt in it.
Vanilla extract-adds great taste
Can of Campbell’s Tomato CONDENSED soup-this is what makes this cake particular. It provides unbelievable taste, texture, and a deep darkish coloring. Don’t dilute the can of soup with water.
All-purpose flour-it’s a should when make a cake
Baking soda and baking powder-leveling brokers
Cinnamon, Nutmeg, and Allspice-these spices carry a lot taste and work so properly collectively.
Pecans-love that refined nuttiness with the spices.
BROWN SUGAR CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
Cream cheese and butter-softned so it’s straightforward to mix.
Brown sugar-adds a daring and wealthy sweetness.
Powdered sugar-it’s a should!
Vanilla extract-adds a subtleness that’s wanted within the frosting.
SUBSTITUTES
You may definitely use walnuts on this cake or just depart the nuts out for those who don’t like them. I’m certain you may use a special model of tomato soup for those who like, however being that this was a recipe on the Campbell’s tomato soup can, I at all times use Campbell’s soup.
🥣KEY EQUIPMENT
(2) 9 inch cake pans
Mixing bowl
Electrical mixer
🎂HOW TO MAKE
PREPARATIONS
To organize to bake this cake, ensure that your cream cheese and butter are softened and your cake pans are greased for baking. Preheat your oven to 350 levels.
COOKING
Step 1: In a bowl, mix softened butter and sugar with a mixer till creamy.
Step 2: Add eggs one by one and proceed to combine, then add in vanilla extract.
Step 3: Add tomato soup and blend till it’s mixed, don’t over-mix your batter.
Step 4: In a separate bowl, whisk collectively (minus pecans) all dry substances.
Step 5: Progressively add the dry substances to the moist substances, mixing till mixed, however once more, don’t over-mix.
Step 6: Pour into two greased 9-inch cake pans and cook dinner for 25 minutes or till the middle is finished (take a look at by inserting a toothpick within the center, it ought to come out clear).
Step 7: As soon as the cake has cooled fully, you may frost it.
HOW TO MAKE THE FROSTING:
Merely combine all frosting substances along with a mixer after which frost cake.
⭐PRO TIP
This frosting recipe will frost your entire cake. As you may see from the images, we solely frosted the layers of this cake so it could present the darkish colour of the cake. We additionally sprinkled crushed pecans on the highest of the cake. Bear in mind that you’re utilizing CONDENSED tomato soup and don’t dilute it with water.
RECIPE VARIATIONS
You could possibly do that cake with our nutmeg frosting and even our sour cream frosting.
❓FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Nope! You’d do not know if I made this cake for you and didn’t inform you it was made with tomato soup. The soup provides an exquisite texture in addition to colour to this cake. It additionally helps improve the spices, delivering a wealthy spice cake we expect you’ll love.
Certain, you will have to regulate the baking time a bit, however simply watch it. The frosting recipe ought to frost a 9X13 with no points.
STORING AND REHEATING
This cake might be saved within the fridge or a countertop in an hermetic container for 3-4 days. I truthfully suppose this cake will get higher when it sits for a day, so it’s a fantastic dessert to make prematurely.
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This basic cake is one my household has loved for MANY generations.
SERVING SIZE
This cake makes about 10 servings relying on the dimensions you slice the cake. It’s scrumptious and by no means final lengthy.
OLD-FASHIONED TOMATO SOUP CAKE
That is an quaint recipe from the Nineteen Fifties. If you happen to like spice muffins, you are gonna love this one!
- 1 cup of white granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup of butter softened
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 1 10.75 ounce can of Campbell’s CONDENSED tomato soup – undiluted
- 1 3/4 cup of all goal flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
- 1 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon of allspice
- 1 cup of chopped pecans
Frosting Substances
- 8 ounces of cream cheese
- 1/2 cup of butter softened
- 1/2 cup of brown sugar
- 2 cups of powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
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In a bowl, mix softened butter and sugar with a mixer till creamy.
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Add eggs one by one and proceed to combine, then add in vanilla extract.
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Add tomato soup and blend till it’s mixed, don’t over-mix your batter.
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In a separate bowl, whisk collectively (minus pecans) all dry substances.
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Progressively add the dry substances to the moist substances, mixing till mixed, however once more, don’t over-mix.
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Pour into two greased 9-inch cake pans and cook dinner for 25 minutes or till the middle is finished (take a look at by inserting a toothpick within the center, it ought to come out clear).
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As soon as the cake has cooled fully, then you may frost it.
HOW TO MAKE BROWN SUGAR CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
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