tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post5087979535642034196..comments2024-03-28T20:37:29.571+00:00Comments on The English Kitchen: Tomato Soup CakeMarie Raynerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-34195920481747405312023-09-17T17:36:33.605+01:002023-09-17T17:36:33.605+01:00I agree what was once considered to be economical ...I agree what was once considered to be economical is no longer so. Especially when it comes to meat! I hope you will want to try this cake. It is really delicious! xoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-12122319210056419192023-09-17T11:56:03.186+01:002023-09-17T11:56:03.186+01:00I’m looking at this today, and to buy a tin of tom...I’m looking at this today, and to buy a tin of tomato’s soup today is way more expensive than eggs now, so how time changes . This is in Scotland, where prices have gone through the roof,due mostly to brexit. <br />Fantastic how cooks can use what they have to make wonderful food. XAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-60151960015369097322020-10-02T06:29:48.479+01:002020-10-02T06:29:48.479+01:00You are very welcome Veena! xoYou are very welcome Veena! xoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-85082978553880715692020-10-01T10:20:40.723+01:002020-10-01T10:20:40.723+01:00Cakes are one of my favorite desserts of Me. Som...Cakes are one of my favorite desserts of Me. Some cakes are traditionally make in special occasions such as at Christmas Eve. This Recipe is also that type. Some can be make with different toppings. Thank You For Your Recipe.<br />Veenashttps://veenas.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-90370447182844467732020-09-28T08:03:23.997+01:002020-09-28T08:03:23.997+01:00LOL I am sure it did make her laugh. It made me la...LOL I am sure it did make her laugh. It made me laugh also! I have made those carrots before! I have a love/hate relationship with them! lol Love and hugs, xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-70776184412315419752020-09-28T08:01:17.703+01:002020-09-28T08:01:17.703+01:00You are right about that Katy. Good food is always...You are right about that Katy. Good food is always in fashion for sure! xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-38902683288591606722020-09-28T08:00:37.154+01:002020-09-28T08:00:37.154+01:00Its a great cake Linda! As unbelievable as that so...Its a great cake Linda! As unbelievable as that sounds! xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-6928534434428652572020-09-28T06:13:41.534+01:002020-09-28T06:13:41.534+01:00First of all I did not call North America a countr...First of all I did not call North America a country. I simply mentioned this cake being enjoyed at tables across North America, which encompasses both Canada and the US. This is a fact.<br /><br />Further,I share this with you from kitchn: <br /> <br />"A Cake to Combat the Depression"<br /><br />Although today’s recipe iterations don’t always reflect its original frugality, tomato soup cake has roots in Depression-era cooking. Recipes for the cake, sometimes called “Mystery Cake” because of its secret ingredient, first appeared in community cookbooks in the 1920s and 1930s. And these prototype tomato soup cakes were very simple: single-layer pan cakes or loaf cakes with scant quantities of dairy in the ingredient lists.<br /><br />MaryJane Robbins, a baking specialist and blogger for King Arthur Flour, helped develop the current King Arthur version based on her family’s recipe, handwritten by her mother and kept in a cookbook her great-aunt began compiling in 1932. “When I wrote the recipe for the site, I bumped up the amount of butter,” she admits. Her original recipe called for just two tablespoons of butter and one egg, and she remembers using the rest of a half-stick of butter to make a simple icing to top the cake. <br /><br /> It didn’t take long for Campbell’s Soup to develop its own version and to start using it to promote their own goods. According to official Campbell Soup Company records, the first company-developed tomato soup cake recipe came out in 1940 as a British-style steamed pudding. (A brief timeline: Campbell’s Tomato Soup itself was introduced to the public in 1897, but the Campbell’s test kitchens didn’t officially open until 1941. Hence the decades of housewives crowd-sourcing and developing their own cake recipes.)<br /><br />The steamed pudding recipe also called for scant amounts of fat — one tablespoon butter, one tablespoon lard — but as butter rationing fell by the wayside after World War II, tomato soup cake recipes got a little more lavish to match the nation’s new prosperity (not to mention the growing American obsession with culinary convenience). Nancie McDermott, author of Southern Cakes, notes that in the postwar era, advertising started targeting female homemakers (think of Mad Men‘s marketing campaigns) and — as today — weekly newspaper food sections featured recipes, which helped influence and drive the knowledge of home cooking. <br /><br />So as you can clearly see, Campbell's Soup did not jump onto the bandwagon until much later and their first recipe was a "steamed pudding." <br /><br />I do try to check my facts before posting, just so you know. Marie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-480133813094421342020-09-28T03:26:48.178+01:002020-09-28T03:26:48.178+01:00I must make this recipe. I'm happy to see tha...I must make this recipe. I'm happy to see that the recipe calls for a full can of soup. I once gave my sister a recipe for spiced carrots that called for 1/2 a can of tomato soup. When she asked me what she should do with the other half of the soup I said she can put it in the fridge and throw it out in two weeks or you can throw it out now. That made her laugh. Of course you don't throw it out, you eat it as soup! Love and hugs, ElaineElaine in Torontohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02019377474247631541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-31235857559338437602020-09-27T22:31:56.661+01:002020-09-27T22:31:56.661+01:00The tomato soup cake originated with the Campbell’...The tomato soup cake originated with the Campbell’s soup company in the USA, there is no country called North America I might add.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05451928297477040401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-52726902773643777282020-09-27T15:55:47.987+01:002020-09-27T15:55:47.987+01:00What a yummy memory you have given me. My mother ...What a yummy memory you have given me. My mother made this often. Good food is always in fashion.Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10776791996256598328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-41956265361983300102020-09-27T12:57:29.729+01:002020-09-27T12:57:29.729+01:00Oh the memories. My mom made this cake and I reme...Oh the memories. My mom made this cake and I remember laughing with her the first time she made it saying, imagine tomato soup in the cake and cream cheese in the icing. We had just immigrated to Canada from England in 1956 and someone gave her this recipe. I have it somewhere in my recipes. Lindahttp://www.craftygardener.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-31303939856672448272020-09-27T08:45:16.735+01:002020-09-27T08:45:16.735+01:00I kept doing the revert to legacy blogger and like...I kept doing the revert to legacy blogger and like you, it was snatched away from me. I am a person that doesn't really adapt well to change! I am truly a dinosaur! I just hope I don't become extinct! haha I hope you will try this cake Robin! Its lovely! xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-977034085176378412020-09-27T04:36:41.808+01:002020-09-27T04:36:41.808+01:00Ok...I confess...I have never ever heard of this a...Ok...I confess...I have never ever heard of this and I am a North American native....but it is too bizarre sounding not to give a whirl to LOL. I held out in protest to the changes to blogger and simply click on the "rever to legacy blogger" or whatever it was that it said....until they snatched that option right out from under me. The post I did a few days ago was my first with the new version and must say it wasn't as horrible as I had heard some say it was. But, then again, I was on my pc....not ipad....so things may be more challenging there.....they always seem to be anyway.TheCrankyCrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16314851714923955216noreply@blogger.com