2 c Flour
1 1/3 c Sugar
4 ts Baking powder
1 1/2 ts Ground allspice
1 ts Baking soda
1 ts Ground cinnamon
1/2 ts Ground cloves
1 cn Tomato soup
1/2 c Shortening
2 Egg
1/4 c Water
Cream cheese frosting —
Optional
Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour two 8″ round cake pans. In
large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, allspice, baking
soda, cinnamon, cloves, soup, shortening, eggs and water. With mixer
at low speed, beat until well mixed, constantly scraping bowl with
spatual. At high speed, beat 4 minutes, occasionally scraping bowl.
Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake 35 to 40 minutes. Cool in pan
on wire rack 10 minutes. Carefully remove from pans; cool completely.
Frost with cream cheese frosting, if desired.
Yields
8 servings