My Mom made & taught me several recipes using soup. I still make them & have added a few more. My Dad liked them all especially if it had tomato soup in it (but NOT on meatloaf). He loved this cake. How I miss him (he too had Alzheimer's). Happy Father's Day Dad. Laci, thanks for the memories! See you on the 20th.
My Gram had a recipe for this cake in her recipe box, though I don't remember her baking it for us in my 50's childhood. Her recipe was dated in the late 40's, and clearly was a product of the war time, when food stuff was rationed. Her recipe was much more austere than the Campbells recipe you have. Being a farm wife, however, she had eggs, milk and butter, fruit from her trees, and all her garden veges in plenty, so she must have liked the recipe she had included in her box. Watching the inclusion of FIVE egg yolks AND 1/2 cup of oil in your recipe adventure, it's no wonder that was a dense cake! Since tomatoes are a fruit, it makes sense to me to use them in a cake recipe, but I think more spices would help it out in a cake. Love watching your vintage baking adventures, keep 'em coming!
Laci, my Mother started making this for my Father in the late 1950’s. It was his favorite. He also loved nuts, so my mother added roughly chopped walnuts. This cake does take a little longer to bake than most but, if you like a spice cake this is a moist enjoyable choice.
Laci, I think maybe the icing was thin because of the milk I fix mine with just cream cheese and powdered sugar it turns out great for spreading on my cakes and it tastes Great. I do sometimes put in half tsp of pure vanilla extract.🍁
My father's favorite birthday cake made in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980's was Tomato Soup cake made with buttercream frosting! It tasted just like a spice cake and if no one was aware it was made with tomato soup, they would be none the wiser.
This seems like a “if you don’t know what’s in it” type thing. Maybe if someone else had made it and offered you might not have the brain stuck on TOMATO SOUP! 😂 Thanks for trying it out - love your videos 💜
My mother always made it when we weren't around so it was years before we found out it had Tomato soup. Adding raisins balances out the spices. It's delicious
Love this look at cooking with soup recipes, it's so 1950's and you look like the magazine and tv ads I remember from back then. When I married my husband in 1976 we were at his parents place for dinner. His mom loved to cook and had lots of cook books . I was looking through her collection of cook books and found a thin paper back book put out by the 7up company with recipes using 7up. Yes 7up believe it or not. So I looked through it for fun to see what could be made and the only recipe I can remember was one using 7up instead of water to make rice. Simple enough for me so I did try it and I actually liked it. It gave the rice a lemon lime sweet flavor and was quite good. I think every company back then must have tried to come up with recipes so they could sell more of their products.
@@LaciFayTheVintageGirlNextDoor Ok, I had to write you again to show you that I looked on you tube to see if anyone has seen the vintage 7up cookbook and I actually found it here if you are interested ua-cam.com/video/K7Uq4enwnYc/v-deo.html
Well hey, if the "Finest French haute cuisine" chefs uses tomatoes as a desert dish... Also there may be different ingredients in the modern soup than the soup in the 50s. So the taste may have been altered from how it may have should have tasted.
My mother made Tomato Soup Cake when we were kids back in the 70s. It was one of my favs. She always added about 1-cup of raisins. The recipe she had was baked in loaf pans, and you would slice it like banana bread. She fed it to us numerous times before letting us know it had tomato soup in it. lol. Those of you wondering. It has a pumpkin pie / pumpkin cake flavor to it.
Lacy, I must say I got FAR more enjoyment in watching you make this video than I ever did owning that cookbook. I about died when you said "Better Luck Next Time" Brown ribbon!!! I think you should shoot for the blue ribbon and try another recipe :P ! I LOVE watching your vintage cooking videos! Much love from Maryland!
My 90 year old grandmother recently made this cake without telling us about the soup. I love tomato soup but the cake is a hard pass. Thanks for sharing. You look beautiful as always.
"I don't hate it". LOL I love tomato soup, but in a cake- umm, no thank you. After my sister passed away, I bought my brother-in-law a cookbook titled, "A Can, A Man and A Plan". It was all recipes of doctoring up canned soups and such- like serving over rice. He found it very useful. There were no dessert recipes, I don't think. It is always fun cooking and baking with you.
Hi, sweet Laci!! That Johnny Cash is always a scene stealer!! I love my Willoughby's voice, although I only seem to hear it in the kitchen...🤔 Coincidence?😆
ive actually made this before - i was at a friends house and we found an old cookbook i wasnt too fond of the cake, but we really screwed up the 'fold in gently' part, so the texture was off "Think we can just pour it in and use the mixer?" "Yeah, sounds good." we also made Swedish meatballs (slightly modified to suit the ingredients in the house) and a fruit salad with... cream cheese? i think? it was fluffy and pretty good
It's my 1st time here. I love the 50s theme. I've had tomato soup cake since I was a kid. My grandmother made it so had my mother. Cream cheese frosting is the best on it.
My hometown in Arkansas has a tomato festival every June. It was cancelled last year and this year I don't know if they had the All Tomato Luncheon, but when I was growing up, the All Tomato Luncheon was just that....everything on the menu had a tomato product in it or on it. The dessert was usually a chocolate sheet cake with tomato sauce or soup in it. You can not taste the tomato. I have noticed that old recipes canned amounts had more in them than what they have now. Who is going to eat the rest of that cake?
I grew up with tomato soup cake as an option in our dessert rotation. Our recipe didn't have the chiffon part. I have 8 brothers and sisters, and we all LOVED tomato soup cake with chocolate frosting! My younger sister once used a Tblspn of WHOLE CLOVES by mistake. That was in the 1970s, and was the first cake that was ever thrown out! Have you tried a chocolate sauerkraut cake? It's very moist and DELICIOUS, and has no flavor of sauerkraut. The sauerkraut gives it the texture of coconut in a cake!!!
I have made a tomato soup cake a month ago when our library had a "cake" recipe swap night. My thoughts were same as yours, not all that bad, very dense, frosting was good with it & i would probably not make it again.
The tomato soup only really works with a strong flavored cake. like chocolate and spice cakes. And when you think about it a tomato is botanically a fruit :) 🥰🥰💐🌱🌿🌷🌼🌻🌞🌵🏜️💞💗🥰💐🌱🌿🌷🌼🌻🌞🌵🏜️💞💗🥰💐🌱🌿🌷🌼🌻🌞🌵🏜️💞💗💐🌱🌿🌷🌼🌻🌞🌵🏜️💞💗 October 1940 The Tomato Soup Spice Cake first appeared in an undated cookbook from approximately the late 1920's or early 1930's, but our first official records begin in October 1940 with the development of a recipe called Steamed Fruit & Nut Pudding.Jan 5, 2015
Love tomato soup cake! I had a coworker previously tell me about it and I thought he was crazy so of course I had to try it 😂 I was shocked how good it was and honestly am wanting to make it again since it’s been a while. On another note I found a vintage Campbells Soup cookbook different from the one in the video and have really been wanting to try some stuff out in there. So glad you did this! 😊💖🍅
If anyone is considering the Hello Fresh, I promise it’s amazing!! I did about 4 weeks with a promo deal. Then it got a bit too expensive for me. But it’s been so nice to save the recipes.
My Mother always made me a Tomato Soup cake with cream cheese frosting for my birthday. It was a heavy cake, but I thought it was delicious. I still have her recipe (hand-written) I don't know where she got it from. I still make it from time to time.
I love your channel, Laci. My grandmother, Patsy, just passed away last month. She also had dementia. Thank you for supporting a great cause and continuing to create wonderful content! I'm sure Dorothy was a lovely woman.
My mom used to make tomato jam. It sounds weird, but it's really tasty and very good topped on a bagel with cream cheese so not too too far off from your cake. Johnny Cash approved? Well, maybe not. Does Johnny Cash love is mommy? Yep. Is Laci a little tomato? For sure.
It's basically a banana bread where they wanted to sell cans of soup so they told people to put their soup instead of banana in it. Not something you would make except for the novelty of it or as an acquired taste pretty much. But it is definitely one of those bizarre Frankenstein cookbook recipes from the 50s where they were just trying to move more of their product beyond what people would normally buy, so they came up with cockamamie and often quite cursed recipes for them.
Laci ‼️ I have those exact dinner plates ‼️ I stopped in a thrift store about 5 years ago, and there sat 4 of those DARLING vintage plates. I GRABBED them up at .99 each. I'd LOVE to have the whole set of dinnerware ❤️ This cake recipe looks good. I love when you make vintage recipes.
Girl!! You haven’t lived if you haven’t cooked pork chops with Campbells mushroom soup, there are chicken, hamburger steak and the pork chops cooked with the cream of mushroom soup! Sooooo good!
My mother used to make this recipe for us! It sounds a little crazy but it's really tasty! It wasn't dry and the spices did make it tasty! Oh she used to make that chocolate mayonnaise cake too!
Ever since you posted the chocolate mayonnaise cake, I have been looking for different 1950s recipes because my family fell in love with the cake! The tomato soup cake is my next step and I'm sure that my family will love it too. Thank you for doing what you are doing!
I use to have a Soup Cookbook from Aylmers Soup..it's so much better than Campbells. Use Golden Raisins with a little hot water to plump them up. Ground Cloves is the base flavour. Applesauce..Mayonaise..Vinegar & oil would be used for Eggless cakes..Substitutions came about because of Wartime. Things weren't always available and/or were rationed . Frosting could be made using syrup.
I've made a tomato soup cake in the past and it was weird! I'd do it again but I'd experiment -> firstly would want a cake that relies more on baking powder + soda to both lift the cake and to neutralize the acid of the tomato. Second, would probably make it a chocolate cake, to 'hide' the tomato in it; or amp up the spices ; or make it carrot/zucchini/tomato cake; or frankly make it not a cake at all - make biscuits instead for a savoury flavour profile (but if you aren't a fan of tomato soup, none save the "chocolate cake" method will 'rescue' this for you).
LOL I've been wondering about the Tomato Soup Cake! I saw this guy on Tik Tok do it and love it, so I was VERY curious when I saw this video. I may need to try it myself just to see how it turns out! I asked my mom who grew up in the 50s if she'd ever had any, and she made a disgusted face and said she'd never even heard of such a thing. Oh well? We'll see how mine turns out when I get around to it! :D
my ma would make a tomato soup cake too....she made hers from (tin) can or she would make it from the tomatos she and my nana would can for themselfs out of our garden. my ma and nana canned catch up, tomato soup, pasta sauce, v8 juice... i knew every time my ma would make it from a tin can because i could taste the tin....out of the garden tomato soup...WOW...yummy
Bless your heart for doing the livestream on Sunday for Alzheimer's. My mother passed from it years ago. I think I would rather have any other disease. I totally appreciate you and thank you for doing this. Have a lovely day. Blessings-Judith 🎵🎭
I have my mother's same Campbell's cookbook and have made this cake but I did not use the recipe from the cookbook. I use a different recipe which adds raisins and it is much better and yummy!
I have never had tomato soup cake, but i have had vinegar cake. I go to a little cafe that uses recipes from 1940's Britain. One of the cakes was made with vinegar instead of eggs (due to rationing of eggs in the war, a lot of recipes were modified). It was actually really nice, and you couldn't taste the vinegar.
I don’t think I’d enjoy that cake either, Laci. Seeing you make this recipe reminded me of other inventive recipes found in 50’s and ‘60’s cookbooks. Two fun ones are Ritz Cracker Pie/Mock Apple Pie (folks claim that it looks and tastes like apple pie) and Impossible Pie. I’ve made Impossible Pie and it’s really neat. All of the ingredients are mixed together, the mixture is poured into a pie pan (no crust!) and it forms its own bottom crust (flour in the mixture settles to the bottom)and also a top crust (coconut floats to the top and browns). The center is like a baked vanilla custard.
I find it interesting that the tomato soup isn’t as thick as it used to be. At one time the soup would come out in 1 piece not a liquid. I’m going to have to try this cake. I always add more cinnamon to recipes. You can always add in nutmeg too. I’ll use my bundt pan
Hi Laci. I’ve just ordered a 10” tube pan online so I can try this recipe !!!! A tip to make folding in egg whites easier (no, not cheese, David 🤣 ) is to add a dollop of the beaten egg whites into the batter (I usually add a whisk-full) and stir it through to lighten the batter texture. You can then create chiffon magic with lots of extra lift, and make it much easier to incorporate the lightened batter. As always, I adore all of your videos, and am jealous of your kitchen 🤩
Taste of Home has a carrot cake recipe called Moist Carrot Cake that calls for a can of tomato soup. It is wonderful and no one ever can tell it has tomato soup in it.
I have the same cookbook - it was a present for my mom’s 13th birthday from her grandparents. The only recipe that she (and I) ever used from it is the “old fashioned meat loaf” on page 31. Clearly a family favorite, since someone long ago had outlined it with a highlighter and the book opens directly to that page every time I take it off the shelf. I am encouraged by your bravery in testing this one - I *may* try it myself now that you have, and lived to tell the tale - but in fairness to the folks at Campbell’s, the meat loaf recipe is quite good so I can vouch for that at least. If you don’t like tomato soup for it, you can use cream of mushroom or something similar.
I'd be willing to try this. My auntie made a pork and beans cake before, and it was actually really good: tasted like spice cake. I guess those spices help mellow out the unusual savory notes. 🤔
Hi Laci, a happy hello from me in Melbourne, Australia. I have been enjoying your great, fun, and enthusiastic presentations. I love all the pretty items you present. I was born in the late 50's and I love the style and aesthetics of the era. We have many Campbells soup flavours here in Melbourne too. Cheers and best wishes from Doris 🙂
You should do a video where you try to make some of the weirdest and grossest sounds recipes from these books, just for fun 😋 especially if it’s a jello mold haha
I've been making tomato soup cake in the form of a quick bread for years. My version has cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, raisins, and nuts. It's more like a spice cake and quite good :-)
@@LaciFayTheVintageGirlNextDoor I have not tried a tomato soup cake. I'm a pretty picky eater and judging by your facial expressions while making the cake and after trying it, I think I'll pass on trying the tomato soup cake. 😂😂😂 Great video! 🙂
tomatoes are actually a fruit and they are part of the nightshade family the tops of the tomatoes are said to hold the poison, people way back in the past thought all of the plant including the fruit was poisonous but lode in behold it was not, you can even make icecream out of the fruit. Sweet 100's are sweet there even black tomatoes they are a really dark purple.....
I don't know how I missed this video, but your expressions on your face when you were reading the cookbook descriptions, it was so funny! You looked genuinely scared! The cake looked good, though.
Laci, you are a brave one…tomato soup cake. I first heard of this from a character on Passions, a soap opera I used to watch. I thought she was joking but it was the characters “thing” to make. I love tomato soup but I don’t know about this. 😬 😂 A better luck next time brown ribbon sounds about right for this.
My Mom made & taught me several recipes using soup. I still make them & have added a few more. My Dad liked them all especially if it had tomato soup in it (but NOT on meatloaf). He loved this cake. How I miss him (he too had Alzheimer's). Happy Father's Day Dad. Laci, thanks for the memories! See you on the 20th.
My Gram had a recipe for this cake in her recipe box, though I don't remember her baking it for us in my 50's childhood. Her recipe was dated in the late 40's, and clearly was a product of the war time, when food stuff was rationed. Her recipe was much more austere than the Campbells recipe you have. Being a farm wife, however, she had eggs, milk and butter, fruit from her trees, and all her garden veges in plenty, so she must have liked the recipe she had included in her box. Watching the inclusion of FIVE egg yolks AND 1/2 cup of oil in your recipe adventure, it's no wonder that was a dense cake! Since tomatoes are a fruit, it makes sense to me to use them in a cake recipe, but I think more spices would help it out in a cake. Love watching your vintage baking adventures, keep 'em coming!
"Hold my ladle" 🤣 I love your vintage cooking experiments!
Haha thank you!!
I own that cookbook! I'm a collector of old cookbooks and enjoy reading through them. They bring back back so many joyous memories.
Oh nice! Do you have any favorite recipes from it?
I love seeing you do these older recipes! I'd love to see more sides and mains too! I've not had much luck hunting vintage cookbooks locally
I’ll put some of those on the list to make for sure!
@@LaciFayTheVintageGirlNextDoor yay! I can't wait ♡
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Laci, my Mother started making this for my Father in the late 1950’s. It was his favorite. He also loved nuts, so my mother added roughly chopped walnuts. This cake does take a little longer to bake than most but, if you like a spice cake this is a moist enjoyable choice.
Oh that’s awesome. I do think it would be good with some nuts or raisins added in.
Wow adding nuts sounds really good
Laci, I think maybe the icing was thin because of the milk I fix mine with just cream cheese and powdered sugar it turns out great for spreading on my cakes and it tastes Great. I do sometimes put in half tsp of pure vanilla extract.🍁
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My father's favorite birthday cake made in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980's was Tomato Soup cake made with buttercream frosting! It tasted just like a spice cake and if no one was aware it was made with tomato soup, they would be none the wiser.
Oh that’s awesome!
Yes, it was. I "scratched my head" at first when my Mother first mentioned it but I enjoyed eating it. Love your Vintage channel!
Isn't that amazing! Thanks for sharing.
Blue ribbon award, huh? Seems more like a "she's got a great personality" kind of cake to me. lol!
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This seems like a “if you don’t know what’s in it” type thing. Maybe if someone else had made it and offered you might not have the brain stuck on TOMATO SOUP! 😂
Thanks for trying it out - love your videos 💜
That is a possibility for sure! Thank you!
Same here, don't tell me there is tomato soup in it or worse yet for me mayonnaise. I hate the stuff and just the word turns my stomach.
My mother always made it when we weren't around so it was years before we found out it had Tomato soup. Adding raisins balances out the spices. It's delicious
Was that a "Schitt's Creek" reference? "Just fold in the cheese." 😁
Yes!! Haha I love that show.
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I love seeing you cook vintage recipes. I don’t think I’ll be baking this one though😜
So glad you enjoy them!
What does fold it in mean? ‘I can’t tell you everything, David.’ Well could you tell me ONE thing?
Love this look at cooking with soup recipes, it's so 1950's and you look like the magazine and tv ads I remember from back then. When I married my husband in 1976 we were at his parents place for dinner. His mom loved to cook and had lots of cook books . I was looking through her collection of cook books and found a thin paper back book put out by the 7up company with recipes using 7up. Yes 7up believe it or not. So I looked through it for fun to see what could be made and the only recipe I can remember was one using 7up instead of water to make rice. Simple enough for me so I did try it and I actually liked it. It gave the rice a lemon lime sweet flavor and was quite good. I think every company back then must have tried to come up with recipes so they could sell more of their products.
Oh that sounds like a fun little book!
@@LaciFayTheVintageGirlNextDoor It was!
@@LaciFayTheVintageGirlNextDoor Ok, I had to write you again to show you that I looked on you tube to see if anyone has seen the vintage 7up cookbook and I actually found it here if you are interested ua-cam.com/video/K7Uq4enwnYc/v-deo.html
Well hey, if the "Finest French haute cuisine" chefs uses tomatoes as a desert dish...
Also there may be different ingredients in the modern soup than the soup in the 50s. So the taste may have been altered from how it may have should have tasted.
"Hold my ladle" is the best thing I've heard today 🤣🤣! Never heard of a tomato soup before. I feel I would be conflicted as well. Lol.
Hahaha yes!!!
My mother made Tomato Soup Cake when we were kids back in the 70s. It was one of my favs. She always added about 1-cup of raisins. The recipe she had was baked in loaf pans, and you would slice it like banana bread. She fed it to us numerous times before letting us know it had tomato soup in it. lol. Those of you wondering. It has a pumpkin pie / pumpkin cake flavor to it.
Lacy, I must say I got FAR more enjoyment in watching you make this video than I ever did owning that cookbook. I about died when you said "Better Luck Next Time" Brown ribbon!!! I think you should shoot for the blue ribbon and try another recipe :P ! I LOVE watching your vintage cooking videos! Much love from Maryland!
Haha yay! So glad you enjoyed! I will have to try some more of these recipes for sure.
My 90 year old grandmother recently made this cake without telling us about the soup. I love tomato soup but the cake is a hard pass. Thanks for sharing. You look beautiful as always.
"I don't hate it". LOL I love tomato soup, but in a cake- umm, no thank you. After my sister passed away, I bought my brother-in-law a cookbook titled, "A Can, A Man and A Plan". It was all recipes of doctoring up canned soups and such- like serving over rice. He found it very useful. There were no dessert recipes, I don't think. It is always fun cooking and baking with you.
Hi, sweet Laci!! That Johnny Cash is always a scene stealer!! I love my Willoughby's voice, although I only seem to hear it in the kitchen...🤔 Coincidence?😆
Hi!! Haha yes he is for sure.
ive actually made this before - i was at a friends house and we found an old cookbook
i wasnt too fond of the cake, but we really screwed up the 'fold in gently' part, so the texture was off "Think we can just pour it in and use the mixer?" "Yeah, sounds good."
we also made Swedish meatballs (slightly modified to suit the ingredients in the house) and a fruit salad with... cream cheese? i think? it was fluffy and pretty good
Ohhh I love tomato soup cake! It’s one of my grandmas passed down recipes. Using cake flour makes it not so dense ;)
It's my 1st time here. I love the 50s theme. I've had tomato soup cake since I was a kid. My grandmother made it so had my mother. Cream cheese frosting is the best on it.
My hometown in Arkansas has a tomato festival every June. It was cancelled last year and this year I don't know if they had the All Tomato Luncheon, but when I was growing up, the All Tomato Luncheon was just that....everything on the menu had a tomato product in it or on it. The dessert was usually a chocolate sheet cake with tomato sauce or soup in it. You can not taste the tomato. I have noticed that old recipes canned amounts had more in them than what they have now. Who is going to eat the rest of that cake?
Oh that sounds like a fun festival! Hmm I wonder if chocolate tomato cake would be better?
I grew up with tomato soup cake as an option in our dessert rotation. Our recipe didn't have the chiffon part. I have 8 brothers and sisters, and we all LOVED tomato soup cake with chocolate frosting! My younger sister once used a Tblspn of WHOLE CLOVES by mistake. That was in the 1970s, and was the first cake that was ever thrown out!
Have you tried a chocolate sauerkraut cake? It's very moist and DELICIOUS, and has no flavor of sauerkraut. The sauerkraut gives it the texture of coconut in a cake!!!
I grew up with that. My mom used to put raisins in it. I loved it!
I have made a tomato soup cake a month ago when our library had a "cake" recipe swap night. My thoughts were same as yours, not all that bad, very dense, frosting was good with it & i would probably not make it again.
The tomato soup only really works with a strong flavored cake. like chocolate and spice cakes. And when you think about it a tomato is botanically a fruit :) 🥰🥰💐🌱🌿🌷🌼🌻🌞🌵🏜️💞💗🥰💐🌱🌿🌷🌼🌻🌞🌵🏜️💞💗🥰💐🌱🌿🌷🌼🌻🌞🌵🏜️💞💗💐🌱🌿🌷🌼🌻🌞🌵🏜️💞💗 October 1940
The Tomato Soup Spice Cake first appeared in an undated cookbook from approximately the late 1920's or early 1930's, but our first official records begin in October 1940 with the development of a recipe called Steamed Fruit & Nut Pudding.Jan 5, 2015
Never heard of a tomato soup cake! Hello to Johnny Cash ♥️
Johnny Cash says hi!
Love tomato soup cake! I had a coworker previously tell me about it and I thought he was crazy so of course I had to try it 😂
I was shocked how good it was and honestly am wanting to make it again since it’s been a while.
On another note I found a vintage Campbells Soup cookbook different from the one in the video and have really been wanting to try some stuff out in there. So glad you did this! 😊💖🍅
If anyone is considering the Hello Fresh, I promise it’s amazing!! I did about 4 weeks with a promo deal. Then it got a bit too expensive for me. But it’s been so nice to save the recipes.
Try their sister company Everyplate, it's a little cheaper.
Thank you Laci. I do love a nice tomato cake and my mother gave my sister and I copies ,originals, when we were young mothers. Memories. Ty.
My Mother always made me a Tomato Soup cake with cream cheese frosting for my birthday. It was a heavy cake, but I thought it was delicious. I still have her recipe (hand-written) I don't know where she got it from. I still make it from time to time.
Simply fabulous!!!!!! It was this cake that made me want to start a UA-cam channel!!!!!!!
I love your channel, Laci. My grandmother, Patsy, just passed away last month. She also had dementia. Thank you for supporting a great cause and continuing to create wonderful content! I'm sure Dorothy was a lovely woman.
There’s just some things you don’t bake cake with,lol!
You would think so huh?! Haha
My mom used to make tomato jam. It sounds weird, but it's really tasty and very good topped on a bagel with cream cheese so not too too far off from your cake. Johnny Cash approved? Well, maybe not. Does Johnny Cash love is mommy? Yep. Is Laci a little tomato? For sure.
It's basically a banana bread where they wanted to sell cans of soup so they told people to put their soup instead of banana in it. Not something you would make except for the novelty of it or as an acquired taste pretty much. But it is definitely one of those bizarre Frankenstein cookbook recipes from the 50s where they were just trying to move more of their product beyond what people would normally buy, so they came up with cockamamie and often quite cursed recipes for them.
Laci ‼️ I have those exact dinner plates ‼️ I stopped in a thrift store about 5 years ago, and there sat 4 of those DARLING vintage plates. I GRABBED them up at .99 each. I'd LOVE to have the whole set of dinnerware ❤️
This cake recipe looks good. I love when you make vintage recipes.
Girl!! You haven’t lived if you haven’t cooked pork chops with Campbells mushroom soup, there are chicken, hamburger steak and the pork chops cooked with the cream of mushroom soup! Sooooo good!
That does sound good! Maybe I’ll see if there’s a similar recipe in the book!
I Just Couldn’t, knowing it has Tomatoe Soup in it.
I remember Ladies making these years ago.
My mother used to make this recipe for us! It sounds a little crazy but it's really tasty! It wasn't dry and the spices did make it tasty! Oh she used to make that chocolate mayonnaise cake too!
Ever since you posted the chocolate mayonnaise cake, I have been looking for different 1950s recipes because my family fell in love with the cake! The tomato soup cake is my next step and I'm sure that my family will love it too. Thank you for doing what you are doing!
Oh nice!! That’s awesome. Let me know how it goes.
@@LaciFayTheVintageGirlNextDoor Yep. This one's going in the cookbook.
Loved it! Johnny Cash is a honeybunny! Blessings!
Ahh yay! He is a babe for sure. Thank you!!
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I use to have a Soup Cookbook from Aylmers Soup..it's so much better than Campbells. Use Golden Raisins with a little hot water to plump them up. Ground Cloves is the base flavour.
Applesauce..Mayonaise..Vinegar & oil would be used for Eggless cakes..Substitutions came about because of Wartime. Things weren't always available and/or were rationed . Frosting could be made using syrup.
Cream cheese with powdered icing sugar , vanilla and pinch of salt on tomatoe soup cake. Don't put on if it's warm.Let the cake be cooled.
I've made a tomato soup cake in the past and it was weird! I'd do it again but I'd experiment -> firstly would want a cake that relies more on baking powder + soda to both lift the cake and to neutralize the acid of the tomato. Second, would probably make it a chocolate cake, to 'hide' the tomato in it; or amp up the spices ; or make it carrot/zucchini/tomato cake; or frankly make it not a cake at all - make biscuits instead for a savoury flavour profile (but if you aren't a fan of tomato soup, none save the "chocolate cake" method will 'rescue' this for you).
Oh my gosh! My Grandmother used to make this for us kids. Completely forgot about it.
LOL I've been wondering about the Tomato Soup Cake! I saw this guy on Tik Tok do it and love it, so I was VERY curious when I saw this video. I may need to try it myself just to see how it turns out! I asked my mom who grew up in the 50s if she'd ever had any, and she made a disgusted face and said she'd never even heard of such a thing. Oh well? We'll see how mine turns out when I get around to it! :D
my ma would make a tomato soup cake too....she made hers from (tin) can or she would make it from the tomatos she and my nana would can for themselfs out of our garden. my ma and nana canned catch up, tomato soup, pasta sauce, v8 juice... i knew every time my ma would make it from a tin can because i could taste the tin....out of the garden tomato soup...WOW...yummy
I love your cat Johnny Cash so much he's such a talker.
He’s a babe for sure.
Bless your heart for doing the livestream on Sunday for Alzheimer's. My mother passed from it years ago. I think I would rather have any other disease. I totally appreciate you and thank you for doing this. Have a lovely day. Blessings-Judith 🎵🎭
Oh I’m so sorry to hear about your mother. Thank you!
I have my mother's same Campbell's cookbook and have made this cake but I did not use the recipe from the cookbook. I use a different recipe which adds raisins and it is much better and yummy!
What? Two Laci Fay videos in a week? I'm diggin' it.
I love your vintage cooking videos. Thank you.
I love tomato soup so maybe I would like it! Thanks for sharing this! I love watching your facial expressions!
Oh dear, I don’t think I could do a cake with tomato soup 😳 enjoy your videos! You seem so sweet and genuine!
Thank you so much Laci for sharing your videos. You always brighten my day and leave me laughing. Hope you have a blessed weekend ❤️
Ahh thanks so much. That makes me so happy to hear!
I have never had tomato soup cake, but i have had vinegar cake. I go to a little cafe that uses recipes from 1940's Britain. One of the cakes was made with vinegar instead of eggs (due to rationing of eggs in the war, a lot of recipes were modified). It was actually really nice, and you couldn't taste the vinegar.
What is that beautiful blue paint color in your divine kitchen. Stupendous! The cake looks delicious!
I don’t think I’d enjoy that cake either, Laci. Seeing you make this recipe reminded me of other inventive recipes found in 50’s and ‘60’s cookbooks. Two fun ones are Ritz Cracker Pie/Mock Apple Pie (folks claim that it looks and tastes like apple pie) and Impossible Pie. I’ve made Impossible Pie and it’s really neat. All of the ingredients are mixed together, the mixture is poured into a pie pan (no crust!) and it forms its own bottom crust (flour in the mixture settles to the bottom)and also a top crust (coconut floats to the top and browns). The center is like a baked vanilla custard.
Oh yes! I’ve heard of the mock apple pie. That would be a fun one to try for sure.
I'll give your props. I couldn't do it, I don't like tomato soup. Great job
Your faces throughout this one were cracking me up. The skepticism was on full display. 😂
I have the same book! I got it while looking for treasures. I will definitely have to give the recipe a try ☺️👍. Enjoyed the video!
Late to the party but my Mom use to make this cake. We loved it. Btw, she wouldn’t tell us what it was until we tasted.
I find it interesting that the tomato soup isn’t as thick as it used to be. At one time the soup would come out in 1 piece not a liquid. I’m going to have to try this cake. I always add more cinnamon to recipes. You can always add in nutmeg too. I’ll use my bundt pan
They use high fructose corn syrup instead of sugar too. Doesn't taste as good as when I was a kid.
Thanks Laci…I think I’ll pass on this recipe though.😅❤️😀
That’s fair! Haha
Old cookbooks are the best!! Love the illustrations.
Hi Laci. I’ve just ordered a 10” tube pan online so I can try this recipe !!!! A tip to make folding in egg whites easier (no, not cheese, David 🤣 ) is to add a dollop of the beaten egg whites into the batter (I usually add a whisk-full) and stir it through to lighten the batter texture. You can then create chiffon magic with lots of extra lift, and make it much easier to incorporate the lightened batter.
As always, I adore all of your videos, and am jealous of your kitchen 🤩
Taste of Home has a carrot cake recipe called Moist Carrot Cake that calls for a can of tomato soup. It is wonderful and no one ever can tell it has tomato soup in it.
Never tried it, and don’t want to! Hello Fresh sounds good though. Thanks for testing for us💜💜👏🥰
My friends mom did cookies with a tomato's paste or sause. I really liked those cookies. Tried to replycate and couldnt. 😁
Laci, you are too Funny! Cake looks Delicious! Have a Great day My Friend ♥️ MY day is always after watching your videos!
Haha thank you!! Ahh I’m so happy to hear that.
Enjoyed it, thank you Laci.
I like tomato soup..with grill cheese sandwiches, is it my favorite? No, but, I’m not sure I would eat a cake with it in it!😂 Love your videos!🌸🌺
Haha definitely goes better with grilled cheese. Thank you!!
Hello laci!
I'm from Brazil, and I love watching your videos.
Two videos in one week!!!! Wahooo Just what I needed!
Yes! Ahh yay. I’m so glad.
You have the nicest way of saying this is not good. Hahaha. 💜💜💜 Will be joining you for the longest day. I lost my Grandma Eleanor to Alzheimer.
I have the same cookbook - it was a present for my mom’s 13th birthday from her grandparents. The only recipe that she (and I) ever used from it is the “old fashioned meat loaf” on page 31. Clearly a family favorite, since someone long ago had outlined it with a highlighter and the book opens directly to that page every time I take it off the shelf. I am encouraged by your bravery in testing this one - I *may* try it myself now that you have, and lived to tell the tale - but in fairness to the folks at Campbell’s, the meat loaf recipe is quite good so I can vouch for that at least. If you don’t like tomato soup for it, you can use cream of mushroom or something similar.
My mom has made this cake my whole life. So happy to see it featured!
Omg she so perfect like wow her look is so perfect and her hair its so amazing and im so glad that she have a yt channel i love u!!
I'd be willing to try this. My auntie made a pork and beans cake before, and it was actually really good: tasted like spice cake. I guess those spices help mellow out the unusual savory notes. 🤔
Woah what?! Pork & beans cake?? Now I’m intrigued.
Hi Laci, a happy hello from me in Melbourne, Australia. I have been enjoying your great, fun, and enthusiastic presentations. I love all the pretty items you present. I was born in the late 50's and I love the style and aesthetics of the era. We have many Campbells soup flavours here in Melbourne too. Cheers and best wishes from Doris 🙂
You should do a video where you try to make some of the weirdest and grossest sounds recipes from these books, just for fun 😋 especially if it’s a jello mold haha
I've been making tomato soup cake in the form of a quick bread for years. My version has cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, raisins, and nuts. It's more like a spice cake and quite good :-)
Both my parents have Alzheimer's. I'm so happy to hear about the 20th. You're beautiful inside and out. Thank you!
Oh gosh my heart goes out to you!
My mom made everything from that book.I don't recall her making the cake though.
More frosting is always better on anything!!!😁
I hope that the twentieth is a successful day. Helping to raise money and awareness is a wonderful tribute to your precious Grandmother.
Thanks so much!
Everytime I get something canned out of the cupboard my cats think it's something for them! It must be a cat thing 🐈😻
Oh you’re probably right!
@@LaciFayTheVintageGirlNextDoor I have not tried a tomato soup cake. I'm a pretty picky eater and judging by your facial expressions while making the cake and after trying it, I think I'll pass on trying the tomato soup cake. 😂😂😂 Great video! 🙂
My cat goes crazy whenever I take out the can opener. She only eats dry food though. Maybe her previous family fed her lots of tuna or something.
@@mariannejadlowski3270 awwww the kitty would probably love some canned cat food! thank you for adopting!
Laci,this was so much fun to watch! Especially your thoughts about the tomato and reading from the book ❤️
"Fold it in".... hehe... I am the literal WORST at folding (ingredients, laundry, you name it)!
Haha yep. I can’t say it without thinking of Schitt’s Creek.
My grandmother had this recipe in her recipe box when she passed
Still better than Creamy Mushroom Soup Cake! 😂
Love your channel, @Laci!
It's interesting to watch your cooking from the 50's.
Omg... I have this same book. I
Going to try this cake now!
tomatoes are actually a fruit and they are part of the nightshade family the tops of the tomatoes are said to hold the poison, people way back in the past thought all of the plant including the fruit was poisonous but lode in behold it was not, you can even make icecream out of the fruit. Sweet 100's are sweet there even black tomatoes they are a really dark purple.....
I think I will try it, but add some cinnamon and nutmeg to spice it up. Love your dress Laci Fay!
Yeah maybe more of those spices would help.
I don't know how I missed this video, but your expressions on your face when you were reading the cookbook descriptions, it was so funny! You looked genuinely scared! The cake looked good, though.
I ❤ your facial expressions all during this video! So fun 🎉
Laci, you are a brave one…tomato soup cake. I first heard of this from a character on Passions, a soap opera I used to watch. I thought she was joking but it was the characters “thing” to make. I love tomato soup but I don’t know about this. 😬
😂 A better luck next time brown ribbon sounds about right for this.