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PATRICIA POLACCO'S THUNDER CAKE



Patricia Polacco's Thunder Cake image

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

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

CHOCOLATE THUNDER CAKE



Chocolate Thunder Cake image

This is chocolate paradise! I am a severe chocoholic and this fills the bill for ooey, gooey, and oh so good. This is from a friend that I used to go to church with. I helped a boy make this for a bake-off at church and he won first prize. My sister donated a certificate for this cake to a charity auction and the woman that bought it has called 4 times since then to have me to make this for her.

Provided by foxysnana

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h13m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 (18 ounce) package swiss chocolate cake mix
1 1/3 cups water (or as called for by your cake mix)
1/2 cup vegetable oil (or as called for by your cake mix)
3 large eggs (or as called for by your cake mix)
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (12 ounce) jar chocolate fudge topping
1 (16 ounce) container Cool Whip, thawed
2 Heath candy bars, crushed

Steps:

  • Bake cake in a 13x9 pan according to directions on box.
  • Let cool 25-30 minutes in pan.
  • Poke holes in cake with wooden spoon handle.
  • Pour on sweetened condensed milk.
  • Spread evenly and wait 5 minutes.
  • Pour on fudge topping (I melt it a few seconds in microwave to pour evenly).
  • Spread evenly and wait 5 minutes.
  • Spread Cool Whip over top.
  • Sprinkle crushed candy bars on top.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 459.1, Fat 27.4, SaturatedFat 14, Cholesterol 68.1, Sodium 188.2, Carbohydrate 48.6, Fiber 0.9, Sugar 40.2, Protein 6.2

MY GRANDMAS THUNDERCAKE



My Grandmas Thundercake image

This wonderful old recipe comes from a children's storybook that I came across when I was shelving away books in a school library. The book by Patricia Polacco entitled "My Grandma's Thunder cake is one of a series of kid's books with easy recipes included in the story. One other that comes to mind is "A Cranberry Thanksgiving"...

Provided by Shirley Murtagh

Categories     Cakes

Time 45m

Number Of Ingredients 12

CREAM TOGETHER ONE AT A TIME:
1 cup of shortening
1 1/4 cups of sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs, separated blend yolks in. beat whites until they are stiff,then fold in
1 cup of water
1/3 cup of pureed tomatoes.
SIFT TOGETHER:
2 1/2 cups of cake flour
1/2 cup of dry cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp.salt

Steps:

  • 1. Mix dry mixture into creamy mixture
  • 2. Bake in two greased and floured 8 1/2-inch round pans
  • 3. Bake at 350 F for 35-40 minutes or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean when inserted in middle of the cakes
  • 4. Frost with chocolate butter frosting
  • 5. Top with strawberries

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