Mount Rainier National Park turned 100 years old
in 1999. If you were to make a birthday cake for Mount Rainier, this one
might be appropriate.
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Mount Rainier
Birthday Cake
Mount Rainier National Park turned 100 years old
in 1999. If you were to make a birthday cake for Mount Rainier, this one
might be appropriate.
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| 1 1/2 cups sifted flour | 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 1/2 cup sugar | 1 teaspoon baking soda |
| 1/2 cup brown sugar | 1 tablespoon white vinegar |
| 1 teaspoon salt | 1 cup milk |
| 4 tablespoons cocoa powder | 3/4 cup small marshmallows |
| 5 tablespoons butter, melted |
| 1) | Preheat oven to 350 degrees. |
| 2) | Melt butter. |
| 3) | Mix flour, sugars, salt, and cocoa in a 10-inch
baking pan until the mixture
looks like brownish sand. |
| 4) | With a spoon, create a hole in the center of the mixture so that the bottom of the pan is visible. Make a smaller holoe in another part of the pan, and an even smaller hole on the other side of the pan. |
| 5) | Pour baking soda into the second hole. pour melted butter into the big, first hole. Pour the vanilla into the last and smallest hole. |
| 6) | Pour vinegar into the second hole and watch it bubble! When it stops foaming, pour in the milk and mix it all together until it resembles...mud! |
| 7) | Scatter marshmallows over the mixture. |
| 8) | Bake for 35 minutes. Let cool and serve. |
Serves 6
Provided by the
Department of natural Resources
Division of Geology and Earth Resources
in celebration of
EARTH SCIENCE WEEK 1999
Jennifer M. Belcher - Commissioner of Public Lands