769643 chocolate potato cake
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ⅔ | cup | Shortening or butter |
| 2 | cups | Sugar |
| 1 | cup | Mashed potatoes |
| ½ | cup | Sweet milk or coffee |
| 2 | cups | Flour |
| 2 | teaspoons | Baking powder |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | cup | Ground chocolate (prefer Ghirardeli's) |
| 1 | teaspoon | Ground cinnamon |
| 1 | teaspoon | Ground cloves |
| ½ | teaspoon | Ground nutmeg |
| 1 | cup | Chopped walnuts |
| 4 | Eggs | |
Directions
Cream butter and sugar. Add beaten egg yolks and hot mashed potatoes. Sift together 3 times, the flour, baking powder, salt, chocolate, spices; add nuts. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake in three (a must) greased 8-inch layer pans at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Cool for 30 minutes. Spread on marshmallow frosting and sprinkle with nuts. (Cake is also very good with a cream cheese icing and nuts.) Submitted By BARRY WEINSTEIN On 03-04-95