Patricia Polacco's Thunder Cake
This is the Thunder Cake recipe from Patricia Polacco's "Thunder Cake" picture book. It is a wonderful chocolate cake with a hint of fruit flavor from the secret ingredient! It is perfect frosted with Recipe #169403 and topped with fresh sliced strawberries! (The strawberries and tomato match wonderfully and I promise that no one will know it is tomato, they will only ask what you did to make it so wonderful!)
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INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 1cup shortening
- 1 3⁄4cups sugar
- 1teaspoon vanilla
- 3
- 1cup cold water
- 1⁄3cup tomato puree
- 2 1⁄2cups cake flour
- 1⁄2cup cocoa powder
- 1 1⁄2teaspoons baking soda
- 1teaspoon salt
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DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Grease and flour two 8 1/2 inch cake pans.
- Cream together the shortening and sugar.
- Beat in the vanilla and egg yolks.
- Mix in the cold water and pureed tomatoes.
- Beat the egg whites until they are stiff and fold into egg/tomato mixture.
- Sift the cake flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.
- Mix dry mixture into wet.
- Pour batter evenly into cake pans.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
- Let cakes cool on wire racks before frosting with chocolate buttercream icing.
- Optional: Top with fresh strawberries.
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