Thunder Cake

Ok, there is small story behind this cake baking experiment.
My daughter came home from her last day of school before summer break. She asked me to bake a thunder cake to mark the beginning of a fun filled summer break.
She said "I can help you with the recipe mommy, I got the recipe from school. There you go"
and this is what she gave me.

She confirmed with me if I had all the ingredients at home. 

Now the measurements were up to me.. haha... Isn't the cute ?

I quietly googled the recipe of the thunder cake. I did not tell her that I was doing so, of course. 

I kept her under an impression that I was strictly following her recipe. 

Well, then I came across the thunder cake recipe by Patricia Polacco

Here's the link:

http://www.patriciapolacco.com/participation/kidstalk/questions_week/week_3/cake_recipe.html

I followed this recipe with a few modifications. 

Ingredients :

• All Purpose Flour - 2 1/2 cups
• Cocoa Powder - 1/2 cup
• Baking Soda - 1 1/2 tsp
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Pureed Tomatoes - 1/3 cup
• Milk - 1 cup ( the original recipe says 1 cup of water but I added milk because my daughters recipe called for milk )
• Eggs - 3
• Sugar - 2 cups
• Butter - 1 stick (cup)
• Vanilla - 1 tsp  ( I did not add it because I did not have it. It still tasted good)

Directions: 

• Pre heat oven to 350 deg F.
• Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Keep aside.
• In a mixing bowl beat the eggs, add melted butter, sugar, vanilla and blend together.
• Add milk and pureed tomatoes and blend well.
• To this mixture add the dry mixture which we kept aside. 
• Take a cake pan, grease and flour it. 
• Pour this cake mix into the pan and bake for about 40 minutes.
• You can frost it and add slices fruits of your choice ( strawberries according to my daughter's list ). But I skipped the frosting part. It was too good as is.

My daughter was happy that her recipe was a success.... ;) hushh !!

Thank you Patricia !!!