Tomato Soup Spice Cake

By littlefish

Bet you can guess the secret ingredient in this extra moist and rich spice cake - it's perfect with your favorite cream cheese frosting for the sweetest of endings!

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 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
• Cream Cheese Frosting

Preparation

Step 1

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.