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    chocolate potato cake


    Source of Recipe


    jo pape/great grandmother Anna Lange Stuckemeyer


    List of Ingredients


    • 2 cups flour
    • 1/2 cup cocoa
    • 2 tsp baking powder
    • 1/2 tsp salt
    • 2 tsp cinnamon
    • 1 cup shorteing
    • 2 cups sugar
    • 4 eggs
    • 1 cup mashed potatoes
    • 1 tsp vanilla
    • 1/3 cup milk
    • 1 cup chopped walnuts


    Instructions


    1. Cream shortening and sugar.
    2. Add eggs and beat till fluffy.
    3. Add potatoes and vanilla.
    4. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk. Add walnuts.
    5. Pour into greased 13x9x2 pan and bake 40-45" at 350 degrees.


    Final Comments


    This is a recipe from the late 1800s. The time and oven temperature were added by my mother after a few experiments. The original recipe said "bake in moderate oven till done".
 

 

 

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