Finally, top the Thunder Cake with strawberries. Don’t overbake! Our cake turned out a little dry, because I got distracted!!įrost with chocolate buttercream frosting or the ganache found here. The original recipe calls for cake flour)Ĭombine the dry mixture with the wet mixture. Ingredients 1 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 3 eggs, separated 1 cup cold water cup pureed tomatoes, or 1 small tomato, pureed 2 cups.

1/3 cup pureed tomatoes (the secret ingredient!!).

Beat the egg whites until they peak (about two minutes) and fold them in.

(The original recipe calls for 1 cup of shortening instead of the oil and butter).

butter or margarine (preferably unsalted)

(The original recipe is here at Patricia Polacco’s website.)ġ) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In the end, she finds she is much braver than she thought! She is then led by her grandmother on a journey to gather ingredients for a special cake. In the beginning, her grandmother finds her hiding under the bed. Thunder Cake is a beautifully written story about the author’s childhood experience of overcoming her fear of thunderstorms. Call me superstitious!) Though, I never mention the tomatoes until after people start bragging on how moist and delicious it is, and begin asking what's my secret.Are any of your little ones afraid of lightning and thunder? Share this wonderful book by Patricia Polacco with them and then make your own “ Thunder Cake“. (However, I'll only bake it during a thunderstorm.

You will love it! I bake this cake for get-togethers and parties. N.B.: If you're thinking of skipping the tomatoes, DON'T!!! They're what give the cake its deliciously rich & complex flavor and its supreme moistness. My Grandmas Thunder Cake Recipe Ingredients: Ingredients: 1 c. It'll be the best stormy afternoon you'll have together! I promise.

Especially, if you have little ones helping make the cake. Also, reading the book while baking it greatly adds to the experience. It truly does seem to taste best when baked under those weather conditions. It's best (according to the story's lore and my experience) to begin making this cake when a storm is approaching, about an hour out. Thunder Cake is very much like a good, super moist chocolate cake, only there's a unique and tasty twist: Tomatoes!

This is one of my absolute favorite cake recipes! The recipe is taken from Patricia Polacco's children's book of the same name, 'Thunder Cake'.

Grandma's thunder cake