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Thunder Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 C shortening
1 3/4 C sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 eggs separated
1 C cold water
1/3 C tomato purée
2 1/2 C cake flour
1/2 cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt

Optional. Strawberries
Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350º.
Grease and flour 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 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 35-40 minutes. Let cakes cool on wire rack before frosting with chocolate buttercream icing.

Optional: top with strawberries.

 

 

 

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