Potato Chocolate Cake
Source of Recipe
Macklinda
List of Ingredients
1 c. hot unseasoned mashed potatoes
2 c. sugar
2/3 c. shortening
4 eggs, unbeaten
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 c. milk
1/2 c. cocoa
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. chopped walnuts
Recipe
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line bottoms of two 9-inch layer
pans or 13 x 9 x 2-inch oblong pan with waxed paper cut to fit.
Prepare mashed potatoes. (Easier way: follow directions for 2 servings on package of mashed potatoes.) Measure; set aside.
Gradually beat sugar into shortening until fluffy. Add eggs,
one at a time, beating well. Add vanilla and potatoes. Add
sifted dry ingredients and milk alternately, about 1/4 of each at a time, beating smooth. Stir in walnuts.
Bake layers 40 to 45 minutes, loaf 50 minutes. Stand 5 minutes. Place on rack; peel off paper. Cool. Frost with Buttercream or other frostings.
Sprinkle thickly with walnuts.
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