Best My Grandmas Thundercake Recipes

PATRICIA POLACCO'S THUNDER CAKE

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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!)

Provided by Dwynnie

Categories Dessert

Time 1h5m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

1 cup shortening
1 3/4 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 eggs, separated
1 cup cold water
1/3 cup tomato puree
2 1/2 cups cake flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt

Steps:

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 595.4, Fat 28.5, SaturatedFat 7.5, Cholesterol 69.8, Sodium 559.6, Carbohydrate 81.4, Fiber 2.7, Sugar 44.5, Protein 7.1

MY GRANDMA'S POUND CAKE

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Make and share this My Grandma's Pound Cake recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Joannanla

Categories Dessert

Time 1h50m

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups butter or 1 1/2 cups Parkay margarine
2 1/4 cups sugar
3/4 cup milk
3 cups flour
6 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

Steps:

(I use self rising flour and it turns out as well. But my grandmother baked this for her children so its a very old recipe.) Cream butter and sugar.
Add eggs one at time.
Mix vanilla with milk and add to creamed mixture.
Mix real good,then use a wooded spoon and stir real good.
Put in tube pan.
Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Remove from over and let cool.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1021.7, Fat 52.7, SaturatedFat 31.5, Cholesterol 337.8, Sodium 816.8, Carbohydrate 124.7, Fiber 1.7, Sugar 75.7, Protein 14.2