Tomato Soup Spice Cake

Description
Soup, Tomato, Condensed, Canned by the US Department of Agriculture, public domain government resource—original source of recipe

Ingredients

 * 2 cups flour
 * 1⅓ cups sugar
 * 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon baking powder
 * 1 teaspoon baking soda
 * 1½ teaspoons ground allspice (optional)
 * 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
 * ½ teaspoon ground cloves (optional)
 * 1 can condensed tomato soup, undiluted
 * ½ cup margarine or butter, softened
 * 2 eggs
 * ¼ cup water

Directions

 * 1) Preheat oven to 350 °F.
 * 2) Grease and lightly flour 13” x 9” baking pan.
 * 3) In large bowl mix flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and spice.
 * 4) Add soup, margarine, eggs, and water.
 * 5) With mixer at low speed, beat until well mixed, constantly scraping side and bottom of bowl.
 * 6) At high speed, beat 4 minutes, occasionally scraping bowl.
 * 7) Pour into prepared pan.
 * 8) Bake 40 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
 * 9) Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes.
 * 10) Frost with cream cheese frosting.