Thundercake!!!

Sorry it's been so long since I'veposted on our blog. With my son's wedding and some other crazy things going on, I've been burning the candle at both ends. Hopefully things will start to settle down a little now. We've been learning about weather for the last week and have really enjoyed studying clouds and charting what the weather has been doing. After a pretty big storm a while ago we read a wonderful book: Thundercake by Patricia Polaco. Since then the children have been earning class points to have our own "thundercake' in class. Yesterday they met their goal!! So today we got to eat it! You'ld have thought that we'd won the lotery. The kids were so excited! They loved trying it, even though it had tomatoes in it! Then, of course they wanted the recipe. So I said I'd put it on the blog. Here it is...

Thunder Cake!
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream together one at a time: 1 cup shortening 1 3/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla and

3 eggs, separated ( blend yolks in. Beat whites until they are stiff, then fold in.)
1 cup cold water 1/3 cup pureed tomatoes
Sift together: 2 1/2 cups cake flour 1/2 cup dry cocoa 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt
Mix dry mixture into creamy mixture. Bake in two greased and floured 8 1/2 inch pans at 350 degree for 35 to 40 minutes. Frost with chocolate butter frosting. Top with strawberries. ENJOY!!!