Tomato Soup Spice Cake

Anyone remember the soap opera Passions. Grace Bennett always brought a Tomato Soup Cake to any celebration, while secretly everyone made fun about it behind her back. " Oh look Grace brought her famous Tomato Soup Cake, Thanks Grace!" I know it sounds gross. Anyhow, it's actually quite a delicious spice cake and I think you should try it. And who can forget the Martimmy created by a doll who turned into a boy and loved by Tabitha the witch. Try one to wash down the cake.

Tomato Soup Spice Cake
From: Campbell's Kitchen
Prep: 20 minutesBake: 40 minutesCool: 20 minutes
Serves: 12

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 teaspoons ground cloves

1 can (10 3/4 ounces) Campbell's® Condensed Tomato Soup

1/2 cup vegetable shortening

2 eggs

1/4 cup water

Cream Cheese Frosting

Directions:

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.

Martimmy

3 (12 fluid ounce) cans frozen lemonade concentrate (thawed or diluted)

1 (2 liter) bottle ginger ale

1 cup frozen orange juice (thawed or diluted)

1 quart cranberry juice cocktail

1 orange, thinly sliced

1 1/2 ounces rum or tequila has been recommended as the alcohol amount to be added. Although it's slightly sacrilegious, I actually use vodka, and usually a lot more than 1 ½ ounces.

Shake with ice and strain into a Martimmy glass.