Surprise Spice Cake Recipe

About the Cake

This recipe is for a depression era cake from Taste of Home. I picked this recipe mostly because the description of it says that tomatoe soup replaces some of the oil, which, frankly, sounds kind of gross.

Ingredients

There are surprisingly little...

  1. 1 package spice cake mix
  2. 1 can condensed tomatoe soup
  3. 3 large eggs
  4. 1/2 cup water
  5. 1 can of cream cheese frosting

Apparently in the Great Depression, you can't get oil, but you can get cream cheese frosting.

Data

Cook Times

Prep time: 15 minutes

Cook time: 30-33 minutes

Dietary Information (per slice)

Calories: 392

Fat: 16g

Carbs: 59g

Protien: 5g

Sugars: 42g

Tools

Mixing Bowls

Measuring Cups

Mixing Spoon

Cake Pan

Diet

This fits into the diet of those who are living in the Great Depression and those who LOVE tomatoe soup

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Mix together the soup, cake mix, eggs, and water

Beat the mixture on low for 30 seconds, then on medium for 2 minutes

Pour into your cake pan

Bake for 30ish minutes until a toothpick comes out clean

Let rest until cool and then frost

Other Information

According to user 06mary this is not a true depression recipe because "In 1930's there was no box cake mixes, not till 1948. I was looking for a 1930's recipe for cakes as I make from scratch. It does sound like it might be good though."

This recipe makes 12 servings