Thunder Cake
From parrothead87 4 years ago
- 40 minutes to make
- Serves 10
This is probably one of my favorite cake recipes ever. From Patricia Polacco's childrens book of the same title. Like a chocolate cake, but there's a twist to it: tomatoes! Best to make when a storm is approaching in the distance. Read more . It always tastes better that way. And read the book while you're baking it. The best stormy afternoon you'll have, I promise :) See less
Ingredients
- 1 cup shortening (I wouldn't try substituting anything else in this recipe) shopping list
- 1 3/4 cup sugar shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- 3 eggs, separated shopping list
- 1 cup cold water shopping list
- 1/3 cup pureed tomatoes shopping list
- 2 1/2 cups cake flour shopping list
- 1/2 cup dry cocoa shopping list
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda shopping list
- 1 teaspoon salt shopping list
- strawberries shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream together one at a time: shortening, sugar, vanilla, water, tomatoes & eggs (blend yolks in. Beat whites until they are stiff, then fold in.)
- Sift together these ingredients: flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt.
- Mix the dry mixture into the creamy mixture.
- Grease and flour two 8 1/2 inch pans.
- Divide batter into the two pans equally.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes.
- Frost with *homemade* chocolate butter cream frosting (can't find my recipe at the moment, but will post it as soon as I do!)
- Decorate the top of your thunder cake with lots of strawberries (whole, sliced, mix of both, whatever you like & whatever looks best on your cake)
- Enjoy!
The Rating
Reviewed by 4 people-
very interesting {never put tomatoe in cakes } must try thanks
momo_55grandma
in Mountianview loved it
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If this is as good as you say then it will also create thunder thighs! Very interesting indeed :)
jett2whit
in Union City loved it
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