Thunder Cake

We have been hard at work at learning how to read step by step directions and to understand how each step is related and important to the final outcome.  On Friday, we analyzed the recipe for Thunder Cake after a week long book study of Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco.  Our analysis included making Thunder Cake.  We had great discussion about the importance of each step, what certain words meant, and even discussed equivalent fractions.

"How do I get this out of here?"

Steady with that vanilla.

Separate the eggs.

Separating the eggs is a dirty job, but somebody has got to do it. 

Expert mixers mixing away!

The secrete ingredient in Thunder Cake is tomatoes…yes I said tomatoes.  Tomatoes make the cake very moist.  You can't taste them, even thought some second graders, who shall remain nameless, said they could take them. If you are curious about Thunder Cake, check out the recipe below.