Tomato Soup Cake

TOMATO SOUP CAKE http://www.thedailyrecipe.com

CAKE INGREDIENTS: 1/2 cup solid shortening 1 cup sugar 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can condensed tomato soup 1 1/4 cups chopped nuts (pecans or walnuts are good) 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup raisins 1 1/2 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg 2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground allspice 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

ICING INGREDIENTS: 3 ounces cream cheese 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup confectioners sugar 1/4 cup chopped nuts

DIRECTIONS: Preheat 375 degrees. Grease a 10-inch square cake pan. Cream shortening and sugar in a large bowl. Stir in tomato soup (undiluted) and then mix in soda, raisins, just 1 cup of the nuts, flour, baking powder and spices mixing well after each addition. Spread batter into prepared pan and bake for 45 minutes. When cake is done, remove it from oven and loosen edges with a knife. Let cool before frosting.

Icing... Place cream cheese in a small bowl and let it soften at room temperature. Add vanilla and sugar. Mix well. Spread icing on cooled cake. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup nuts and serve.

COOKING WITH HONEY:

Using honey in your cooking can be an asset. When baking any pastry a tablespoon of honey will keep your pastry fresh longer because honey is hygroscopic. This means that it draws moisture from the air, which keeps your pastries from drying out. Honey also enables you to reduce the liquid in your cooking. Reduce any liquid called for in your recipe by 1/4 for every cup of honey you use. Be careful though, honey can cause over-browning so be sure to reduce the temperature of your oven by 25 degrees.

To substitute honey for sugar try the following:

honey. Eventually, with experimentation, you can replace all of the sugar with honey.
 * Approximately 7/8 cup of honey is equal to 1 cup of sugar.
 * 1 12 oz. jar of honey equals a standard measuring cup.
 * Try substituting half of the sugar in your recipe with

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