Here I am to spice it up with a tomato soup cake recipe, which I acquired many years ago from a newspaper in a northern town of Prince George where I once lived.

I found it to be on the spicy side, but it’s good. It’s very inexpensive and I had a can of tomato soup around.

So here it is and I’d like to share it with you! I hope you like it!

Words of wisdom: When God measures women, he puts the tape around her heart and not her waist.

Tomato Soup Cake
1 cup white sugar
1/3 cup shortening
1 can tomato soup (any brand, just small size)
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1 cup of raisins
1 cup of walnuts (optional)
1 tsp. baking powder

Put the soup in a bowl and add it to the mixture. Bake for one hour at 325 degrees.

Evelyn Baron is Megaphone’s 2016 Victoria Vendor of the Year. She sells in Cook Street Village, at the corner of Oxford St. Her usual hours are Tuesday to Saturday, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Photo by Al Smith.